Do you have to pay alternate costs for In the Eye of Chaos?

Asked by Phaetion 8 years ago

For Reference: In the Eye of Chaos and Cyclonic Rift (for example).

When I Overload Cyclonic Rift, In the Eye of Chaos will trigger. Would I have to pay an additional 2 or 7 to ensure the Rift would not get countered?

Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1

In the Eye of Chaos's ability says "converted mana cost," so you pay the converted mana cost. Cards do only what they say.

October 9, 2015 4:29 p.m.

Rhadamanthus says... #2

To be clear: a card's CMC is always the sum of the mana symbols printed in its normal mana cost. The only way to change a card's CMC is to somehow turn it into a copy of another card with a different mana cost.

October 9, 2015 8:26 p.m.