Rule evolution
Rule 307.5
Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 3 wording revisions · 0 renumberings
Earliest archived Rules release307.5Details
If a spell, ability, or effect states that a player can do something only "any time he or she could cast a sorcery," it means only that the player must have priority, it must be during the main phase of his or her turn, and the stack must be empty. The player doesn't need to have a sorcery he or she could actually cast. Effects that would prevent that player from casting a spell or casting a sorcery don't affect the player's capability to perform that action (unless the action is actually casting a spell or casting a sorcery).
Wording changed307.5Details
If a spell, ability, or effect states that a player can do something only "any time he or she could cast a sorcery," it means only that the player must have priority, it must be during the main phase of his or her turn, and the stack must be empty. The player doesn't need to have a sorcery he or she could actually cast. Effects that would
preventpreclude that player from casting a spell or casting a sorcery don't affect the player's capability to perform that action (unless the action is actually casting a spell or casting a sorcery).Wording changed307.5Details
If a spell, ability, or effect states that a player can do something only "any time
hetheyor shecould cast a sorcery," it means only that the player must have priority, it must be during the main phase ofhistheiror herturn, and the stack must be empty. The player doesn't need to have a sorceryhetheyor shecouldactuallycast. Effects that would preclude that player from casting a spell or casting a sorcery don't affect the player's capability to perform that action (unless the action is actually casting a spell or casting a sorcery).Wording changed307.5Details
If a spell, ability, or effect states that a player can do something only "any time they could cast a sorcery" or "only as a sorcery," it means only that the player must have priority, it must be during the main phase of their turn, and the stack must be empty. The player doesn't need to have a sorcery card they could cast. Effects that would preclude that player from casting a
spell or casting asorcery spell don't affect the player's capability to perform that action (unless the action is actually casting aspell or casting asorcery spell).