Cascade + Bond of Agony
Asked by Sinisterkid 8 years ago
what happens if I cascade into Bond of Agony ?? Can I cast it where I make the life payment 20 without paying the mana portion of it?
Raging_Squiggle says... Accepted answer #2
4/15/2013 You must pay both 
life and 
. For example, if you want each other player to lose 2 life when Bond of Agony resolves, you must pay 
and 2 life.
A ruling taken from Gatherer.
Whenever you cast a spell without paying its mana cost, will always automatically be 
.
107.3b If a player is casting a spell that has an in its mana cost, the value of isn't defined by the text of that spell, and an effect lets that player cast that spell while paying neither its mana cost nor an alternative cost that includes , then the only legal choice for is . This doesn't apply to effects that only reduce a cost, even if they reduce it to zero. See rule 601, "Casting Spells."
Draugo says... #1
When you cascade into something then you get to cast it for free. Casting X spells for free means that X is zero and the additional cost in Bond of Agony is to pay X life. This means you'll pay 0 life and each other player will loose 0 life.
March 7, 2016 1:22 a.m.