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Questions asked in the Month of April and an [O]fficial answer, just for you!

1. AP has Garruk's Horde and Selvala, Explorer Returned, and a creature on the top of their library. Are they allowed to start casting the creature spell, activate Selvala, then choose not to cast the spell, which would end up in AP getting the second card of library in their hand and the creature back on top?

For the first example, AP has a 3 mana creature on top and 0 lands in play meaning that they know they will not be able to cast it for sure. For the second example, AP has a 1 mana creature on top, and they know their opponent holds a Force Spike. AP wants to be sure they will have 1 mana floating if they cast their creature. Can they refuse to cast the creature if Selvala produces a single mana?

A: Intentionally taking an action that you know to be illegal, while seeking some advantage, will lead to some judges choosing to disqualify you. Your first example is clearly in that dangerous area, and I can’t say I’d disagree with a DQ in that case – assuming, that is, I can figure out what in the world you were hoping to gain from it. The second example, if I read you correctly, asks if you can start to take an action and then – after gaining information – change your mind. Generating sufficient mana during the steps of casting a spell, but refusing to finish because you didn’t generate extra mana, is a very (dark) grey area, one I would not venture into, nor be very forgiving of. So, to clearly state this: you can’t perform any of the listed examples! Approved by Scott Marshall

Cards: Garruk’s Horde, Selvala, Explorer Returned, Force Spike, Chromatic Sphere



2. AP controls Bolas’s Citadel and has an Ancestral Vision on top of their library. Are they allowed to cast it?

A: Yes! The Citadel has an alternate cost – it lets players cast a spell by paying life equal to the card’s converted mana cost instead of its normal cost. And the converted mana cost of a card with no mana cost (like Ancestral Vision) is zero. If the Vision is the top card of AP’s library, they’ll be able to cast it via the Citadel, and since its converted mana cost is zero, they’ll pay zero life to cast it. Approved by Nathan Long Cards: Bolas’s Citadel, Ancestral Vision



3. If AP controls Feather, the Redeemed and Dreadhorde Arcanist, and casts a spell that targets with Dreadhorde Arcanist's attack trigger, does the spell get returned with Feather's ability?