I want this to work like Flashback but without actually using the Flashback mechanic. I'd like to keep the lines of rules text in MSE below five. The wording below is a tidy four lines of rules text in MSE. Does it need the wordiness of something like Torrential Gearhulk or will the following suffice? If not, why not?
Unbury (Common) 1(B/G)
Sorcery
You may cast Unbury from your graveyard. If you do, exile it.
Return target creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand.
With your current text, casting it from your graveyard accomplishes very little other than upping the Storm count by 1, since it's exiled before it can resolve.
With your current text, casting it from your graveyard accomplishes very little other than upping the Storm count by 1, since it's exiled before it can resolve.
With your current text, casting it from your graveyard accomplishes very little other than upping the Storm count by 1, since it's exiled before it can resolve.
This isn't actually true. Once a spell starts to resolve (which it would need to do in order to have any of its effects including being exiled) it will continue to resolve even if it leaves the stack in the middle of resolution.
608.2j. If an instant spell, sorcery spell, or ability that can legally resolve leaves the stack once it starts to resolve, it will continue to resolve fully.
However, that being said, there is a reason "Exile ~" is usually at the end of a spell; to decrease confusion with these types of spells. So, I would suggest going for a slightly wordier template to decrease confusion.
Once a spell starts to resolve (which it would need to do in order to have any of its effects including being exiled) it will continue to resolve even if it leaves the stack in the middle of resolution.
The parenthetical text isn't correct.
"You may cast ~ from your graveyard" isn't a spell ability, and the exile instruction is part of the same ability as the sentence before it. Therefore, the exile will happen as part of taking advantage of the permission granted by the static ability, immediately after the spell has finished being cast. If the exile instruction were to happen as part of the resolution, either the exile instruction needs to specifically mention when the exile action happens, or some form of triggered ability needs to be involved.
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[c]Lightning Bolt[/c] -> Lightning Bolt
[c=Lightning Bolt]Apple Pie[/c] -> Apple Pie
Vowels-Only Format Minimum deck size: 60 Maximum number of identical cards: 4 Ban list: Cards whose English names begin with a consonant, Unglued and Unhinged cards, cards involving ante, Ancestral Recall
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Unbury (Common)
1(B/G)
Sorcery
You may cast Unbury from your graveyard. If you do, exile it.
Return target creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand.
Question answered. Thanks.
However, that being said, there is a reason "Exile ~" is usually at the end of a spell; to decrease confusion with these types of spells. So, I would suggest going for a slightly wordier template to decrease confusion.
The parenthetical text isn't correct.
"You may cast ~ from your graveyard" isn't a spell ability, and the exile instruction is part of the same ability as the sentence before it. Therefore, the exile will happen as part of taking advantage of the permission granted by the static ability, immediately after the spell has finished being cast. If the exile instruction were to happen as part of the resolution, either the exile instruction needs to specifically mention when the exile action happens, or some form of triggered ability needs to be involved.
[c]Lightning Bolt[/c] -> Lightning Bolt
[c=Lightning Bolt]Apple Pie[/c] -> Apple Pie
Vowels-Only Format
Minimum deck size: 60
Maximum number of identical cards: 4
Ban list: Cards whose English names begin with a consonant, Unglued and Unhinged cards, cards involving ante, Ancestral Recall