Split Decision
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SetCNS
Collector #25
Released2014-06-06
Rarityuncommon
ArtistRobbie Trevino
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Split Decision

UncommonColour IDMV 2
Instant
Will of the council — Choose target instant or sorcery spell. Starting with you, each player votes for denial or duplication. If denial gets more votes, counter the spell. If duplication gets more votes or the vote is tied, copy the spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Keywords
Will of the council
Card capabilities
Instant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2022-10-14Newest 2022-10-14Cheapest priced $2.97 in GN3
Rulings (10)
wotc29 May 2014
The copy will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
wotc29 May 2014
You must vote for one of the available options. You can't abstain.
wotc29 May 2014
The phrase "the vote is tied" refers only to when there is more than one choice that received the most votes. For example, if a 5-player vote from among three different choices ends 3 votes to 1 vote to 1 vote, the vote isn't tied.
wotc29 May 2014
If the spell being copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode. You can't choose a different one.
wotc29 May 2014
Players can't do anything after they finish voting but before the spell or ability that included the vote finishes resolving.
wotc29 May 2014
Because the votes are cast in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.