Friarball

all versions

every printing — same card, different shelf price · click one to view it

rulings

• 2024-11-08Playtest cards aren’t legal for play in any tournament format other than Mystery Booster Limited formats. On the other hand, we expect they will spice up a wide variety of non-tournament games (as long as everyone’s on the same page about using them!).
• 2024-11-08Spells cast from zones other than your hand and spells that were countered or otherwise failed to resolve are still counted by the coststorm ability.
• 2024-11-08Playtest cards use a modified version of game symbols, such as {T} and {W}. These modified symbols should be treated as the standard symbols during play.
• 2024-11-08A copy of a spell can be countered like any other spell, but it must be countered individually. Countering a spell with coststorm won’t affect the copies.
• 2024-11-08For many playtest cards, you’ll need to make a generous assumption that basic game rules would be updated to allow them to work. The Mystery Booster 2 Playtest Card Notes section (reproduced here in individual Gatherer rulings) provides guidance for fitting these cards into the existing rules structure.
• 2024-11-08The copies of Friarball created by its coststorm ability are put directly onto the stack. They aren’t cast or played.