Tainted Pact

[asmoranomardicodais]

So I looked at rulings on this card, and I couldn't find any that clarified this card. I was wondering about two things about how to use it:

1. Can you choose any card you've removed up to this point with it, or can you only choose the current one?

2. If two copies of a card come up, do you still get to choose one of the others that have been removed, or does the effect end right there, without giving you any card at all?

My thoughts on these are:

1. You can choose any card currently removed, although I don't know why
and...
2. You don't get to choose any cards at all if multiples come up of one card.

Is this correct, or am I mistaken? It seems that if both are true the card would be too good, but if neither is true it would be too weak. What do you think?

[Jacob Orlove]

Here's how it works.

1. You flip the first card. You can put it in your hand (6), or remove it from the game (4)
2. You reveal the next card. If it matches a card previously revealed, you stop (5), otherwise, you get to make a decision (3)
3. You put the card in your hand (6), or remove it from the game (4)
4. You remove the card from the game. Then, you reveal the next card (2)
5. You remove the matching card from the game, and don't get anything.
6. You put the chosen card into your hand.

Basically, you keep flipping the top card and asking "do I want this?" until you either answer "yes" or hit a duplicate card. Once you say no to a card, you can't go back and change your mind, and if you hit a duplicate, that's it, it's over.

[leviat]

Tainted Pact
Instant
Remove the top card of your library from the game. You may put that card into your hand unless it has the same name as another card removed this way. Repeat this process until you put a card into your hand or you remove two cards with the same name, whichever comes first.

1) No, you can only choose the most recent card removed from the top of you library (unless...)

2) You are correct, if two of the same cards are revealed, you cannot choose anything and the spell effect ends.