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What is the difference between a spell, a card and a permanent?
Several community members give the same answer in the forum threads; no official ruling.
- Magic: The Gathering rulebook · Rulebook · Zones
- Ditocoaf · Community · 2019-05-26
- bsushort · Community · 2010-02-28
A spell is a card (or copy) on the stack. Once it resolves, a permanent spell becomes a permanent on the battlefield, and in other zones it is just a card. A copy of a spell is a spell but never a card.