I have a Nether Shadow in my graveyard so I need to keep it in order. I cycle Street Wraith and replace the Draw with Dredging a Golgari Thug. Does the Street Wraith end up on top or bottom of the dredged cards? What about if I cast a Gitaxian Probe and replace that draw with dredging?
Street Wraith ends up in the graveyard first, with the dredged cards n top. This is because discarding the card is part of the cost of cycling, so it happens when you activate the ability. The card draw, however, is the effect of the ability, so happens during its resolution. Thus the replacement of the draw also happens during the resolution.
Gitaxian Probe, otoh, is an instant sorcery, and the last part of resolving an instant or sorcery is to put it into the graveyard. Thus the draw happens first, since that is part of the effect of he spell. Therefore, the replacement of the draw also happens before the card goes to the graveyard.
With cycling the card is discarded as part of the cost of the ability so it will go to the graveyard before the ability comes to resolve. This means it will be under the cards that you put into the graveyard with dredge.
With Gitaxian probe and other spells the card representing the spell moves to the relevant game zone as the last part of it resolving so would be ontop of any cards that you dredged.
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instantsorcery, and the last part of resolving an instant or sorcery is to put it into the graveyard. Thus the draw happens first, since that is part of the effect of he spell. Therefore, the replacement of the draw also happens before the card goes to the graveyard.Former Rules Advisor
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With Gitaxian probe and other spells the card representing the spell moves to the relevant game zone as the last part of it resolving so would be ontop of any cards that you dredged.
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Minor nitpick - Gitaxian Probe is a sorcery, not an instant. Doesn't change Rezzahan's answer, though.