Ertai's Meddling has the spell's controller put the spell back onto the stack; it does not have its controller cast the spell again. Anything that triggers off of casting spells, such as Contemplation , won't trigger. Simillarly, effects that count spells that are cast (like Rule of Law) or prevent spells from being cast (like Iona, Shield of Emeria) won't count or affect the copy that is put onto the stack since the copy wasn't cast.
Ertai's Meddling
If Ertai's Meddling is used to copy an arcane spell that had effects spliced onto it, it will create a spell with all of those effects. That spell's controller will not be able to splice additional effects onto the spell, since they did not re-cast the spell and instead simply put it back onto the stack.
If the spell was cast using flashback, Ertai's Meddling will still exile it with delay counters on it. When the card is returned to the stack, it still "remembers" the flashback cost was originally paid. It'll be exiled when it resolves or otherwise leaves the stack.
Last observed on Scryfall 6 days ago at $0.66, up from $0.52 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.38 and $0.66 across 56 observations — a moderately swinging band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PLST — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #TMP-61 of *The List*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2022 The List release.
Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{U} (1 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #15,646 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Steve Luke. Rarix catalogs 67 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Steve Luke
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