Hi. First some questions I think I know the answer.
If I'm casting Altered Ego with X=2, then CMC is 6 right?
If I have Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty in play, it would triggered and my Altered Ego (X=2) would have cascade right?
Now where I'm more confused:
What happens when there's tax or cost reduction?
I think if there's a tax on my spell (let says opponent has Grand Arbiter Augustin IV) then if I pay total 6 for Altered Ego X=1, it wouldn't have cascade would it? CMC there is 5 even if I'm paying 6 right?
So let say there's no tax and I have cost reduction (A Thryx, the Sudden Storm or a Medallion). And I pay 5 for the same Altered Ego, X=2, then it would have cascade?
Hi. First some questions I think I know the answer.
If I'm casting Altered Ego with X=2, then CMC is 6 right?
If I have Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty in play, it would triggered and my Altered Ego (X=2) would have cascade right?
Yes, and yes.
Now where I'm more confused:
What happens when there's tax or cost reduction?
I think if there's a tax on my spell (let says opponent has Grand Arbiter Augustin IV) then if I pay total 6 for Altered Ego X=1, it wouldn't have cascade would it? CMC there is 5 even if I'm paying 6 right?
So let say there's no tax and I have cost reduction (A Thryx, the Sudden Storm or a Medallion). And I pay 5 for the same Altered Ego, X=2, then it would have cascade?
Correct. Cost increases and cost reductions, as well as additional costs or alternative costs do not change the CMC of a spell. The only influence here is the value of X, which you choose first. Then you calculate the cost to cast the spell based on that value. The CMC of the spell will be the value of X plus what the rest of the mana cost in the upper right corner of the card amounts to. Double Xs will count double of course, tripple Xs three times, etc.
First some questions I think I know the answer.
If I'm casting Altered Ego with X=2, then CMC is 6 right?
If I have Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty in play, it would triggered and my Altered Ego (X=2) would have cascade right?
Now where I'm more confused:
What happens when there's tax or cost reduction?
I think if there's a tax on my spell (let says opponent has Grand Arbiter Augustin IV) then if I pay total 6 for Altered Ego X=1, it wouldn't have cascade would it? CMC there is 5 even if I'm paying 6 right?
So let say there's no tax and I have cost reduction (A Thryx, the Sudden Storm or a Medallion). And I pay 5 for the same Altered Ego, X=2, then it would have cascade?
Yes, and yes.
Correct. Cost increases and cost reductions, as well as additional costs or alternative costs do not change the CMC of a spell. The only influence here is the value of X, which you choose first. Then you calculate the cost to cast the spell based on that value. The CMC of the spell will be the value of X plus what the rest of the mana cost in the upper right corner of the card amounts to. Double Xs will count double of course, tripple Xs three times, etc.
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