If an ability let's me play a card without paying it's mana cost is it the same as casting and can it be countered? I'm assuming the answer is no
I'm going to assume {Omniscience}. If not, it is a good example. It says cast cards without paying their mana cost. Yes, they can still be countered. (Unless you cast an Emrakul for {0} 😜)
Can cards that are played with a {descendants path} be countered
Quote from: Deathstorm on August 20, 2012, 08:56:23 AM
Can cards that are played with a {descendants path} be countered
Yes bc it says "you may cast that card..." keyword is cast. If you cast something, it can be countered, unless otherwise stated.
Some older cards (pre-M10, maybe older) had wording like "you may play that spell." See the Mirrodin printing of {Isochron Scepter}.
That wording had been updated to replace play with cast to avoid confusion.
Spells that are cast and those that are just copied and put on the stack like with {Reverberate} can all be countered.
Copied spells are not cast and so will not add counters to {Quirion Dryad}, or add to your storm count.
It's my understanding that the only times "play" is used now days is when a land might be the card that is in question. {djinn of wishes}.
Quote from: Kaleo42 on August 20, 2012, 11:41:21 AM
It's my understanding that the only times "play" is used now days is when a land might be the card that is in question. {djinn of wishes}.
Yes, and I think he is the only recent example. He's templated that way to allow players to play a land if the get one. In the card rulings, you'll notice that he lets you cast spells.
It was djinn of wishes which says play. It was against werewolves and were also wondering if u hit a non land card and played it with his wish ability would that count as a spell cast to keep wolves from flipping I guess it does then.
Correct.