Lamplight Phoenix 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
Flying When this creature dies, you may exile it and collect evidence 4. If you do, return this card to the battlefield tapped. (To collect evidence 4, exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater from your graveyard.)
How it works : Lamplight Phoenix
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You can't exile Lamplight Phoenix from your graveyard to pay the collect evidence cost of its triggered ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If you can't exile enough cards to meet or exceed the required mana value, you can't choose to collect evidence at all.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard to stop you from collecting evidence.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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