<p>Your instincts are correct. Copies of spells are just placed on the stack, they are never <strong>cast</strong>.</p>
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<p>706.10. To copy a spell or activated ability means to <strong>put a copy of it on to the stack; a copy of a spell isn’t cast</strong> and a copy of an activated ability isn’t activated.</p>
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<p>Cards on the other hand, can be copied and cast. For example, if <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Increasing%20Vengeance">Increasing Vengeance</a> was enchanted by <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Spellweaver%20Volute">Spellweaver Volute</a>, the copy of the card <strong>would</strong> be cast from a graveyard.</p>

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2013-01-09T17:22:17.127Z
@darch, corrected. Used the wrong card in the example
user1873
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2018-05-21T06:21:03.563Z
Basically, the copy appears in whatever zone the card being copied was in.
Arcanist Lupus
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2012-10-28T02:52:13.303Z
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user1873
<p>The <em>copy a spell</em> and <em>cast a spell</em> actions are distinct and unrelated. A spell created by <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Increasing%20Vengeance">Increasing Vengeance</a> was created by a copy action, not by a cast action. If that spell was <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Increasing%20Confusion">Increasing Confusion</a>, its replacement effect doesn't come into effect since it wasn't cast (from the graveyard or otherwise). This is specifically covered by the rules.</p>
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<p>706.10. To copy a spell or activated ability means to put a copy of it on to the stack; a copy of a spell isn’t cast [...]</p>
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<p>Compare with <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Spellweaver%20Volute">Spellweaver Volute</a>, which copies cards you then cast (from the graveyard).</p>

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2012-10-28T19:10:05.310Z
Adjusted as recommended.
ikegami
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2012-10-28T03:38:02.637Z
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ikegami
<p>If you copy <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Increasing%20Confusion">Increasing Confusion</a> or any other &quot;cast from the graveyard&quot; spell with <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Increasing%20Vengeance">Increasing Vengeance</a>, does the copy act like it was cast from the graveyard? Or, since the copy technically was not cast from the graveyard, would it just have the normal effect?</p>

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Are copied spells cast from the graveyard?
Jack
# Are copied spells cast from the graveyard?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-10-28)

If you copy [Increasing Confusion](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Increasing%20Confusion) or any other "cast from the graveyard" spell with [Increasing Vengeance](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Increasing%20Vengeance), does the copy act like it was cast from the graveyard? Or, since the copy technically was not cast from the graveyard, would it just have the normal effect?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-10-28. Score: 12

Your instincts are correct. Copies of spells are just placed on the stack, they are never **cast**.

> 706.10. To copy a spell or activated ability means to **put a copy of it on to the stack; a copy of a spell isn’t cast** and a copy of an activated ability isn’t activated.

Cards on the other hand, can be copied and cast. For example, if [Increasing Vengeance](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Increasing%20Vengeance) was enchanted by [Spellweaver Volute](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Spellweaver%20Volute), the copy of the card **would** be cast from a graveyard.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: @darch, corrected. Used the wrong card in the example  
> **username_2**: Basically, the copy appears in whatever zone the card being copied was in.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2012-10-28. Score: 3

The *copy a spell* and *cast a spell* actions are distinct and unrelated. A spell created by [Increasing Vengeance](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Increasing%20Vengeance) was created by a copy action, not by a cast action. If that spell was [Increasing Confusion](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Increasing%20Confusion), its replacement effect doesn't come into effect since it wasn't cast (from the graveyard or otherwise). This is specifically covered by the rules.

> 706.10. To copy a spell or activated ability means to put a copy of it on to the stack; a copy of a spell isn’t cast [...]

Compare with [Spellweaver Volute](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Spellweaver%20Volute), which copies cards you then cast (from the graveyard).

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Adjusted as recommended.  

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