Release the Gremlins cost rulings.
Asked by Mokan 7 years ago
Can someone please explain the rulings with the mana cost. Example: if I pay 4 total mana (including the red).
Slight correction: You can pay a total of four, but only if there's a cost increase or reduction applied. e.g. Thalia, Guardian of Thraben being out and you cast Release the Gremlins for X=1, or Baral, Chief of Compliance is out and you cast it for X=2.
March 12, 2017 8:30 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #3
The important texture here is that the casting process is exactly that: a defined process. You announce the spell and put it onto the stack, then make decisions for it (including selecting modes and targets, if applicable), then calculate and pay its costs.
You don't pay mana and then figure out the result from there; you announce a value for X, then calculate the cost as ++.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #1
The cost is to be read like this: if you choose X to be 1, you pay 11R, so three mana, to destroy one artifact and creature one gremlin. If you choose X=2, then you pay 22R, so 5 mana, to destroy two artifacts and gain two gremlins.
Regarding part two of your question: you can't pay a total of four for this card.
March 12, 2017 6:27 a.m.