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CardName: Treading Upon Mirrors Cost: 1UU Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Counter target noncreature spell. *Sequence* - If you cast another spell this turn, exile the targeted spell instead. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Xianlu Rare

Treading Upon Mirrors
{1}{u}{u}
 
 R 
Instant
Counter target noncreature spell.
Sequence – If you cast another spell this turn, exile the targeted spell instead. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
Updated on 11 Jan 2018 by Mal

Code: RU07

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2017-11-13 03:43:24: Mal created and commented on the card Treading Upon Mirrors

Expensive Negate that lets you steal it for later if you cast another noncreature spell. Since I imagine that Sequence cards and counterspells won't mix too often in limited, in addition to only countering noncreatures, I figure it should be okay at {1}{u}{u}.

Grammar kinds makes this wording ambiguous. It sounds like this modifies what happens if you cast a further spell in the future rather than modifying this spells effect if you cast a spell beforehand.

That's problematic if the effect still makes sense. Best/most simple fix is probably to replace "that spell" with "the targeted spell".

Should this spell read "Counter target spell if it's a non-creature spell"? That would help reduce the targeting restriction problem, but I'm not sure if that's supposed to be part of the point. Either way, a lot of new players won't understand that they need a target to cast this spell.

I don't think it should, jmg. It's a rare, so that's not a point of confusion you need to worry about, but also your phrasing implies that there's some trick to casting it that's not actually present.

2017-11-13 16:20:47: Mal edited Treading Upon Mirrors

I see what you mean, Secret. Wording is updated.

2017-11-21 21:53:24: Mal edited Treading Upon Mirrors
2017-12-13 18:58:09: Mal edited Treading Upon Mirrors
2018-01-11 17:16:10: Mal edited Treading Upon Mirrors

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