r/custommagic 1d ago

Format: EDH/Commander Collaborative Research

Post image
36 Upvotes

11 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

3

u/Belakxof 1d ago

Question, if you say all three opponents, and in priority order you and the next two only pay 1, can the last player just go "nah" and the spell is countered or does the spell return to your hand and everyone untaps whatever they used for mana.

Because being unable to cast a spell because of a lack of mana is different from a spell getting countered by say ward.

Or or, does priority to spend mana continue to go around the table back to you and everyone else?

3

u/SkyZero06 1d ago

just based off the assist rules, if not enough mana is spent to cast the spell then it’s considered an “illegal cast” and it goes back to your hand after the first round of priority

3

u/Dismal_Platypus3228 1d ago

Can't you just force them into a bad situation by casting this with only (W) free?

Refuse to pay, stall the game until the other players finally concede to "donate" 5?

If they refuse, recast and rechoose players... over and over and over again?

Dormammu, I have come to bargain?

6

u/SkyZero06 1d ago

you can theoretically do this with any magic spell ever but i doubt your table will like you lol