Does casting cost affect turning Manifests face-up?
Asked by DianTherra 3 years ago
What happens to the cost of turning a Manifest face-up if you've got something affecting the casting cost of creatures?
(The way I understand it, they are one and the same)
And for a specific case, let's assume I have 10 power on the board, including my manifested Ghalta, Primal Hunger. Does it now only cost GG to turn her face-up?
- A curious seeker of jank
DianTherra says... #2
Oh well, it was worth a shot. At least I have a reference now if I ever wonder about similar things. Thank you for taking your time to answer my question!
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
You pay the card's mana cost to turn it up with Manifest. The mana cost is what is printed in the upper right of the card (or along the left side of the art of cards using the Future Sight frame). Cost reductions, additional costs, alternative costs and cost setting abilities are not taken into account for the mana cost of a card.
You would have to pay to turn Ghalta face up no matter how much power you have on the board. Trinisphere will not make Manifests with a CMC of less than 3 cost 3 total. Lodestone Golem doesn't add to turning non-artifact manifests face up.
701.34b Any time you have priority, you may turn a manifested permanent you control face up. This is a special action that doesn’t use the stack (see rule 116.2b). To do this, show all players that the card representing that permanent is a creature card and what that card’s mana cost is, pay that cost, then turn the permanent face up.
202.1. A card’s mana cost is indicated by mana symbols near the top of the card. (See rule 107.4.) On most cards, these symbols are printed in the upper right corner. Some cards from the Future Sight set have alternate frames in which the mana symbols appear to the left of the illustration.
October 24, 2020 9:07 p.m.