Can you Silkwrap any transformed creature?
Asked by FatherLiir 8 years ago
So I was looking at SOI cards and realized that none of the transformed creatures, whether Incited Rabble Flip, Timber Shredder Flip, Skin Shredder Flip or Ormendahl, Profane Prince Flip, have a converted mana cost (CMC) in their transformed state. Does this mean that their CMC is 0 And therefore can be targeted by Silkwrap?
However, it's worth noting that all of your examples can be targeted by Silkwrap because their front faces have CMCs of 3 or less. Avacyn, the Purifier Flip would be an example of a flipped card that can't be Silkwrapped.
acbooster says... Accepted answer #1
It used to be that way, but with Shadows Over Innistrad there's been a rules change to Double Faced Cards. DFCs now always have the CMC of the front face, even when flipped.
This is from an article on the official website:
"Remember when I said that the characteristics of the face that's up are all that matter? That wasn't quite accurate. Under the new rules, the converted mana cost of the back face of a DFC is based on the mana cost of the front face. (Previously, because the back faces lacked mana costs, their converted mana costs were all 0.) The one exception is if something is a copy of the back face of a DFC, its converted mana cost is 0. So If I control Insidious Mist, it has no mana cost, but its converted mana cost is 4. If I then put a copy of Insidious Mist onto the battlefield, that copy's converted mana cost is 0."
Here's the article if you're curious: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/shadows-over-innistrad-mechanics#ruleschanges
April 9, 2016 8:20 p.m. Edited.