The Battlefield

Borne Upon a Wind

$4.17

High Fae Trickster

$4.41

Necropotence

$37.65

AI DraftJul 22, 2026

Borne Upon a Wind + High Fae Trickster + Necropotence

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Overview

Borne Upon a Wind and High Fae Trickster give you permission to cast spells as though they had flash (an “as though” effect) for the turn , which means you can cast spells (including Necropotence) at instant speed that turn ; multiple identical flash-granting effects are redundant . Necropotence’s activated ability (Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step) can be activated any time you have priority because it has no “only as a sorcery” restriction, and the delayed triggered ability to return the exiled card will still occur even if Necropotence leaves the battlefield before that time .

Step 1

If you cast Borne Upon a Wind this turn, its effect grants: you may cast spells this turn as though they had flash; draw a card when it resolves (this draw is unaffected by Necropotence's skip-draw-step rule) .

Step 2

If you control High Fae Trickster, its static ability also lets you cast spells as though they had flash, but that ability only affects casting spells and is redundant with another flash effect .

Step 3

With either effect active, you may cast Necropotence (an enchantment) at instant speed; follow the normal casting steps in rule to announce it, move it to the stack, choose targets (none), determine and pay costs, and have it resolve.

Step 4

After Necropotence is on the battlefield, you may activate its ability (Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step) any time you have priority because the ability has no timing restriction that limits it to sorcery timing.

Step 5

When you activate Necropotence's ability and exile the top card face down, you (and other players) cannot look at that card while it is face down , and a delayed triggered ability is created that will move that exiled card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step; that delayed trigger will still occur even if Necropotence leaves the battlefield before that time .

Step 6

Neither Borne Upon a Wind nor High Fae Trickster let you cast the exiled face-down card immediately from exile — they only change timing of when you may cast spells from the zone you already are allowed to cast them from (e.g., your hand) .

Resolution

You may cast Necropotence at instant speed this turn if Borne Upon a Wind is resolving this turn or if you control High Fae Trickster, because both grant permission to cast spells as though they had flash and flash means you may cast a card any time you could cast an instant . Once Necropotence is on the battlefield you may pay 1 life and exile the top card face down at instant speed (the ability itself is not restricted to sorcery timing); you cannot look at cards exiled this way while they are face down , and the delayed trigger that returns the exiled card to your hand will trigger even if Necropotence leaves play before that trigger resolves . Neither Borne Upon a Wind nor High Fae Trickster lets you cast cards from Necropotence’s exile or otherwise change where a card must be to be cast — they only change timing (they affect casting, not activation of non-casting abilities) .

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