Cut Your Losses

Rules for this card

• Casualty Rule 702.153 Glossary

  A keyword ability that allows you to sacrifice a creature to create a copy of a spell. See 702.153, “Casualty.”

• Mill Rule 701.17 Glossary

  To mill a number of cards, a player puts that many cards from the top of their library into their graveyard. See rule 701.17.

Rulings (5)

• April 29, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast
  If you pay the casualty cost of a spell, the copy will resolve before the original spell.
• April 29, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast
  You may sacrifice only one creature to pay a spell's casualty cost, and you copy the spell only once.
• April 29, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast
  The copy of the spell is created on the stack, so it's not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.
• April 29, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast
  Casualty N means “As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power N or greater.” and “When you cast this spell, if a casualty cost was paid for it, copy it. If the spell has any targets, you may choose new targets for the copy.”
• April 29, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast
  If you cast Cut Your Losses and copy it targeting the same player, that player will mill half their library, then mill half of what remains after that. They do not mill their entire library.

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