Storm: Difference between revisions

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Storm is a keyword ability on instants and sorceries that creates a copy of the spell for each spell played before it in the current turn.

The first cards with Storm were printed in Scourge, with more being printed in Time Spiral.

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The storm copies are put directly onto the stack -- they aren't played. That means the copies don't generate storm copies themselves, and they aren't counted by other storm spells played later during the turn.
Each storm spell with a target allows you to change the target for each copy of that spell. You make that choice for each copy individually.
When counting spells played in a turn, you do count spells that were played face down, spells played from zones other than a hand, and spells that were countered.
A copy of a spell can be countered, just like any other spell, but each copy has to be countered individually. Countering a storm spell won't counter the copies of it.
Removing a card from the game using suspend doesn't count as playing a spell; you only play a suspended spell when you remove the last time counter from it and that ability resolves.
When a spell like Twincast copies a spell that has storm, the copied spell's storm ability doesn't trigger. You get just one new spell.

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+==Rulings==
+*The storm copies are put directly onto the stack -- they aren't played. That means the copies don't generate storm copies themselves, and they aren't counted by other storm spells played later during the turn.
+*Each storm spell with a target allows you to change the target for each copy of that spell. You make that choice for each copy individually.
+*When counting spells played in a turn, you do count spells that were played face down, spells played from zones other than a hand, and spells that were countered.
+*A copy of a spell can be countered, just like any other spell, but each copy has to be countered individually. Countering a storm spell won't counter the copies of it.
+*Removing a card from the game using suspend doesn't count as playing a spell; you only play a suspended spell when you remove the last time counter from it and that ability resolves.
+* When a spell like <c>Twincast</c> copies a spell that has storm, the copied spell's storm ability doesn't trigger. You get just one new spell.
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