diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/v/VizierOfTheMenagerie.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/v/VizierOfTheMenagerie.java
index 8c890f679dd..5ce31a9e3b7 100644
--- a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/v/VizierOfTheMenagerie.java
+++ b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/v/VizierOfTheMenagerie.java
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ class VizierOfTheMenagerieTopCardCastEffect extends AsThoughEffectImpl {
                             && topCard != null) {
                         if (topCard == card
                                 && topCard.isCreature()
-                                && game.canPlaySorcery(controller.getId())) {
+                                && topCard.getSpellAbility() != null
+                                && topCard.getSpellAbility().spellCanBeActivatedRegularlyNow(controller.getId(), game)) {
                             return true;
                         }
                     }