Tibalt the Chaotic 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: Cast a copy of one of the following cards chosen at random—Ignorant Bliss, Crack the Earth, Blazing Volley. −3: Cast a copy of one of the following cards chosen at random—Seething Song, Dance with Devils, Flamebreak. −6: Cast a copy of one of the following cards chosen at random—Hellion Eruption, Insurrection, Warp World.
Complete guide
Tibalt the Chaotic is a unique planeswalker that brings unpredictability to every match. By activating his loyalty abilities, you cast copies of classic red spells chosen at random, allowing for explosive turns that catch opponents off guard. Because these copies are cast during the resolution of Tibalt's ability, you can bypass normal timing restrictions for sorceries.
How the Randomness Works
Each of Tibalt's abilities offers three specific spells. When you activate an ability, you do not choose which spell occurs; instead, one is selected at random. Once the spell is determined, you cast the copy immediately without paying its mana cost. The copy is created outside the game and will cease to exist once it leaves the stack, just like any other copy of a spell.
Casting the Copies
You must cast the copy while Tibalt the Chaotic's loyalty ability is still resolving. This means you cannot save the spell for later in the turn. If the chosen spell has targets, you must choose legal targets at that moment. If you cannot cast the spell (for example, if there are no legal targets), the copy simply ceases to exist without being cast.
Interaction with Other Effects
Since you are 'casting' the copy, it will trigger any abilities that care about spells being cast. Even though you aren't paying the mana cost, the spell still has its normal mana value based on the original card's cost. Note that Tibalt's process is unique: usually, you copy a spell already on the stack, but Tibalt creates the copy from outside the game and then asks you to cast it.
Interaction examples
Chandra, Torch of DefianceIf you have the emblem from Chandra, Torch of Defiance and you activate Tibalt the Chaotic's +1 ability, you will cast a copy of a spell like Blazing Volley. Because you are casting a spell, the emblem triggers and deals 5 damage to any target before the Blazing Volley itself resolves.
When you activate Tibalt the Chaotic's -6 ability, you might hit Warp World. Even though Tibalt is still on the battlefield during the resolution of the ability, Warp World will cause you to shuffle all permanent cards you own into your library, including Tibalt, and then reveal cards from the top to put new permanents into play.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Tibalt the Chaotic
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Ignorant Bliss is an instant card with mana cost
and the ability “Exile all cards from your hand face down. At the beginning of the next end step, return those cards to your hand, then draw a card.”No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Crack the Earth is… You know what? The Oracle™ card reference for all nine specified cards can be found at Gatherer.Wizards.com.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The copy is created outside the game. After the copy resolves, it ceases to exist.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
You cast the copy without paying its mana cost. Note that this is unique to Tibalt and is not the normal process for casting a copy of a card. If this card survived playtesting, we’d probably add words to make it more obvious.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
You cast the copy while Tibalt’s ability is resolving. You can’t wait to cast it later in the turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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