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Duality Distorted

4 cards where the artists go back to their own classic art and find a second scene in it. Thoughtseize and Pyroblast are in here.

Released 4 cards $29.99 at the Secret Lair store

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Every card in this drop

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VersionStore PriceAt the Store
Non-Foil $29.99 Sold out
Foil $39.99 Sold out

When It Was on Sale

What the Secret Lair store listed for each version, and when it sold out.

DropVersionPriceStatusOn SaleSold Out
Duality Distorted Foil $39.99 Sold out
Duality Distorted Non-foil $29.99 Sold out

Rulings for the Cards on This Page

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8 rulings for 3 cards

Desperate Ritual

Wizards of the Coast 7 Jun 2013

You choose all targets for the spell after revealing cards you want to splice, including any targets required by the text of any of those cards. You may choose a different target for each instance of the word “target” on the resulting spell.

Wizards of the Coast 7 Jun 2013

Desperate Ritual isn’t a mana ability. When cast, it (or the spell it’s spliced onto) goes on the stack like any spell and can be responded to.

Wizards of the Coast 7 Jun 2013

A card with a splice ability can’t be spliced onto itself because the spell is on the stack (and not in your hand) when you reveal the cards you want to splice onto it.

Wizards of the Coast 7 Jun 2013

You reveal all cards you intend to splice at the same time. Each individual card can be spliced only once onto any one spell.

Wizards of the Coast 7 Jun 2013

If all of the spell’s targets are illegal when the spell tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen.

Pyroblast

Wizards of the Coast 8 Jun 2016

Pyroblast can target any spell or permanent, not just a blue one. It checks the color of the target only on resolution.

Wizards of the Coast 4 Oct 2004

The decision to counter a spell or destroy a permanent is a decision made on announcement before the target is selected. If the spell is redirected, this mode can't be changed, so only targets of the selected type are valid.

Thoughtseize

Wizards of the Coast 7 Aug 2020

You lose 2 life even if the target player has no nonland cards in their hand to discard.

Also Printed in Other Drops

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