So if my opponent has Meddling Mage in play on GCR, can I actually not use the Ghor-Clan Rampager's bloodrush ability? I'm a little confused because I'm discarding it as a part of the cost; am I technically still 'playing' it? I would suppose I am, but I'm not positive...
Always use the current Oracle text of cards. Meddling Mage's text now says "The named card can't be cast". So you cannot cast GCR but you can use its bloodrush ability. That's activating an ability, not casting a spell.
Even with the older wording, which some cards still use, "play" means "cast" for nonland cards and "play" for land cards.
Meddling Mage's second ability now says: "Spells with the chosen name can't be cast" (C.R. 108.1). Not only can an activated ability, such as Ghor-Clan Rampage's second ability, not be cast (review C.R. 701.4), but it also isn't a spell (compare C.R. 111.1 with C.R. 602.1).
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Even with the older wording, which some cards still use, "play" means "cast" for nonland cards and "play" for land cards.
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