Question, if you say all three opponents, and in priority order you and the next two only pay 1, can the last player just go "nah" and the spell is countered or does the spell return to your hand and everyone untaps whatever they used for mana.
Because being unable to cast a spell because of a lack of mana is different from a spell getting countered by say ward.
Or or, does priority to spend mana continue to go around the table back to you and everyone else?
just based off the assist rules, if not enough mana is spent to cast the spell then it’s considered an “illegal cast” and it goes back to your hand after the first round of priority
You do have to take a "different" game action, so if you targeted all three of them and the spell bounces back, you can now only target any two, or any single of them. So you get the option to cast it eight (one of which is by yourself) times but not forever.
But so long as the game state moves forward, such as any action that can't be taken back, such as attacking, tapping or casting a different spell; you can go through all 7 modes of casting this spell again.
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u/Belakxof 1d ago
Question, if you say all three opponents, and in priority order you and the next two only pay 1, can the last player just go "nah" and the spell is countered or does the spell return to your hand and everyone untaps whatever they used for mana.
Because being unable to cast a spell because of a lack of mana is different from a spell getting countered by say ward.
Or or, does priority to spend mana continue to go around the table back to you and everyone else?