Hi, I am wondering if i am able to return my Worldheart Phoenix from my grveyard to play by paying 3R instead of WUBRG?
Please explain why if i cannot return it to play using 3R. I asked alot of player to read and they think that it can be return to play by paying 3R too.
Hi, I am wondering if i am able to return my Worldheart Phoenix from my grveyard to play by paying 3R instead of WUBRG?
Please explain why if i cannot return it to play using 3R.
You can't play the Phoenix from your graveyard for 3R because nothing is giving you permission to do so. The effect that's on the card that allows you to play the Phoenix from your graveyard has the extra stipulation that you pay the alternative cost of WUBRG.
That's all there is to it, really.
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But the cards reads "You may play Worldheart Phoenix from your graveyard by paying WUBRGrather than paying its mana cost. If you do, it comes into play with two +1/+1 counters on it."
So if i pay 3R, then it come back to play from graveyard without the two +1/+1 counter rite?
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But the cards reads "You may play Worldheart Phoenix from your graveyard by paying WUBRGrather than paying its mana cost. If you do, it comes into play with two +1/+1 counters on it."
So if i pay 3R, then it come back to play from graveyard without the two +1/+1 counter rite?
Read the whole thing: "You may play Worldheart Phoenix from your graveyardby payingWUBRGrather than paying its mana cost."
This is not an activated ability that returns the card to play from the graveyard. It is an alternative means for playing the card as a spell, from an alternative zone (the graveyard rather than your hand) and for an alternative cost (WUBRG rather than 3R). These alternatives are interconnected. You can't mix and match the alternative zone with the regular mana cost.
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This still gets me confused, because as it also states " If you do ~ cip with 2 +1/+1 counters" so it seems if there would be a choice, but sadly there isn´t.
In this case, that choice and action is to "play Worldheart Phoenix from your graveyard by paying WUBRG". Presuming you take that action, then the "If you do..." is applicable. If you just play Worldheart Phoenix from your hand (or any other alternative means), then this choice isn't applicable.
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Please explain why if i cannot return it to play using 3R. I asked alot of player to read and they think that it can be return to play by paying 3R too.
Thanks.
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You can't play the Phoenix from your graveyard for 3R because nothing is giving you permission to do so. The effect that's on the card that allows you to play the Phoenix from your graveyard has the extra stipulation that you pay the alternative cost of WUBRG.
That's all there is to it, really.
Please use card tags when you're asking a question about specific cards: [c]Serra Angel[/c] -> Serra Angel.
So if i pay 3R, then it come back to play from graveyard without the two +1/+1 counter rite?
Mod text removed. Only mods get to talk like that. -Woap
Read the whole thing: "You may play Worldheart Phoenix from your graveyard by paying WUBRG rather than paying its mana cost."
This is not an activated ability that returns the card to play from the graveyard. It is an alternative means for playing the card as a spell, from an alternative zone (the graveyard rather than your hand) and for an alternative cost (WUBRG rather than 3R). These alternatives are interconnected. You can't mix and match the alternative zone with the regular mana cost.
Please use card tags when you're asking a question about specific cards: [c]Serra Angel[/c] -> Serra Angel.
Thanks alot for the explain.. Apperciated~
In this case, that choice and action is to "play Worldheart Phoenix from your graveyard by paying WUBRG". Presuming you take that action, then the "If you do..." is applicable. If you just play Worldheart Phoenix from your hand (or any other alternative means), then this choice isn't applicable.