Can I activate Tayam, Luminous Enigma with no cards in my library?

Asked by Burmdur 3 years ago

If I am using Tayam, Luminous Enigma as my commander, and I have a combo of Devoted Druid and Carapace to create infinite mana and infinite -1/-1 counters to use for Tayam's ability, can I continuously put 3 cmc or less permanents from my graveyard onto the battlefield even if I run out of cards in my deck?

As far as I understand, the 3 cards that are being milled are not apart of the activation cost, and therefore not required in order to activate the ability and put a card into play.

Tylord2894 says... Accepted answer #1

That's correct. The costs for an activated ability are stated before the colon, ":". In this case, the costs are pay and remove three counters for creatures you control. You being able to return a CMC 3 or less permanent with the ability of Tayam is not dependent on your having cards in your library. That part of the ability will just do nothing, but the rest of it will resolve normally.

June 16, 2020 3:15 p.m.