Can I Spell Pierce my own Mana Leak to counter the pay an extra 3 colorless if my opponent has the mana to do so?
Asked by drhumbra 13 years ago
Lets say I have a a creature spell I need to counter like a and I Mana Leak it. But my opponent has the extra 3 mana to spend, can I then Spell Pierce my own Mana Leak to make the opponent pay and additional 2 colorless? Thereby making the oppoent spend an extra 5 colorless to cast the spell?
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #2
Casting Spell Pierce on your own Mana Leak is generally a bad idea, because it will cause your Leak to be countered if you don't pay 2.
If you have another Mana Leak, you're allowed to cast it on the creature spell you want to counter to make it cost even more, but Spell Pierce won't work here because Pierce can't target creature spells.
June 28, 2011 11:41 a.m.
xxxxxxCronoxxxxxx says... #3
ya your opponent cant pay the mana for you but the spells would go like this
you cast the creature it goes onto the stack
for what ever reason you decide to counter it with mana leak, it goes onto the stack above the creature
then you decide to counter the mana leak with spell pierce it goes onto the stack above the mana leak
prioritys pass the spell pierce resolves you have to decide wether or not you paying the 2
if you do not the spell pierce counters the mana leak and asuming nothing els is put onto the stack the creature go into play.
if you did pay the 2 spell pierce fisils
then its mana leaks turn to resolveyou can desice to pay the 3 just like with spell pierce if you dont mana leak counters the creature and it goes into the graveyard if you do pay 3 mana leak fisils and the creature goes into play when it resolves
if you opponet has a creature you whant to counter and he pays 3 for mana leak you could then decied to play spell pierce to make him pay a total of an extra 5its best to let all counters on the stack resolve before you play another one if the first failed to counter the spell
June 28, 2011 12:52 p.m.
mozerdozer says... #4
Spell Pierce can't be played on a creature spell. (To the poster above me)
drhumbra says... #1
you know what, I am overthinking this. I do not think I could do that because the cards specify "counter ... unless its controller".
So, nevermind.
June 28, 2011 11:39 a.m.