{"id":3006,"date":"2013-02-18T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2015-02-05T16:01:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T00:01:52","slug":"casting-urban-evolution-during-your-opponent-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/2013\/02\/casting-urban-evolution-during-your-opponent-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"Casting Urban Evolution During Your Opponent’s Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>I\u2019m a big fan of Simic, and I especially love one of the new cards from Gatecrash, Urban Evolution<\/a>. For just five mana, I get to draw three new cards and play an extra land — not a bad deal! Now, Urban Evolution<\/a> is a sorcery, so normally I can\u2019t play it on my opponent\u2019s turn. But there\u2019s another fun card in Simic colors that gives my cards flash — Alchemist\u2019s Refuge<\/a>. What would happen if I used Alchemist\u2019s Refuge<\/a> to cast Urban Evolution<\/a> on my opponent\u2019s turn? I can normally play zero lands on my opponent\u2019s turn, but zero plus \u201can additional land\u201d should equal one land, right? <\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Simic fans everywhere, the rules of Magic are as iron-clad as an Azorius Arrester<\/a>\u2019s handcuffs, and in this case they\u2019re very straightforward: it\u2019s impossible for me to play a land on my opponent\u2019s turn. Guess I may as well cast that Urban Evolution<\/a> on my own turn after all. (Of course, effects that let me put lands onto the battlefield directly are exceptions to this, so Alchemist\u2019s Refuge<\/a> + Farseek<\/a> = happy times.)<\/p>\n

Today’s Rules Tip written by Paul Baranay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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