Wash Away
Instant
Oracle Text
Cleave
(You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Counter target spell [that wasn't cast from its owner's hand].
Rules for this card
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A keyword ability that allows you to pay an alternative cost to remove some of a spell’s text. See rule 702.148, “Cleave.”
Rulings (5)
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Wizards of the CoastYou can't cast a spell for both its cleave cost and another alternative cost. For example, if an effect gives an Alchemist's Retrieval in your graveyard a flashback cost of, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.
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Wizards of the CoastIf you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.
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Wizards of the CoastA cleave cost is an alternative cost that's paid instead of the spell's mana cost. Casting a spell for its cleave cost doesn't change the spell's mana value.
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Wizards of the CoastCopies of spells are never cast from a player's hand, so Wash Away can counter copies of spells even if its cleave cost wasn't paid, regardless of whether the original spell being copied was cast from a player's hand.
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Wizards of the CoastIf an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.