Shelldock Isle and Trinisphere

[randomly.anonymous]

Not sure if this question has come up before.

1. Does playing a spell hidden under shelldock isle when trinisphere is in play require :3:?

2. On a more general note, is playing a card the same as casting it? Eg, the card text of meddling mage is "... The named card can't be played", and the oracle ruling is "... The named card can't be cast"

[Esper3k]

Not sure if this question has come up before.

1. Does playing a spell hidden under shelldock isle when trinisphere is in play require :3:?

2. On a more general note, is playing a card the same as casting it? Eg, the card text of meddling mage is "... The named card can't be played", and the oracle ruling is "... The named card can't be cast"

1) Yes. Trinisphere is checked last when determining the cost of spells so all "free" spells still cost 3 under it.

2) Yes, playing a spell is the same as casting it. I think it was around m11 or m12 when they changed the terminology to make it more intuitive.