Metallurgic Summonings and Split Cards
Asked by Dryxyx 6 years ago
If I cast Catch While I have a Metallurgic Summonings, does it create a 3/3 or a 9/9? Rulings on split cards say Catch Would have a CMC of 9 but I'm not entirely sure.
TheVectornaut says... Accepted answer #2
Catch has a cmc of 9 at all times except when it is on the stack.
"708.3. A player chooses which half of a split card he or she is casting before putting it onto the stack.708.3a Only the chosen half is evaluated to see if it can be cast. Only that half is considered to be put onto the stack.708.3b While on the stack, only the characteristics of the half being cast exist. The other halfs characteristics are treated as though they didnt exist."
Metallurgic Summonings has an ability that triggers when an appropriate spell is cast. Such abilities trigger after modes have been chosen and a spell is put on the stack.
"601.2i Once the steps described in 601.2ah are completed, effects that modify the characteristics of the spell as its cast are applied, then the spell becomes cast. Any abilities that trigger when a spell is cast or put onto the stack trigger at this time. If the spells controller had priority before casting it, he or she gets priority."
Therefore, Catch will have a cmc of 3 when it is cast, causing Metallurgic Summonings to create a 3/3 creature token.
Tyrant-Thanatos says... #1
Amonkhet updated split card rules. The CMC of a split card is always the combination of both halves except on the stack. On the stack only the half which is actually cast is considered for color and CMC.
So it would create a 3/3.
September 20, 2017 7:14 p.m. Edited.