From 54896b356431f25a991daa3a652e3148b641651a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Alex W. Jackson" <alex.w.jackson@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:38:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #9357 (#9359)

---
 .../src/mage/cards/e/EmrakulTheAeonsTorn.java |  4 ++--
 .../abilities/keyword/ProtectionAbility.java  | 19 ++++---------------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/e/EmrakulTheAeonsTorn.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/e/EmrakulTheAeonsTorn.java
index e7f02061781..1bee2846a1c 100644
--- a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/e/EmrakulTheAeonsTorn.java
+++ b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/e/EmrakulTheAeonsTorn.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import mage.cards.CardSetInfo;
 import mage.constants.CardType;
 import mage.constants.SubType;
 import mage.constants.SuperType;
-import mage.filter.FilterStackObject;
+import mage.filter.FilterSpell;
 import mage.filter.predicate.Predicates;
 import mage.filter.predicate.mageobject.ColorlessPredicate;
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import mage.filter.predicate.mageobject.ColorlessPredicate;
  */
 public final class EmrakulTheAeonsTorn extends CardImpl {
 
-    private static final FilterStackObject filter = new FilterStackObject("spells that are one or more colors");
+    private static final FilterSpell filter = new FilterSpell("spells that are one or more colors");
 
     static {
         filter.add(Predicates.not(ColorlessPredicate.instance));
diff --git a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/keyword/ProtectionAbility.java b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/keyword/ProtectionAbility.java
index 835f133f7cd..ecb7bd20ff6 100644
--- a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/keyword/ProtectionAbility.java
+++ b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/keyword/ProtectionAbility.java
@@ -95,23 +95,12 @@ public class ProtectionAbility extends StaticAbility {
         }
 
         if (filter instanceof FilterSpell) {
-            if (source instanceof Spell) {
+            // Problem here is that for the check if a player can play a Spell, the source
+            // object is still a card and not a spell yet.
+            if (source instanceof Spell || game.inCheckPlayableState() && source.isInstantOrSorcery(game)) {
                 return !filter.match(source, game);
             }
-            // Problem here is that for the check if a player can play a Spell, the source
-            // object is still a card and not a spell yet. So return only if the source object can't be a spell
-            // otherwise the following FilterObject check will be applied
-            if (source instanceof StackObject
-                    || !source.isInstantOrSorcery(game)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
-        if (filter instanceof FilterStackObject) {
-            if (filter.match(source, game)) {
-                return !source.isInstantOrSorcery(game);
-            }
+            return true;
         }
 
         if (filter instanceof FilterObject) {