I'm teaching my daughters and some of their friends how to play, and I want to make sure I'm telling them the correct things about the cards I use.
I'm pretty sure I know the answers to these questions, but I want to double check.
"When calculating the converted mana cost of an object with {X} in its mana cost, X is treated as 0 while the object is not on the stack, and X is treated as the number chosen for it while the object is on the stack. Spells don't care about alternative costs"
Does this mean if I use Beseech the Queen to get a Mind Twist out of my library, the converted cost of Mind Twist is 1?
Beseech the Queen can search for any card, including lands, correct? It's my understanding that ALL lands have a converted casting cost of 0, is that correct? So even if I have 0 lands in play, I can use Beseech the Queen to search for a Lake of the Dead?
thanks for your help.
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Obviously it depends on the deck a bit, but then this is really a great card. In my mono black discard deck all of my mana sources produce B, so it will never cost me more then BBB to cast, and since 56 of the 60 cards have a converted mana cost of 3 or less, usually by the time I can cast this it lets me look for almost any card in my deck.
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My decks. Feel free to make suggestions. The Precious B___U___G___R___W
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I'm teaching my daughters and some of their friends how to play, and I want to make sure I'm telling them the correct things about the cards I use.
I'm pretty sure I know the answers to these questions, but I want to double check.
"When calculating the converted mana cost of an object with {X} in its mana cost, X is treated as 0 while the object is not on the stack, and X is treated as the number chosen for it while the object is on the stack. Spells don't care about alternative costs"
Does this mean if I use Beseech the Queen to get a Mind Twist out of my library, the converted cost of Mind Twist is 1?
Beseech the Queen can search for any card, including lands, correct? It's my understanding that ALL lands have a converted casting cost of 0, is that correct? So even if I have 0 lands in play, I can use Beseech the Queen to search for a Lake of the Dead?
thanks for your help.
The Precious
B___U___G___R___W
Obviously it depends on the deck a bit, but then this is really a great card. In my mono black discard deck all of my mana sources produce B, so it will never cost me more then BBB to cast, and since 56 of the 60 cards have a converted mana cost of 3 or less, usually by the time I can cast this it lets me look for almost any card in my deck.
The Precious
B___U___G___R___W