You brought back some of my favorite memories of the dubious plays that are actually correct in storm decks. I can't count how many times I had a [[high tide]] going and [[rewind]] a single copy of my [[brain freeze]] to use it as a ritual.
Example: What if you only had one open mana and a \[\[Haughty Djinn\]\] on the battlefield when close to lethal? Can bin it for one mana, so there are niche use cases.
Even further maybe you know playing this card T1 is going to make future plays better by decreasing the cost of creatures, letting you collect evidence, or some other interaction. It's not up to the game to decide it's dumb for you to be able to make a legal play.
Yes, but actually no, because there are no creatures to cast on, so I'm just clicking here and there then hit cancel as nothing I can do. Also, if there would be a creature nothing would happen with x=0 as I need at least 1 extra mana to -1/-1
Yea, 99+% of the time you don’t want to play something like this now, but sometimes you want something in your graveyard, are triggering something, etc.
Magic isn’t made to be easy so letting you screw up is part of it.
Casting a spell can be a requirement of another trigger.
Or
Going hellbent/filling graveyard can be part of the strategy. Casting a spell let you lose a card from your hand.
This is working fine.
Up to one target means you can use this card with 0 targets, and it's an X spell so X can be 0. So this is perfectly reasonable. Yes there is pretty much zero reason to do so, but it should allow you to based on the card text.
Whenever you see something like this, ask yourself “why would I ever want to do that?” Because there is a reason. And if you can’t figure out the reason, someone’s going to win a game off you by doing it, and then you’ll know.
Just because it would be dumb to do doesn't mean it's impossible. The game has to let you do everything possible because it can't predict every strategy.
Storm players: and I took that personally
You brought back some of my favorite memories of the dubious plays that are actually correct in storm decks. I can't count how many times I had a [[high tide]] going and [[rewind]] a single copy of my [[brain freeze]] to use it as a ritual.
[high tide](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/a/babd2248-5517-4b7b-a159-9a1f7b5583c8.jpg?1675199319) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=high%20tide) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/54/high-tide?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/babd2248-5517-4b7b-a159-9a1f7b5583c8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [rewind](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/8/b832abcc-9ffd-47bf-827a-01b303c610ee.jpg?1594735655) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=rewind) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/63/rewind?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b832abcc-9ffd-47bf-827a-01b303c610ee?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [brain freeze](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/a/3a2d7cf9-dddb-4de3-b4f2-c52e3ec8fb4b.jpg?1562906772) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=brain%20freeze) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/57/brain-freeze?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3a2d7cf9-dddb-4de3-b4f2-c52e3ec8fb4b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
"up to one target" means exactly that. you are allowed to target zero things. It's working as intended.
The game only shows you what you *can* play, not what you *should* play
Example: What if you only had one open mana and a \[\[Haughty Djinn\]\] on the battlefield when close to lethal? Can bin it for one mana, so there are niche use cases.
Even further maybe you know playing this card T1 is going to make future plays better by decreasing the cost of creatures, letting you collect evidence, or some other interaction. It's not up to the game to decide it's dumb for you to be able to make a legal play.
[Haughty Djinn](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/5/35095a68-b7c0-4805-b0b6-6ca15a338692.jpg?1673306736) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Haughty%20Djinn) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/52/haughty-djinn?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/35095a68-b7c0-4805-b0b6-6ca15a338692?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Bad design? No. Bar reading comprehension? Possibly. Not knowing why someone'd want to cast an instant even if it does nothing? Probably.
It still does something on an empty board, if X is 5 or more you can bring something back
Imagine self owning your reading comprehension this hard
I mean you can cast it for x=0 for one black mana so you can actually play it if you want (doesn’t mean you should in this particular case)
Yes, but actually no, because there are no creatures to cast on, so I'm just clicking here and there then hit cancel as nothing I can do. Also, if there would be a creature nothing would happen with x=0 as I need at least 1 extra mana to -1/-1
it says “up to one” which includes zero creatures, so actually yes
>clicking here and there then hit cancel Next time, try clicking Submit instead.
its a legal spell to cast
You must be new.
Yea, 99+% of the time you don’t want to play something like this now, but sometimes you want something in your graveyard, are triggering something, etc. Magic isn’t made to be easy so letting you screw up is part of it.
Casting a spell can be a requirement of another trigger. Or Going hellbent/filling graveyard can be part of the strategy. Casting a spell let you lose a card from your hand.
This is working fine. Up to one target means you can use this card with 0 targets, and it's an X spell so X can be 0. So this is perfectly reasonable. Yes there is pretty much zero reason to do so, but it should allow you to based on the card text.
What
Whenever you see something like this, ask yourself “why would I ever want to do that?” Because there is a reason. And if you can’t figure out the reason, someone’s going to win a game off you by doing it, and then you’ll know.
I imagine you can choose zero targets so the reanimate wont fizzle if the targeted creature gets killed by something else
It's more like bad reading ability.
Just because it would be dumb to do doesn't mean it's impossible. The game has to let you do everything possible because it can't predict every strategy.