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| '''Modal''' is a type of spell [[spell]] or [[ability]] in ''[[Magic]]'' that give the [[player|caster]] a choice of two or more [[effect]]s when they are [[cast]]. <ref>{{NewRef|making-magic/à-la-mode-2014-02-2|À La Mode|[[Mark Rosewater]]|February 21, 2014}}</ref>
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| ==Description==
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| A modal spell or ability begins with "Choose one —" followed by multiple possible effect choices, or modes. When a modal spell or ability is announced its controller first chooses one of the modes to take effect before choosing its [[target]] or targets if it requires any. The earliest modal spell is <c>Healing Salve</c>, although initially it didn't have the "Choose one -" wording. It was reworded when reprinted in ''[[Urza's Saga]]''.
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| There are several variations of modal spells and abilities: "An opponent chooses one —" appears on three spells, <c>Fatal Lore</c>, <c>Library of Lat-Nam</c> and <c>Misfortune</c>, all from ''[[Alliances]]''. Another is called a modal [[replacement effect]] and reads "If [event], instead choose one —". This wording was used for <c>Time Vault</c>'s [[Oracle]] text at one point, but is no longer on any cards. "Choose two -" appears on a cycle of cards (Command cycle from ''[[Lorwyn]]''); and is given a choice of four effects, and as expected allows the user to use two of them. "Choose one or both -" has appeared a few times in the [[Alara]] block and ''[[Zendikar]]''; two effects are given, and the caster is allowed to choose either for resolution. This is to allow [[Answer flexibility|flexibility]] if the caster prefers to use only one effect (or is forced to, for lack of a valid target for one half), while allowing the capability to perform both if required. This was an updated wording of the effects of <c>Hull Breach</c>, which was forced to list out all three options.
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| In August 2014 all cards that offer a choice were reformatted on [[gatherer]] to have bullet points. This paved the the way for the subsequent release of the [[Khans of Tarkir block]] which also featured modal spells with bullet points. <ref>{{NewRef|feature/designing-your-fate-2014-12-29|Designing Your Fate|[[Ken Nagle]]|December 29, 2014}}</ref>
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| ==Rules==
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| {{See also|entwine}}
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Magic rules]][[Category:Miscellaneous mechanics]]
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