Guile of Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra

Guile can’t be blocked except by three or more creatures.
If a spell or ability you control would counter a spell, instead exile that spell and you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
When Guile is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner’s library.

DD2 · EN Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
2008-11-07

standard
future
historic
timeless
gladiator
pioneer
explorer
modern
legacy
pauper
vintage
penny
commander
oathbreaker
standardbrawl
brawl
alchemy
paupercommander
duel
oldschool
premodern
predh
usdeurfoiltix
0.860.230.03
EDHREC
Rareza Tipo Color Cmc L/T
Creature — Elemental Incarnation 6 6/6
Foil Nonfoil Promo Fecha
★ ✗ 2008-11-07
Booster Digital Oversized Reserved
✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
Paper Mtgo Digital Astral Sega
✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗
Keywords
Set Name Set Code Set Type
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra DD2 DUELDECK
release: setsize: 62 totalsetsize: 64
onlyFoil: no onlyNonFoil: no
Nombre ID
BORDER COLOR BLACK
FRAME 2003
Date Source Comment
01-10-2007 wotc The last ability triggers when the Incarnation is put into its owner's graveyard from any zone, not just from on the battlefield.
01-10-2007 wotc If a spell or ability you control attempts to counter a spell that can't be countered, it doesn't. Since the spell wouldn't be countered, Guile's ability has no effect on it. The spell will continue to resolve normally.
01-10-2007 wotc Although this ability triggers when the Incarnation is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, it doesn't *specifically* trigger on leaving the battlefield, so it doesn't behave like other leaves-the-battlefield abilities. The ability will trigger from the graveyard.
01-10-2007 wotc Exiling the spell is mandatory. Casting it is not.
01-10-2007 wotc If the Incarnation is removed from the graveyard after the ability triggers but before it resolves, it will remain in its new zone when its owner shuffles their library. Similarly, if a replacement effect has the Incarnation move to a different zone instead of being put into the graveyard, the ability won't trigger at all.
01-10-2007 wotc If the Incarnation had lost this ability while on the battlefield (due to Lignify, for example) and then was destroyed, the ability would still trigger and it would get shuffled into its owner's library. However, if the Incarnation lost this ability when it was put into the graveyard (due to Yixlid Jailer, for example), the ability wouldn't trigger and the Incarnation would remain in the graveyard.
01-10-2007 wotc A spell exiled this way was never actually countered.
01-10-2007 wotc Guile's second ability replaces "counter [a certain spell]" with "exile [a certain spell] and you may cast it without paying its mana cost." You have the option to cast it immediately upon its exile. If you choose not to, it remains exiled and you don't get another chance to cast it. If the spell or ability that tried to counter the spell has additional effects, it then continues to resolve.