Isochron Scepter
Ken Bowles
{2}
Artifact
Imprint -- When Isochron Scepter comes into play, you may remove an
instant card with converted mana cost 2 or less in your hand from the
game. (The removed card is imprinted on this artifact.)
{2}, {T}: You may copy the imprinted instant card and play the copy
without paying its mana cost.
Suppose I am playing with a deck that has several artifact creatures as
well as lands. In fact, let's say I have at least 5 artifacts on the
field. I play isochron sceptor imprinting assert authority:
Assert Authority
{5}{U}{U}
Instant
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to play for each
artifact you control.)
Counter target spell. If it's countered this way, remove it from the
game instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Well at the time of imprinting Assert Authority only costs 2U to play
because of affinity affects. Would this work? Can I imprint this card?
Thanks
Ken
Daniel W. Johnson
> Suppose I am playing with a deck that has several artifact creatures as
> well as lands. In fact, let's say I have at least 5 artifacts on the
> field. I play isochron sceptor imprinting assert authority:
No, you don't. Assert Authority has a converted mana cost of 7, which
is more than 2.
203.1. The mana cost of a card is indicated by mana symbols printed on
its upper right corner. Tokens and lands have a mana cost of {o0}.
Paying an object's mana cost requires matching the color of any colored
mana symbols as well as paying the generic mana cost indicated.
203.3. The converted mana cost of an object is a number equal to the
total amount of mana in its mana cost, regardless of color. Some effects
ask a player to pay mana equal to an object's converted mana cost; this
is a generic mana costóit may be paid with any combination of colored
and/or colorless mana, regardless of the colors in the object's mana
cost.
Example: A mana cost of {o3}{oU}{oU} translates to a converted mana cost
of 5.
> Assert Authority
> {5}{U}{U}
> Instant
> Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to play for each
> artifact you control.)
> Counter target spell. If it's countered this way, remove it from the
> game instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
>
> Well at the time of imprinting Assert Authority only costs 2U to play
> because of affinity affects. Would this work? Can I imprint this card?
With 5 artifacts under your control, Assert Authority would cost you UU
to play, not 2U. Not that it matters.
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Andy Jakcsy
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>Isochron Scepter
>{2}
>Artifact
>Imprint -- When Isochron Scepter comes into play, you may remove an
>instant card with converted mana cost 2 or less in your hand from the
>game. (The removed card is imprinted on this artifact.)
>{2}, {T}: You may copy the imprinted instant card and play the copy
>without paying its mana cost.
>
>Suppose I am playing with a deck that has several artifact creatures as
>well as lands. In fact, let's say I have at least 5 artifacts on the
>field. I play isochron sceptor imprinting assert authority:
>
>>
No you don't. Assert Authority's CMC is 7. It can be PLAYED for 2 if you have
5 or more artifacts in play, but that doesn't figure into the CMC at all...
<<
>
>Well at the time of imprinting Assert Authority only costs 2U to play
>because of affinity affects.
>>
You mean UU. In normal text, each colored mana symbol is represented, and any
numbers mean colorless mana.
<<
>Would this work? Can I imprint this card?
>>
See above.
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David DeLaney
>Isochron Scepter 2 Artifact
> converted mana cost 2 or less in your hand from the game. (The removed card
> card and play the copy without paying its mana cost.
>
>Suppose I am playing with a deck that has several artifact creatures as
>well as lands. In fact, let's say I have at least 5 artifacts on the
>field. I play isochron sceptor imprinting assert authority:
>
You can't. The converted mana cost of Assert Authority is not 2 or less, it
is seven.
>Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to play for each
>artifact you control.)
This has no effect at all on either the mana cost or the converted mana
cost of this spell; it only changes how much you -pay- to pay the cost. The
converted mana cost of Assert Authority is always 7, and we have nothing in
the game that can change this, or that can change its mana cost being 5UU.
>Well at the time of imprinting Assert Authority only costs 2U to play
>because of affinity affects. Would this work? Can I imprint this card?
Nope.
Dave
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