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Originally posted by humbleacolyte:
This might be an old/outdated question/thinking, but, I read in a rule book once (years ago) that playing a land is considered a spell, without a casting cost and colorless. Why can't counter spell stop the playing of a land?

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Originally posted by Devonin:
The cost for Fauna Shaman's ability is to discard a creature. When you pay that cost, the ability goes onto the stack. From there, the process of handling the ability is identical to casting a spell.

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Originally posted by SageShadows:
If someone played a Counterspell, could I use Misdirection to put the counterspell on the Misdirection or would it have to be another spell?

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If I have a Primordial Hydra with 5 +1/+1 counters that dies, do I get to put 5 +1/+1 counters on another creature? Or does it check P/T as 0?

If you have something like "whenever ~this~ or another human enters the battlefield you may XYZ" that triggers once for the creature and once for each other human brought back by the spell.

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Originally posted by Pail42:
How do replacement effects interact with multiple permanents coming back at once?

Let's say I have a Lotus Vale and two basic land in play. Somebody plays Armageddon followed then Second Sunrise. Can I sacrifice my basic lands and be left with only a Lotus Vale?

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Originally posted by pugowar:
Does Mindsparker deal 2 damage twice if the instant or sorcery is blue AND white?

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From Gatherer:

7/1/2013 Mindsparker’s ability will trigger whenever an opponent casts an instant or sorcery spell that’s white, blue, or both. If the spell is both white and blue, Mindsparker’s ability will trigger only once.

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Originally posted by Zarfolos132:
I have a Mentor of the Meek in play, and play captain of the watch. While the captain himself does not kick off Mentors ability, the tokens do yes? Which leads into my real question, if I play a creature with a single mentor out that kicks off its ability, can I use Mentor's ability as many times as I have mana for one creature? If so are you able to pay 1 draw, see what you get and continue to pay to draw, until tapped out or satisfied?

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You can only pay and draw once per creature per mentor.

Mentor of the Meek has a triggered ability that only triggers once per creature. If you want to draw multiple cards per creature you will need to have multiple Mentors in play.

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You can only pay and draw once per creature per mentor.

Mentor of the Meek has a triggered ability that only triggers once per creature. If you want to draw multiple cards per creature you will need to have multiple Mentors in play.

In the case where you have multiple mentors in play you can choose how many times you want to pay to draw cards. You don't have to decide up-front how many cards you want to draw. You pay {1} as each Mentor's ability resolves, but the triggers all go on the stack before you pay anything.

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Once you activate an ability, resolving that process is identical to the process for casting a spell.

During the first main phase I cast a ball lightning, then declare I'm attacking.

The ball lightning survives, I then sacrifice it to a infernal plunge in my second main phase, can I use the three mana from the infernal plunge to cast another ball lightning and attack again since it has haste??

So no, you can't play a ball lightning after combat is over and attack in a new combat phase.