Is Megamorphing counted as playing a spell?

Asked by Argy 8 years ago

My Opponent has Eidolon of the Great Revel on the field when I play Gudul Lurker as a Morph.

I lose 2 life for casting the creature.

I then Morph Gudul Lurker for its cost of U.

Do I lose a further 2 life?

I think that I don't because a Morph cost is an activated ability, not a spell.

Thanks for any help.

Boza says... #1

You are correct.

When turning a morph face up, you are activating an ability. Eidolon cares only about casting spells.

August 5, 2015 3:39 a.m.

Argy says... #2

OMG I got an interaction right for once!

Thanks for confirming.

August 5, 2015 3:42 a.m.

Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #3

Morph is not an activated ability. Turning a morphed card face up for its morph cost is a special action. It does not use the stack, and it isn't casting a spell.

702.36e Any time you have priority, you may turn a face-down permanent you control with a morph ability face up. This is a special action; it doesn't use the stack (see rule 115). To do this, show all players what the permanent's morph cost would be if it were face up, pay that cost, then turn the permanent face up. (If the permanent wouldn't have a morph cost if it were face up, it can't be turned face up this way.) The morph effect on it ends, and it regains its normal characteristics. Any abilities relating to the permanent entering the battlefield don't trigger when it's turned face up and don't have any effect, because the permanent has already entered the battlefield.

August 5, 2015 7:15 a.m.

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