Jodah, Archmage Eternal mana usage
Asked by 9-lives 3 years ago
What does the card Jodah, Archmage Eternal actually mean? Does it mean that I have to use all of those colors and mana cost for casting instants or sorceries, or does it mean that I can choose one color one mana cost from them and make the sorcery or instant cost that one color? For instance, would I have to use something like Jegantha, the Wellspring for casting with Jodah, Archmage Eternal??
Jodah, Archmage Eternal gives you an optional alternate cost to cast your spells. Jegantha, the Wellspring is a good way to get the mana to pay this alternate cost, but definitely not the only way. Keep in mind that this alternate cost can't be used if you are trying to pay another alternate cost, such as flashback, madness, prowl, or mutate. The alternate cost can be reduced by cards like Morophon, the Boundless, but cards that reduce colored mana costs aren't common.
Bringer of the Black Dawn has the same alternate casting cost that Jodah gives all your spells, in case seeing it printed on another card helps you understand it better.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
It means that when you're casting a spell (not just limited to instants and sorceries, also including creatures, planeswalkers, enchantments, etc.), you can replace the mana cost printed in the corner with and pay that instead. For example, you could cast Darksteel Colossus for only instead of , or cast Volley of Boulders for instead of .
November 24, 2020 9:27 a.m.