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Chains of Mephistopheles and other "replace the draw" effect.

Dec. 6, 2016 10:08:36 AM

Jacopo Strati
Judge (Level 5 (International Judge Program)), IJP Temporary Regional Advisor

Italy and Malta

Chains of Mephistopheles and other "replace the draw" effect.

Hello everyone!

I control Chains of Mephistopheles and Thought Reflection.
During my pre-combat main phase I cast a Whispers of the Muse (I've other 2 random cards in my hand).

If I choose to apply Thought Reflection first, the original event “draw a card” becomes “draw to cards”. Now I apply CoM, and I'll have to discard a card in order to draw a card (this will happen two times).

My question is: when CoM makes me draw a card, is this considered to be a “different draw event” and consequently I can apply again TR to it (drawing two cards)?
Or is the CoM draw part of the “original modified event” and so TR can not be applied again (I'll draw just one card)?

Thanks for your help :)

Dec. 11, 2016 12:37:08 AM

Callum Milne
Forum Moderator
Judge (Uncertified)

Canada - Western Provinces

Chains of Mephistopheles and other "replace the draw" effect.

Thought Reflection has already applied to the event that Chains of Mephistopheles is replacing, so it cannot be applied to the modified series of events that you get after applying Chains. Even though the

This is laid out in CR614.5:
Originally posted by 614.5. A replacement effect doesn’t invoke itself repeatedly; it gets only one opportunity to affect an event or any modified events that may replace it.:
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