Hey guys, today i played with my friends some MTG (we’re hobby players) and like long lasting games and stuff.
but i have a question. My friend played an infinite mana loop to which he played a hydra which you can play with a power and toughness of the mana you spend on it... you guessed it he used his infinite mana to put a infinite hydra.... now.. im kinda new and i now that a mana loop is allowed. And i’ve read every ‘shortcut’ rule but i just can’t imagine that a infinite hydra is allowed... in any shape or form... can any of you maybe confirm this with an official rule?
When a player chooses a value for X as they cast, say, Genesis Hydra, that player can't choose infinity, but rather a positive integer or 0 (C.R. 107.1b, 601.2b).
Neither can a player have an infinite amount of mana; if a player has a way to add an arbitrary amount of mana, that player can only carry out that process a finite number of times (say, one million) (see C.R. 721.2a and, in sanctioned tournaments, M.T.R. 4.4). (This of course ignores "silver-bordered" cards such as Mox Lotus, which were designed for fun rather than necessarily conforming to the rules [see also C.R. 100.7].)
Finally, a creature's power or toughness can't be infinite, but rather can be an integer only, including zero (C.R. 107.1, especially C.R. 107.1b).
Remember that in general, "[t]he only numbers the Magic game uses are integers" (C.R. 107.1).
but i have a question. My friend played an infinite mana loop to which he played a hydra which you can play with a power and toughness of the mana you spend on it... you guessed it he used his infinite mana to put a infinite hydra.... now.. im kinda new and i now that a mana loop is allowed. And i’ve read every ‘shortcut’ rule but i just can’t imagine that a infinite hydra is allowed... in any shape or form... can any of you maybe confirm this with an official rule?
When a player chooses a value for X as they cast, say, Genesis Hydra, that player can't choose infinity, but rather a positive integer or 0 (C.R. 107.1b, 601.2b).
Neither can a player have an infinite amount of mana; if a player has a way to add an arbitrary amount of mana, that player can only carry out that process a finite number of times (say, one million) (see C.R. 721.2a and, in sanctioned tournaments, M.T.R. 4.4). (This of course ignores "silver-bordered" cards such as Mox Lotus, which were designed for fun rather than necessarily conforming to the rules [see also C.R. 100.7].)
Finally, a creature's power or toughness can't be infinite, but rather can be an integer only, including zero (C.R. 107.1, especially C.R. 107.1b).
Remember that in general, "[t]he only numbers the Magic game uses are integers" (C.R. 107.1).