Suspend and cascade

Asked by Selcath 9 years ago

I know how suspend and cascade work with cards like Living End and Ancestral Vision, but how does cascde interact with a card like Nihilith? Does cascade look at the mana cost or the suspend cost?

GoblinsInc says... Accepted answer #1

It looks at the CMC. It won't check the suspend cost.

702.84a. Cascade is a triggered ability that functions only while the spell with cascade is on the stack. "Cascade" means "When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card whose converted mana cost is less than this spell's converted mana cost. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then put all cards exiled this way that weren't cast on the bottom of your library in a random order."

202.3. The converted mana cost of an object is a number equal to the total amount of mana in its mana cost, regardless of color.

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.

February 21, 2015 9:12 p.m.

filledelanuit says... #2

In short it looks at the mana cost in the upper right hand corner.

Here are the actual rules for cascade:

Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

February 21, 2015 9:12 p.m.