Question 1

Ruling for Boom // Bust: Each split card has two names. If an effect instructs you to choose a card name,...

Accepted Answer

Each split card has two names. If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose one of those names, but not both.

Question 2

Ruling for Boom // Bust: If an effect allows you to cast a spell with certain characteristics, consider o...

Accepted Answer

If an effect allows you to cast a spell with certain characteristics, consider only the characteristics of the half you're casting. For example, if an effect allows you to cast a sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from among cards in your graveyard, you could cast Assault this way, but not Battery.

Question 3

Ruling for Boom // Bust: Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard a split card, you'...

Accepted Answer

Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard a split card, you've discarded one card, not two. If an effect counts the number of sorcery cards in your graveyard, Assault // Battery counts once, not twice.

Question 4

Ruling for Boom // Bust: Split cards have two card faces on a single card. The characteristics of the hal...

Accepted Answer

Split cards have two card faces on a single card. The characteristics of the half you didn't cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack.

Question 5

Ruling for Boom // Bust: If you copy a spell that's half of a split card, the copy copies that same half....

Accepted Answer

If you copy a spell that's half of a split card, the copy copies that same half. For example, if you copy Assault, the copy is also Assault, not Battery.

Question 6

Ruling for Boom // Bust: To cast a split card, choose one of its halves to cast. There's no way to cast b...

Accepted Answer

To cast a split card, choose one of its halves to cast. There's no way to cast both halves of this split card.

Question 7

Ruling for Boom // Bust: A split card's characteristics are a combination of its two halves while it is n...

Accepted Answer

A split card's characteristics are a combination of its two halves while it is not on the stack. For example, Assault // Battery has a mana value of 5 while it is in your library. If an effect allows you to search your library for a card with mana value 4 or less, you can't find Assault // Battery.

Question 8

Ruling for Boom // Bust: If one of Boom's targets becomes an illegal target, the other is still destroyed...

Accepted Answer

If one of Boom's targets becomes an illegal target, the other is still destroyed.

Set	#	Rarity	Lang	Artist	Price	Foil
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)	#156	rare	en	John Avon	$1.10	$2.23
Planar Chaos (PLC)	#112	rare	en	John Avon	$1.52	$6.49
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)	#156	rare	de	John Avon	—	—
Planar Chaos (PLC)	#112	rare	de	John Avon	—	—
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)	#156	rare	es	John Avon	—	—
Planar Chaos (PLC)	#112	rare	es	John Avon	—	—
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)	#156	rare	fr	John Avon	—	—
Planar Chaos (PLC)	#112	rare	fr	John Avon	—	—
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)	#156	rare	it	John Avon	—	—
Planar Chaos (PLC)	#112	rare	it	John Avon	—	—
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)	#156	rare	ja	John Avon	—	—
Planar Chaos (PLC)	#112	rare	ja	John Avon	—	—
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)	#156	rare	pt	John Avon	—	—
Planar Chaos (PLC)	#112	rare	pt	John Avon	—	—
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)	#156	rare	ru	John Avon	—	—
Planar Chaos (PLC)	#112	rare	ru	John Avon	—	—
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)	#156	rare	zhs	John Avon	—	—
Planar Chaos (PLC)	#112	rare	zhs	John Avon	—	—
Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)	#156	rare	zht	John Avon	—	—

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