AI DraftApr 22, 2026
Integrity // Intervention + Isochron Scepter
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Overview
Isochron Scepter’s imprint clause only allows you to exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less, so you cannot imprint the Integrity // Intervention card (its two halves have costs 
and 
, so the card’s mana value is greater than 2). If you could somehow have the split card exiled on the Scepter, when the Scepter’s , 
ability resolves you would copy that exiled card and cast the copy immediately while the ability is resolving ; when casting a split-card copy you choose one half to cast . If you cast the Intervention half and its chosen target is illegal by the time Intervention tries to resolve, the Intervention copy won’t resolve and you won’t gain 3 life .
and , so the card’s mana value is greater than 2). If you could somehow have the split card exiled on the Scepter, when the Scepter’s , ability resolves you would copy that exiled card and cast the copy immediately while the ability is resolving ; when casting a split-card copy you choose one half to cast . If you cast the Intervention half and its chosen target is illegal by the time Intervention tries to resolve, the Intervention copy won’t resolve and you won’t gain 3 life .Step 1
Check Isochron Scepter’s imprint restriction: when it entered the battlefield you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less. Integrity // Intervention is a split card whose halves cost and ; the card’s printed mana value is greater than 2, so it can’t legally be exiled onto the Scepter under its imprint clause.
and ; the card’s printed mana value is greater than 2, so it can’t legally be exiled onto the Scepter under its imprint clause.Step 2
If somehow a game effect caused Integrity // Intervention to be exiled on the Scepter despite the imprint restriction, activate the Scepter: pay and tap it to resolve its activated ability.
and tap it to resolve its activated ability.Step 3
As the Scepter’s activated ability resolves, you may copy the exiled card. If you choose to copy it, you get a copy of the split card and you cast that copy immediately while the ability is resolving .
Step 4
When casting the copy of a split card you choose which half to cast; you cannot cast both halves — choose either Integrity (target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn) or Intervention (Intervention deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life) .
Step 5
The chosen half resolves as a normal spell on the stack. If you chose Intervention and its chosen target is illegal by the time Intervention tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve and you don’t gain 3 life .
Resolution
You cannot imprint Integrity // Intervention onto Isochron Scepter because Isochron’s imprint requires exiling an instant card with mana value 2 or less and Integrity // Intervention’s printed halves give the card a mana value greater than 2. If an effect nevertheless caused that split card to be exiled on the Scepter, activating the Scepter would make a copy of the exiled card and you would cast that copy immediately while the ability is resolving . When casting the copy of a split card you choose which half to cast (you may choose Integrity or Intervention) . If you cast the Intervention half and its chosen target is illegal by the time Intervention tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve and you don’t gain 3 life .
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