Grave storm and Bitter ordeal

andrew7913 · Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 82

how does grave storm work the effect is said as

Gravestorm (When you play this spell, copy it for each permanent put into a graveyard this turn you may choose new targets for the copies.)

so lets say i discard 2 lands does it mean that i can copy it twice? ot does it mean from play?

thedarkness · Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 488

A "card" is only a "permanent" if it's in play, so it only storms off of cards that are moved from play to the graveyard.

Jorbes · Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 277 Location: Netherland

Follow up Q

Does it trigger after all costs are paid or before?

I mean, if aditional cost is a sac, would it create a copy?

Vesuvian · Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 38

Yes sacing as a cost, such as saccing a Basal Sliver will add a copy. Costs are paid before the spell is played and resolves.