Animar, Soul of Elements

Asked by Riv329 6 years ago

If I have Animar, Soul of Elements out and it has say 5 1/1 on it and I play Hooded Hydra does Animar, Soul of Elements 1/1 count toward the value of x for Hooded Hydra or do i have to pay mana for x

BlueScope says... Accepted answer #1

You first choose a value for X, then determine a cards cost. If you choose a value of 5 for X, Hooded Hydra will cost to cast normally. Now you apply cost reductions, and Animar reduces the cost by , meaning you pay and it enters the battlefield with 5 counters.

To give some more examples:

  • if you choose X=3, Animar still reduces the cost by , but since only generic mana costs are reduced by it, you still have to pay and only get 3 counters
  • if you choose X=7, the total cost you have to pay will be
  • if you have an Animar with 5 +1/+1 counters on it, and Hooded Hydra enters the battlefield any other way (such as because of Sheoldred, Whispering One), it won't have any counters.

Also, you again chose quite a sub-par way to title your question... please make an effort to provide a more understandable one in the future.

June 13, 2017 8:21 a.m.

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