Jaya Ballard is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
+1: Add. Spend this mana only to cast instant or sorcery spells. +1: Discard up to three cards, then draw that many cards. −8: You get an emblem with "You may cast instant and sorcery spells from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead."
How it works : Jaya Ballard
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Because it’s a loyalty ability, Jaya’s first ability isn’t a mana ability. It can be activated only any time you could cast a sorcery. It uses the stack and can be responded to.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Mana produced by Jaya’s first ability can be spent among any number of instant and/or sorcery spells.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
You choose how many cards to discard while Jaya’s second ability is resolving. You can choose to discard zero cards this way (and then draw zero cards) if you wish.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Jaya’s emblem doesn’t grant you permission to do anything with instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard except cast them. For example, you can’t cycle instant or sorcery cards with cycling from your graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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