AI DraftFeb 26, 2026
Lion's Eye Diamond + Underworld Breach + Wheel of Fortune
Overview
With Underworld Breach on the battlefield and Lion's Eye Diamond (LED) in your graveyard, you cannot cast LED for its escape cost while Wheel of Fortune is resolving because Wheel does not specifically allow casting spells during its resolution . After Wheel finishes resolving (players have discarded then drawn), you may cast LED from your graveyard using Underworld Breach’s escape by exiling three other cards from your graveyard (choose how to cast it for escape as needed) [Ruling 2020-01-24]. If LED becomes a permanent, you may then activate its mana ability (it’s a mana ability and may be activated only at times you could cast an instant) to discard your hand and add three mana [Ruling 2004-10-04; 701.7].
Step 1
You cast Wheel of Fortune (a sorcery) while Underworld Breach is on the battlefield and Lion's Eye Diamond is in your graveyard (or another location as specified).
Step 2
Players receive priority while Wheel is on the stack; you may take actions in response before Wheel resolves. You may activate LED’s activated mana ability only if LED is already on the battlefield (that ability is a mana ability and can be activated only at instant speed) [Ruling 2004-10-04].
Step 3
If you do nothing or after any responses, Wheel begins to resolve. Its instructions are applied in order: first each player discards their hand (cards move from hand to graveyard) , then each player draws seven cards, and finally the sorcery is put into its owner’s graveyard as the last part of resolution [608.2c; 608.2k].
Step 4
Because Wheel does not provide permission to cast spells during its resolution, you may not cast spells (including casting LED from the graveyard via escape) during Wheel’s resolution .
Step 5
After Wheel has fully finished resolving you regain priority. At that point the cards you discarded are in your graveyard (and Wheel itself is now in the graveyard) [701.7; 608.2k], and Underworld Breach’s static effect gives each nonland card in your graveyard escape.
Step 6
You may now cast Lion’s Eye Diamond from your graveyard by paying its escape cost: LED’s mana cost (
) plus exiling three other cards from your graveyard (so in practice you must exile three other cards; those can include cards you just discarded and Wheel itself) [Ruling 2020-01-24].
) plus exiling three other cards from your graveyard (so in practice you must exile three other cards; those can include cards you just discarded and Wheel itself) [Ruling 2020-01-24].Step 7
When LED (the artifact spell) resolves from being cast with escape, it becomes an artifact permanent on the battlefield .
Step 8
With LED on the battlefield you may activate its activated ability (instant-speed mana ability): discard your hand as a cost (moving those cards to the graveyard) , sacrifice LED, and add three mana of any one color [Ruling 2004-10-04].
Resolution
You cannot escape (cast from the graveyard) Lion's Eye Diamond during Wheel of Fortune’s resolution because Wheel doesn’t grant permission to cast spells during resolution . Once Wheel has fully resolved (cards discarded and then drawn, and Wheel is put into its owner’s graveyard as the last part of its resolution) you get priority and may cast LED from your graveyard using Underworld Breach’s escape by paying its escape cost (exiling three other cards from your graveyard; choose the appropriate option when a card has multiple parts) [608.2k; Ruling 2020-01-24]. After LED resolves and is on the battlefield, you may activate LED’s activated ability (a mana ability that can only be activated at instant speed) to discard your current hand as a cost and add three mana [Ruling 2004-10-04; 701.7].
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