Ertai's Meddling

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Name	Ertai's Meddling
Type	Instant
Description	X can't be 0. Target spell's controller exiles it with X delay counters on it. At the beginning of each of that player's upkeeps, if that card is exiled, remove a delay counter from it. If the card has no delay counters on it, the player puts it ontoSee more
Artist	Steve Luke
Set	The List #828
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04/15/13

If Ertai’s Meddling is used to copy an arcane spell that had effects spliced onto it, it will create a spell with all of those effects. That spell’s controller will not be able to splice additional effects onto the spell, since they did not re-cast the spell and instead simply put it back onto the stack.

04/01/08

This now exiles the spell as part of Ertai’s Meddling’s resolution, instead of waiting for the targeted spell to start resolving.

10/04/04

Ertai’s Meddling can’t be cast through any way that doesn’t pay its mana cost. This is because the X in the Meddling’s mana cost can’t be 0, but effects that allow spells to be cast without paying their mana costs set X to 0.

10/04/04

Note that a delayed spell that targets another spell won’t resolve when it resolves since it will find that its target is no longer on the stack.

10/04/04

Once it is put back on the stack, it is a “new” spell again and can be countered or even targeted by another Ertai’s Meddling.

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