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Tibalt's Trickery
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Counter target spell. Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random. Its controller mills that many cards, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with a different name than that spell. They may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put the exiled cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.
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A keyword ability that may let a player cast a random extra spell for no cost. See rule 702.85, “Cascade.”
Random, chaotic, or coin-flip effects that create unpredictable game states.
Prevents a spell or ability from resolving.
To mill a number of cards, a player puts that many cards from the top of their library into their graveyard. See rule 701.17.
To mill a number of cards, a player puts that many cards from the top of their library into their graveyard. See rule 701.17.
Answers an opponent's threat by destroying, exiling, bouncing, or otherwise removing a permanent or spell.
An effect that puts cards from your own library into your graveyard for value.
Cares about or manipulates the top card(s) of your library. Includes scry, surveil, and top-deck payoffs.
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Printings (6)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop#7027 | rare | · | · | · |
| Magic Online Promos#88316 | rare | · | · | · |
| Kaldheim Promos#153s | rare | · | · | · |
| Kaldheim#360 | rare | · | · | · |
| Kaldheim#153 | rare | · | · | · |
| Kaldheim Promos#153p | rare | · | · | · |
Related Concepts
Related Rules
Cascade
While applying a replacement effect that modifies how a permanent enters the battlefield, another replacement effect may cause a player to mill cards or exile cards from the top of a library. In that case, any card that is entering the battlefield from that library won’t be included in that effect, even though those cards are in the library as the effect is applied.
Mill
For a player to mill a number of cards, that player puts that many cards from the top of their library into their graveyard.
A player can’t mill a number of cards greater than the number of cards in their library. If given the choice to do so, they can’t choose to take that action. If instructed to do so, they mill as many as possible. Similarly, the player can’t pay a cost that includes milling a number of cards greater than the number of cards in their library.
Dredge is a static ability that functions only while the card with dredge is in a player’s graveyard. “Dredge N” means “As long as you have at least N cards in your library, if you would draw a card, you may instead mill N cards and return this card from your graveyard to your hand.”
A player with fewer cards in their library than the number required by a dredge ability can’t mill any of them this way.
Cascade is a triggered ability that functions only while the spell with cascade is on the stack. “Cascade” means “When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card whose mana value is less than this spell’s mana value. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost if the resulting spell’s mana value is less than this spell’s mana value. Then put all cards exiled this way that weren’t cast on the bottom of your library in a random order.”
Rulings
If the spell has {X} in its mana cost, they must choose 0 as the value of X.
If there aren't any nonland cards in that library with a different name than the countered spell, the player will exile all cards from their library, revealing all of them, and then they'll put those cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Tibalt's Trickery can target a spell that can't be countered. If Tibalt's Trickery resolves, the target spell won't be countered, but all of the other effects will still happen.
If a player casts a spell "without paying its mana cost," they can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. They can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
If the spell that's countered was the back face of a modal double-faced card, no card in the player's library will have the same name as that spell because those cards all use only their front-face characteristics while in the library; however, if the first card the player exiles that has a different name than the spell is a modal double-faced card, they may cast either face, even if the back face has the same name as the countered spell.