If a spell or ability asks what a fuse card's cmc is, it is both halves, and thus the sum.
If a spell or ability tries to compare a fuse card's cmc to something else, it is both halves and is thus compared to either half, but not both halves together.
Based on this logic, when counterbalance's triggered ability resolves, it will compare the converted mana cost of the spell on the stack to both halves of the fuse card.
When dark confidant's triggered ability resolves, it will look at the converted mana cost of the spell, which is both halves, and you will lose life equal to the sum of those costs.
This should also mean that one could cast Firemind's Foresight and search for a copy of Breaking/Entering, as that card would have a cmc of two and 6.
Hello, this is something that I've never been able to get a good clarification on, so I figured I would ask here.
Let's say I reveal a Wear/Tear to Dark Confidant's trigger. I would lose three life, as in this case the cmc of Wear/Tear is three, being the sum of the two halves. Why is this different then when Wear/Tear is revealed from Counterbalance? From gatherer:
4/15/2013: In every zone except the stack, split cards have two sets of characteristics and two converted mana costs. If anything needs information about a split card not on the stack, it will get two values.
Why is the information check different between dark confidant and counterbalance?
If a spell or ability asks what a fuse card's cmc is, it is both halves, and thus the sum.
If a spell or ability tries to compare a fuse card's cmc to something else, it is both halves and is thus compared to either half, but not both halves together.
Based on this logic, when counterbalance's triggered ability resolves, it will compare the converted mana cost of the spell on the stack to both halves of the fuse card.
When dark confidant's triggered ability resolves, it will look at the converted mana cost of the spell, which is both halves, and you will lose life equal to the sum of those costs.
This should also mean that one could cast Firemind's Foresight and search for a copy of Breaking/Entering, as that card would have a cmc of two and 6.
Thanks for the clarification.
Let's say I reveal a Wear/Tear to Dark Confidant's trigger. I would lose three life, as in this case the cmc of Wear/Tear is three, being the sum of the two halves. Why is this different then when Wear/Tear is revealed from Counterbalance? From gatherer:
4/15/2013: In every zone except the stack, split cards have two sets of characteristics and two converted mana costs. If anything needs information about a split card not on the stack, it will get two values.
Why is the information check different between dark confidant and counterbalance?