What can Heartstone reduce?

Asked by phyrexfulmen 9 years ago

  1. Does Heartstone reduce Cycling or Echo cost?

  2. Does Heartstone reduce the cost of the Skirk Drill Sergeant activation?

Devonin says... Accepted answer #1

Cycling no. Cycling is an ability of cards in your hand, not creatures, which only exist on the battlefield. (It would say 'creature cards' if it applied to creatures in your hand)

Echo no. Heartstone only reduces the activation cost of activated abilities, which are written cost: effect. Echo is a triggered ability which triggers at the start of the upkeep after the creature entered the battlefield.

Skirk Drill Sergeant , also no. Same reason. That's a triggered ability, not an activated ability, as it contains "when" "whenever" or "at".

September 4, 2014 12:06 p.m.

Devonin says... #2

What it -can- make cheaper are actual activated abilities of creatures on the battlefield, such as Ezuri, Renegade Leader 's overrun or Memnarch 's abilities.

September 4, 2014 12:09 p.m.

phyrexfulmen says... #3

Thanks!

September 4, 2014 12:11 p.m.

Peaceful_Ninja says... #4

May 31, 2015 11:58 a.m.

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