Extraplanar Lens and Cabal Coffers at the same time?
Asked by Bantha1342 6 years ago
I have a quick question concerning the above cards and their interactions. Please let me know if I am understanding the interaction between these cards. Lets say I have played down Extraplanar Lens and exiled a Snow-Covered Swamp to "Imprint" as the name of the land. I also have 10 Snow-Covered Swamps on the Battlefield as well as Cabal Coffers on the battlefield. So at the beginning of my turn I tap 2 Snow-Covered Swamps to activate the ability of Cabal Coffers and tap the remaining 8 Snow Covered Swamps for additional mana. I would generate 8 Black Mana by tapping the remaining lands themselves, plus another 10 Black Mana as a result of Cabal Coffers for the swamps I control plus an additional 10 Black mana as a result of Extraplanar Lens for a total of 28 available Black Mana? Is my understanding of these cards and their interaction abilities correct? Thanks in advance for any direction......
Rhadamanthus says... #2
Basically, yes. For the sake of clarity, let's rearrange some things so that they're easier to follow:
- You tap one Snow-Covered Swamp for , then Extraplanar Lens immediately gives you another (a triggered ability that makes mana and triggers from another mana ability is also a mana ability, so it will resolve right away without using the stack)
- You use this to activate Cabal Coffers, which produces 10x
- You tap the other 9 Snow Covered Swamps for each, and Extraplanar lens gives you another for each of them
- 10x + 9x + 9x = 28x
BlueScope says... Accepted answer #1
Your breakdown seems correct, but other than in an example, I'd generalize it like this:
Your example can be simplified as follows (which is more like how it would happen in an actual game): Tapping a single Snow-Covered Swamp is enough to pay for the activation cost of Cabal Coffers, which produces (10 black mana). Then, each leftover Swamp taps for , granting you an additional 18 black mana, having you end up at 28.
August 3, 2017 12:45 p.m.