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Can Sacrificial Construct prevent a card being trashed as part of a paid ability cost, like Self-Modifying Code?
Several experienced players agree on this reading; no official ruling was found.
- skotothalamos · Community · 2015-02-28
- CommissarFeesh · Community · 2015-02-28
- jakodrako · Community · 2015-03-01
- RandomGraham · Community · 2013-03-27
- Tuism · Community · 2013-03-27
You can prevent the trash, but because the cost was not fully paid, the ability's effect does not happen. The rulebook treats a cost as paid before its effect, so Sacrificial Construct only throws away the card for no gain.