Can be worth it, or could be too expensive for the spell you get. Good if you jack a Great Whale or similar large spell useful in your deck, overcosted if you jack something small, or something you can't use like an X-spell or Dragonstorm if you have no dragons in your deck.
HairlessThoctar
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(12 votes)
Wow. Guys, this doesn't work how you think it does.
You counter the spell. It gets exiled. You get to cast it from the exile zone. What happens to an instant or sorcery after it's cast? It goes to its owner's graveyard. You don't get infinite free counterspells if you snatch a counterspell with this.
Laguz
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(6 votes)
You don't get to keep playing the spell fools. It's played just like it was in your hand.
Enchantment_Removal
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card keeps my budget low, for their cards are my cards too.
It really is only good for stealing a game winning spell. Like a bomb, or overrun
Amsjex
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.9/5.0)(8 votes)
correct me if i'm wrong but if i have this and a Leyline of the Void i can spam your spell?
i think this might work as it wouldn't go to the graveyard it gets instantly removed from the game again. so unless spelljack "forgets" which spell it countered it would be practically insta win especially if you countered a lightning bolt
tenkaze
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Spelljack does forget what it countered. It only remembers spells RFG'd by getting countered by Spelljack. If a card was exiled by Leyline of the Void, then Spelljack has no way of knowing that so you can't cast those cards.
HuntingDrake
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
It took some digging to find out why some of these effects let you ignore Sorcery/Creature timing restrictions, while others don't: If it specifies a duration, you can still only play sorceries at sorcery speed. But if (using the same phrase - "you may cast"!) no duration is specified, it's a now-or-never deal and you can cast during the effect's resolution.
djbon2112
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
@HuntingDrake That's not how it works either.
When you target a spell with Spelljack...
1. Counter the spell. 2. Instead of going to its owner's graveyard, it's exiled. It remains exiled indefinitely. 3. If the spell exiled by Spelljack is in the exile zone, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. You do not ignore any timing restrictions on the spell. X is 0. 4. When the spell resolves, it's put into its owner's graveyard as normal.
In order for something to override a type timing restriction, it must say "may be cast - as though it were an instant/any time you could cast an instant/as though it had flash". If it doesn't say that, and you want to play an exiled Creature, you have to wait until your turn, during your main phase, while you have priority.
blindthrall
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@tenkaze: Not that I don't believe you, but nothing on the card or in the errata says you can't cast the targeted spell if some other effect removed it from the game later on.
Kaizeischi
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(6 votes)
"You may play it as though it were in your hand"
Hmm. Phage, the Untouchable, anyone? :3
aquariansword
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This cards art is just horrible.
bijart_dauth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
considering it says "for as long as it remains exiled" not something like "while it is exiled" i would assume that once it is no longer exiled you can't cast it again even if it gets exiled again. Though that would be really cool with the leyline.
Stray_Dog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Looks a bit like Thomas Dolby (after being blinded by science).
face-fister
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So, what are we playing tonight?
Jeremydav
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think the art is hilariously awesome, actually. Not an amazing card though. There are better ways to spend 6 probs.
Shard_Fenix
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Kaizeischi: Playing Phage with this will make you lose. You aren't playing it from your hand.
Lord_Ascapelion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I use it in EDH, where it's absolutely back-breaking. Take your opponent's best spell for yourself!
Paolino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Kaizeischi The combo with Phage doesn't work. "As though it were in your hand" is an expression which was used to indicate the possibility to cast a spell from the late removed-from-the-game zone; check the current errata and you will see that expression has been removed. But besides the errata, Phage required to actually be cast FROM YOUR HAND, not from anywhere else, so it didn't work already before.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
OF the counterspells that aren't obnoxiously broken (Mana Drain), too undercosted (Counterspell), or have mechanics that clearly undermine the intent of their design (Force of Will), this might be the most high-potential that I wouldn't feel like a bad person for including in a deck. Very sweet effect, has a right to a Mythic Rare reprint, I think.
"In order for something to override a type timing restriction, it must say 'may be cast - as though it were an instant/any time you could cast an instant/as though it had flash.'"
I'd like to direct your attention toward Counterlash.
JarieSuicune
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
J-A-C-K. Jack. I spelled Jack! Or is it "Spell, Jack". I wonder what he's supposed to spell...? How much spell is left after Jack has taken it?
Really lame lame puns. Use them when you play!
Lord_Skoonie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Makes your opponent think twice about playing his Cruel Ultimatum against you. Or against anyone else, really :)
Phyrexian_Niv_Mizzet
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A strange blue spell from the Green-White set.
In a pinch, it can at least act as a faerie-trickery. Best case-scenario, it steals you exactly what you need. 3.5/5.
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You counter the spell. It gets exiled. You get to cast it from the exile zone.
What happens to an instant or sorcery after it's cast?
It goes to its owner's graveyard.
You don't get infinite free counterspells if you snatch a counterspell with this.
It really is only good for stealing a game winning spell. Like a bomb, or overrun
i think this might work as it wouldn't go to the graveyard it gets instantly removed from the game again. so unless spelljack "forgets" which spell it countered it would be practically insta win especially if you countered a lightning bolt
If it specifies a duration, you can still only play sorceries at sorcery speed. But if (using the same phrase - "you may cast"!) no duration is specified, it's a now-or-never deal and you can cast during the effect's resolution.
When you target a spell with Spelljack...
1. Counter the spell.
2. Instead of going to its owner's graveyard, it's exiled. It remains exiled indefinitely.
3. If the spell exiled by Spelljack is in the exile zone, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. You do not ignore any timing restrictions on the spell. X is 0.
4. When the spell resolves, it's put into its owner's graveyard as normal.
In order for something to override a type timing restriction, it must say "may be cast - as though it were an instant/any time you could cast an instant/as though it had flash". If it doesn't say that, and you want to play an exiled Creature, you have to wait until your turn, during your main phase, while you have priority.
Hmm. Phage, the Untouchable, anyone? :3
The combo with Phage doesn't work. "As though it were in your hand" is an expression which was used to indicate the possibility to cast a spell from the late removed-from-the-game zone; check the current errata and you will see that expression has been removed. But besides the errata, Phage required to actually be cast FROM YOUR HAND, not from anywhere else, so it didn't work already before.
I'd like to direct your attention toward Counterlash.
Or is it "Spell, Jack". I wonder what he's supposed to spell...?
How much spell is left after Jack has taken it?
Really lame lame puns. Use them when you play!
In a pinch, it can at least act as a faerie-trickery. Best case-scenario, it steals you exactly what you need. 3.5/5.