Johann's Stopgap (Wilds of Eldraine) - Gatherer

Johann's Stopgap

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Johann's Stopgap

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Sorcery

Card Text:

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)

This spell costs

less to cast if it's bargained.

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Flavor Text:

"Just . . . stay in there . . . for one . . . second!"

Expansion:

Wilds of Eldraine

Rarity:

Common

Card Number:

Artist:

Christina Kraus

Rulings

9/1/2023	The cost-reduction ability of Johann's Stopgap doesn't change its mana cost or mana value, only the total cost you pay. Specifically, the mana value of Johann's Stopgap is always 4.
9/1/2023	If the permanent is an illegal target as Johann's Stopgap tries to resolve, Johann's Stopgap is removed from the stack and you won't draw a card.
9/1/2023	Bargain means "As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token."
9/1/2023	Bargain represents an optional additional cost. A spell cast with that additional cost paid is "bargained."
9/1/2023	You may sacrifice only one artifact, enchantment, or token to pay a spell's bargain cost.
9/1/2023	If you copy a bargained spell, the copy is also bargained. If a card or token enters the battlefield as a copy of a permanent that's already on the battlefield, the new permanent isn't bargained, even if the original was.
9/1/2023	Some instant and sorcery spells require additional targets if they're bargained. You ignore those targeting requirements if those spells aren't bargained, and you can't bargain those spells unless you can choose the appropriate targets. On the other hand, you can bargain a permanent spell even if you won't be able to choose targets for an enters-the-battlefield ability of that permanent once the spell resolves.