What happens to non-casted cards when Cascading

Asked by Chaospyke 2 years ago

When I cascade into a castable card what happens to the other cards I exiled? It is my understanding that they should go to the bottom of the library then the casted card is allowed to resolve. This matters for the sake of cascading two basics into a Explosive Vegetation

Polaris says... Accepted answer #1

The short version is yes, Explosive Vegetation will work fine.

Here's how a cascade breaks down, in detail:

1. You cast a spell that has cascade.
2. Cascade triggers and goes on the stack. Players may respond.
3. Cascade starts resolving. You exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a suitable card.
4. You choose whether to cast the card (without paying its mana cost). If you do, you put it on the stack now, and choose any targets it has.
5. You put the rest of the exiled cards on the bottom of your library in a random order.
6. Any effects triggered by the spell being cast (for example, if it had cascade too) go on the stack now, and another round of priority happens.
7. Once any responses are taken care of, the spell you cascaded into resolves.
8. The original spell resolves.

You can see by this that the lands will still be in exile when Explosive Vegetation is cast, but they will be back in your library before it resolves.

November 21, 2021 8:44 p.m.