Rule Questions

GelectrodeGelectrode
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Hello all, I have a few questions about the ruling of these cards:

1): I just cast Grave Sifter:
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=389539

I have a bunch of Forests in my graveyard. Would I be able to return all of the Forests to my hand because Dryad Arbor is a real creature and has "Forest" as its type?
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=282542

2): I just cast Bring to Light, using 3 colors of mana to cast it.
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=401831

And I copy it with Riku of Two Reflections. Would my copy also search for a creature/instant/sorcery with 3 mana because its information is imprinted from the original?

3): I am teaching my friends to play proxy command games, with fake commanders and real cards, and I just made a cool Temur commander. Does the card make sense? Is there something wrong? I have never made such a complex commander for proxy commander, so I am looking for advice.
http://mtgcardsmith.com/view/drikud-mystic-hermit?list=user

Thanks!

Comments

  • Biblio2Biblio2
    1. No. Forest is not a creature type. It's a land type. 2. No. No mana was spent to cast the copy so the number of colors used to cast the spell is zero. 3. You don't search for a spell - those are only on the stack. The search will be for an instant or sorcery card. When you search for a card by type or name you don't have to find it even if the cards are revealed. The player won't need to pull all those cards out of the deck then shuffle them all back since the he or she can search for one specific card and cast it - there only being one card then negates the whole "random" part.
  • MordecaiMordecai
    @Biblio2 Actually, you'd be wrong about the copy, a copy will TOTALLY copy the spell, including casting costs (or colours) and additional costs. Also, you're not considered to be casting a spell, so prowess etc won't trigger.
  • RohanDragoonRohanDragoon
    @Mordecai

    @Biblio2 was right about the second one. Since it's a copy, there was absolutely no mana spent to cast that spell, therefore the converge would not activate on the copy. It would be 0.

    Straight from the Magic the Gathering website:
    Be aware that if a spell with converge on the stack is copied, it's just created on the stack. No mana was spent to cast the copy, so zero colors of mana were spent to cast it. The copy probably won't have much of an effect.
  • MordecaiMordecai
    @RohanDragon

    Yeah, I suppose so. I didn't check the gatherer site until now, but just assumed that because copies copy all variables it would copy converge as well? Hmm, I suppose we have WOTC to blame for that XD
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