The best summation of Pony Life I could think of: A bunch of random things happen, keep happening, and culminate in a massive burst of even more frenetic activity.
@FanOfMostEverything
I mean, personally, sometimes it’s fun to quibble over minutia like that, when I’m in the mood. A few days is a bit much though, yeah.
Oh, for the record, me and FanOfMostEverything went to PMs over it, and came to the conclusion that while the vast majority of effects like this use a duration of some sort (“until end of turn”, “as long as it remains exiled”, etc.), it doesn’t strictly need one, and at the end of the day, it’s not important enough to quibble over the exact wording.
@digiman619
You’re getting caught up on the play/cast distinction. The only difference that makes is that Pony Life lets you play lands as the ability resolves. One-shot effects that permanently allow you to play a given card from exile use a different terminology. See Praetor’s Grasp.
@FanOfMostEverything
Ah, but there’s the rub. Chandra, Torch of Defiance is instructing you to cast that spell as part of the ability’s resolution. Like Electrodominance, that lets you ignore timing restrictions because it’s a one-time effect.
You’ve worded it more like Chandra, Heart of Fire, which is giving permission to cast a spell from somewhere other than your hand.
I am not a fan of the exile-and-cast red tactic going around recently, but it is a good flavor for PL.
Meanwhile, I finally got the chance to play EDH with Princess Twilight Sparkle. Twice I was one turn away from everypony wins, but in the end I had to win on my own with a Storm Herd for 90.
@digiman619
No, no you are not. It works similarly to Chandra, Torch of Defiance: You have one chance in the first set of chapter abilities, another in chapter four, and never again.
@FanOfMostEverything
I mean, personally, sometimes it’s fun to quibble over minutia like that, when I’m in the mood. A few days is a bit much though, yeah.
For more than a few days.
For a given card.
I admit that I may have a problem. :P
Harnfell, Horn of Plenty says otherwise.
You’re getting caught up on the play/cast distinction. The only difference that makes is that Pony Life lets you play lands as the ability resolves. One-shot effects that permanently allow you to play a given card from exile use a different terminology. See Praetor’s Grasp.
Ah, but there’s the rub. Chandra, Torch of Defiance is instructing you to cast that spell as part of the ability’s resolution. Like Electrodominance, that lets you ignore timing restrictions because it’s a one-time effect.
You’ve worded it more like Chandra, Heart of Fire, which is giving permission to cast a spell from somewhere other than your hand.
Edited because: wrong emphasis
Meanwhile, I finally got the chance to play EDH with Princess Twilight Sparkle. Twice I was one turn away from everypony wins, but in the end I had to win on my own with a Storm Herd for 90.
No, no you are not. It works similarly to Chandra, Torch of Defiance: You have one chance in the first set of chapter abilities, another in chapter four, and never again.