{"ops":[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Background"},{"insert":"\nThis deck started with my realization that most of my games had the same problem - there wasn't enough interaction at the table to deal with \"must-kill\" commanders and big game changing plays. Looking for a deck that can play enough interaction led me to Silverquill, the Disputant, using Casualty to make my removal hit harder. I chose my Instant/Sorcery cards looking for spells that work on their own, but get significantly better when copied. Because of this, I am trying to steer clear spells that just have one global function. I am running "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Damn"}},{"insert":" instead of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Damnation"}},{"insert":" , because the 2-mana version can be copied for value. I am running "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Winds of Abandon"}},{"insert":" instead of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Settle the Wreckage"}},{"insert":" for the same reason. Cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Do or Die"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Make an Example"}},{"insert":" are very good here; forcing a second round of pile-splitting can let you hit a specific monster, or go for a volume play and kill more creatures. \n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Rules Interactions"},{"insert":"\nCasualty\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"702.153a Casualty is a keyword that represents two abilities. The first is a static ability that functions while the spell with casualty is on the stack. The second is a triggered ability that functions while the spell with casualty is on the stack. Casualty N means “As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power N or greater,” and “When you cast this spell, if a casualty cost was paid for it, copy it. If the spell has any targets, you may choose new targets for the copy.” Paying a spell’s casualty cost follows the rules for paying additional costs in rules 601.2b and 601.2f–h."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Silverquill, the Disputant"}},{"insert":" grants your spells Casualty 1. This applies to Instants and Sorcery cards and is triggered on the cast. That means if you want Casualty to apply, you need to be casting the spell, not just copying it onto the stack. This will rule out several of the copy spell effects, however there are a couple that will still apply: \"prepare spells\" from creatures that have become prepared and spells with Paradigm both instruct you to cast the copy, and would allow you to use the Casualty 1. \n\nYou can sacrifice the prepared creature to pay the Casualty 1 cost on the prepared spell, since the spell has already been placed on the stack. You can"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" not"},{"insert":" sacrifice Silverquill to pay the Casualty 1 cost on the prepared spell. The static ability of Casualty would trigger, asking if you want to pay the cost, but when you go to resolve the triggered ability to create the copy, the spell would no longer have Casualty as Silverquill would no longer be on the board to grant it. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"707.10. To copy a spell, activated ability, or triggered ability means to put a copy of it onto the stack; a copy of a spell isn’t cast and a copy of an activated ability isn’t activated. A copy of a spell or"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"ability copies both the characteristics of the spell or ability and all decisions made for it, including modes, targets, the value of X, and additional or alternative costs. "},{"insert":"\n\nIf you copy a spell that has characteristics or decisions, like Kicker or Convoke, the copy of that spell will include those characteristics. That means if you copy a convoked "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lethal Scheme"}},{"insert":" , the copy will retain the characteristics of \"which creatures were used to Convoke it,\" and you will get to Connive for each copy. \n"}]}