A card with a splice ability can’t be spliced onto itself because the spell is on the stack (and not in your hand) when you reveal the cards you want to splice onto it.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #168
Glacial Ray
chk·#168·common·foil
Illus. Jim Murray
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Oct '04
22 yr ago
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Volatility · stable
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #20,784 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Instant — Arcane
Glacial Ray deals 2 damage to any target.
Splice onto Arcane {1}{R} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
wotc
You choose all targets for the spell after revealing cards you want to splice, including any targets required by the text of any of those cards. You may choose a different target for each instance of the word “target” on the resulting spell.
wotc
You reveal all cards you intend to splice at the same time. Each individual card can be spliced only once onto any one spell.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Jim Murray
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