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Originally posted by thror:
The additional (1) from sphere is not added on to the mana cost of the card, but to the total cost you have to pay. Cascade says you can cast it without paying the mana cost, but you would still have to pay (1) for each sphere.

Total Cost encompasses the printed casting cost, any increases or decreases due to effect, and any additional costs such as life payment. Cascade ONLY lets you ignore the printed casting cost.

Force of will has an alternate cost of 'exile a blue card, pay 1 life'. If there was a sphere in play, you could use this alternate cost, but you would still have to pay (1) for each sphere.

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4.4 Triggered Abilities
Players are expected to remember their own triggered abilities; intentionally ignoring one is Cheating. Players are not required to point out the existence of triggered abilities that they do not control, though they may do so within a turn if they wish.
Triggered abilities are considered to be forgotten by their controller once they have taken an action past the point where the triggered ability would have an observable impact on the game. Triggered abilitiesthat are forgotten are not considered to have gone onto the stack.

Your opp MUST announce his triggers. Likewise, you must announce yours.

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I understand that I can't do anything on my upkeep before the SS's ability goes on the stack (being "at the beginning of ... upkeep"). Correct?

Now if in response to the SS's triggered ability I activate a Nev Disk and wipe the table (including, therefore, the soot counters as part of the Smokestack's destruction), when the SS ability resolves, do I need to sacrifice anything?

However, for the special case where the card is no longer in play when the ability resolves, the ability will use the number of counters that were on it at the time it left play (not at the time it triggered, if those are different).

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Originally posted by hilikuS:
Can I use Steam Catapult twice if I have two attack steps? Like if I have Breath of Fury on a guy, attack with my team, score a hit with Breath of Fury guy.

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Jace's Archivist
{U}, {T}: Each player discards his or her hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Psychosis Crawler
Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life

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Originally posted by flavor_of_the_weak:
Would Jace's Archivist ability won't kill Psychosis Crawler

Jace's Archivist
{U}, {T}: Each player discards his or her hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Psychosis Crawler
Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life

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correct, archivist will not kill the crawler. state based actions are only checked after a spell or ability fully resolves. each player will discard, then draw, then state based actions will check the game, and presumably see a crawler the same size as before.

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If I cast Epic Experiment for x=2 and hit Breaking/Entering, can I cast the "Entering" side for free? Does it check the cc = 2 for "Breaking" and then give me the option? Kind of like cascade + Boom/Bust?

Breaking/Entering is a fuse card. You can only fuse when you play it from your hand, so you can't try anything clever to get BOTH spells out of it.

However, you can definitely use Entering if you hit it on an Epic Experiment sufficient only to cast Breaking.

708.6a An effect that performs a positive comparison (such as asking if a card is red) or a relative comparison (such as asking if a card's converted mana cost is less than 2) involving characteristics of one or more split cards in any zone other than the stack gets only one answer. This answer is "yes" if either side of each split card in the comparison would return a "yes" answer if compared individually.

708.2a If a player casts a split card, that player chooses which half of that split card he or she is casting before putting it onto the stack.

To clarify, I mean to ask its activation cost needs to be paid simultaneously?

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Originally posted by DarKLava:
To clarify, I mean to ask its activation cost needs to be paid simultaneously?

Thanks!

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Yes absolutely. While paying costs you cannot do anything else. You select three and tap them at once then the ability goes on the stack.

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Originally posted by Sovarius:
Yes absolutely. While paying costs you cannot do anything else. You select three and tap them at once then the ability goes on the stack.

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I play a Crib Swap using Sunforger.

Do I get the copy from Melek since I 'cast' it from my Library or no.

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Originally posted by Devonin:
01/10/2005 The card is cast from your library, not your hand.

That's a yes.

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Welp, that makes it an inclusion in my EDH deck

Thus, if they have 18 life, will they bose lose 9 on their upkeep and lose the game of will Player 1 lose 9 and Player 2 lose 5?

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Originally posted by AEther Storm:
If I cast a Havoc Festival in a 2HG game, will our opponents lose on their next turn? As the triggers go off at the same time (I suppose, or does the captain go first)

Thus, if they have 18 life, will they bose lose 9 on their upkeep and lose the game of will Player 1 lose 9 and Player 2 lose 5?

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Originally posted by Pyrocarm:
Can I target any number of things for "0" with Aurelia's fury?

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No, you can't.

However I'm not sure why you would unless they were all illusions, because the tap effect only works on creatures that were dealt damage by it, not targetted by it.

That rule quoted above doesn't even apply to Aurelia's Fury because it only cares if the player is asked to divide up the effect. Fury only asks the player to choose the targets, it divides the damage itself upon resolution.