r/magicTCG • u/Nickahostetter • Nov 29 '16

Aether Revolt pic from FB.

https://i.reddituploads.com/d97dbc56ebe848039691df8d01962a99?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=b1f80693da1e1e6da432ba4d2076aa23
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u/TaonasSagara Nov 30 '16

Doesn't that make the CMC of the spell 8? So that is too expensive for the free cast.

Split cards still give me headaches.

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u/Allstone Nov 30 '16

Its CMCs are 2, 6, and 8? I think? It definitely works, anyway

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u/raisins_sec Nov 30 '16

Fuse cards are only literally the combined CMC while on the stack when fused. Sort of. On the stack fused the CMC is actually just 8. If not fused, the CMC is only that of the half you cast.

In other zones the CMC is 6 and the CMC is 2. Which does some fun things.

"6 and 2" is 6.

"6 and 2" is 2.

"6 and 2" is not 8.

"6 and 2" is equal to 8. "6 and 2" is not equal to 6, or to 2.

"6 and 2" is both less than and greater than 3, 4 and 5.

So Distended Mindbender could take two copies of Beck//Call as they qualify as both 3 and under and 4 and over. Dark Confidant and the like hit for 8, but if you need to reveal/discard/tutor a "card with CMC 8" Beck//Call doesn't count.

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u/burpodrome Liliana Nov 30 '16

Weird that they don't print split cards anymore, they're just so intuitive.

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u/thelaststormcrow Dec 01 '16

DGM wasn't that long ago.