Scarscale Ritual and Jeskai Ascendancy
Asked by dlanz 11 years ago
I'm more just hoping I'm wrong. I have to apply the -1/-1 from Scarscale Ritual before I can apply the +1/+1 from Jeskai Ascendancy, correct?
The oracle text now says "cast" and not "play": http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=154396
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
Right. Jeskai Ascendancy triggers after the spell is cast, but in order to cast a spell you have to finish paying the costs. The -1/-1 counter is part of Scarscale Ritual's cost.
Many instances of "play" on older cards have been changed to "cast", but the functional rules meaning hasn't changed. It was part of a rules clean-up to reduce confusion about how certain things work together. Nowadays "cast" is used for spells and "play" is used for lands and effects that can work with either lands or spells.
March 9, 2015 10 p.m.