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Title: Creature Spells
Post by: Quisequise on September 25, 2012, 09:19:28 PM
If I use a card like Captain's Call, does each token count as a creature spell being played? Additionally, if a card lets me return a creature from my graveyard to the battlefield does that count a playing a creature spell?
Title: Re: Creature Spells
Post by: BlackJester on September 25, 2012, 10:52:52 PM
Quote from: Quisequise on September 25, 2012, 09:19:28 PM
If I use a card like {Captain's Call}, does each token count as a creature spell being played? Additionally, if a card lets me return a creature from my graveyard to the battlefield does that count a playing a creature spell?
{Captain's Call} is a Sorcery and not a creature spell, though it makes tokens.

A creature entering from the graveyard via a spell like {Zombify} was not cast. But {Havengul Lich} lets you cast creature cards from your gy.
Title: Re: Creature Spells
Post by: Quisequise on September 25, 2012, 11:05:10 PM
So pretty much it all depends on the wording to determine whether the creature card is cast or not.
Title: Re: Creature Spells
Post by: Fishsticks123 on September 25, 2012, 11:24:56 PM
Quote from: Quisequise on September 25, 2012, 11:05:10 PM
So pretty much it all depends on the wording to determine whether the creature card is cast or not.

Yes.
Title: Re: Creature Spells
Post by: Quisequise on September 25, 2012, 11:55:23 PM
Quote from: Fishsticks123 on September 25, 2012, 11:24:56 PM
Quote from: Quisequise on September 25, 2012, 11:05:10 PM
So pretty much it all depends on the wording to determine whether the creature card is cast or not.

Yes.

Thanks
Title: Re: Creature Spells
Post by: Ghebert on September 26, 2012, 12:59:10 PM
There are so many different types of "wording" in magic. Some things say the same thing but one may have a comma in it, thus it may have the same effect in a different way.
Title: Re: Creature Spells
Post by: BlackJester on September 26, 2012, 01:49:39 PM
Your best bet is to go off of the wording written right on the card. Some older cards have updated wording on Oracle (you'll see it when you look at the card in the Database)