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Trial and Error

one red manaone red manaElemental Instant — Fire

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Whenever Trial and Error is countered or fizzles, you may copy it and choose new targets for the copy.

Trial and Error deals 3 damage to any target.

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Trial and Error rulings

  • Elemental is a card type, and Fire is an elemental type. This has no relation to the creature type Elemental. If an effect refers to an Elemental, it refers to the creature type.

  • A spell fizzles when it tries to resolve but each of its targets is no longer a legal target.

Trial and Error format legality

Constructed

  • StandardNot legal
  • PioneerNot legal
  • ModernNot legal
  • Future StandardNot legal

Eternal

  • LegacyNot legal
  • VintageNot legal
  • PauperNot legal
  • PremodernNot legal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulNot legal

Commander

  • CommanderNot legal
  • OathbreakerNot legal
  • Pauper CommanderNot legal
  • Duel CommanderNot legal
  • PreDHNot legal

Arena & online

  • HistoricNot legal
  • TimelessNot legal
  • AlchemyNot legal
  • GladiatorNot legal
  • BrawlNot legal
  • Standard BrawlNot legal
  • Competitive BrawlNot legal

Other

  • TLRNot legal

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