Chancellor of the Tangle's mana

Asked by Dorotheus 11 years ago

When is the latest I can reveal Chancellor of the Tangle from my hand to get that mana, and is the opening hand only considered the first 7 cards or all the cards that could be in my hand on my first precombat main phase?

Sam_I_am says... Accepted answer #1

It has to be after you keep. If you mulligan a hand, it's not your opening hand.

103.5. Some cards allow a player to take actions with them from his or her opening hand. Once all players have kept their opening hands, the starting player may take any such actions in any order. Then each other player in turn order may do the same.

103.5b If a card allows a player to reveal it from his or her opening hand, the player taking this action does so. The card remains revealed until the first turn begins. Each card may be revealed this way only once.

103.4. Each player draws a number of cards equal to his or her starting hand size, which is normally seven. (Some effects can modify a players starting hand size.) A player who is dissatisfied with his or her initial hand may take a mulligan. First, the starting player declares whether or not he or she will take a mulligan. Then each other player in turn order does the same. Once each player has made a declaration, all players who decided to take mulligans do so at the same time. To take a mulligan, a player shuffles his or her hand back into his or her library, then draws a new hand of one fewer cards than he or she had before. If a player kept his or her hand of cards, those cards become the players opening hand, and that player may not take any further mulligans. This process is then repeated until no player takes a mulligan. (Note that if a players hand size reaches zero cards, that player must keep that hand.)

September 25, 2013 4:02 p.m.

Dorotheus says... #2

So you must reveal it at the same time you would reveal a Leyline, as the game starts.

September 25, 2013 4:03 p.m.

Sam_I_am says... #3

yes

September 25, 2013 4:04 p.m.

Kamero says... #4

"If you mulligan a hand, it's not your opening hand." - what do you mean with that? Sam_I_am

September 25, 2013 4:06 p.m.

Sam_I_am says... #5

It means that your hand doesn't become your opening hand until after you decide to keep it.

September 25, 2013 4:08 p.m.

Denial048 says... #6

If you mulligan a hand, it will still be your opening hand.

Also, check the gatherer:

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=218062

September 25, 2013 4:11 p.m.

Denial048 says... #7

rst turn begins. Each card may be revealed this way only once.103.4. Each player draws a number of cards equal to his or her starting hand size, which is normally seven. (Some effects can modify a players starting hand size.) A player who is dissatisfied with his or her initial hand may take a mulligan. First, the starting player declares whether or not he or she will take a mulligan. Then each other player in turn order does the same. Once each player has made a declaration, all players who decided to take mulligans do so at the same time. To take a mulligan, a player shuffles his or her hand back into his or her library, then draws a new hand of one fewer cards than he or she had before. If a player kept his or her hand of cards, those cards become the players opening hand, and that player may not take any further mulligans. This process is then repeated until no player takes a mulligan. (Note that if a players hand size reaches zero cards, that player must keep that hand.)

September 25, 2013 4:13 p.m.

Denial048 says... #8

Ah, I misunderstood what you meant. Yeah, your opening hand is the hand you keep, not the first seven you draw, which is what Sam was saying

September 25, 2013 4:14 p.m.

meecht says... #9

First, the starting player declares whether or not he or she will take a mulligan. Then each other player in turn order does the same.

I'm going to have to remember this rule. People have waited to see if I mulligan before deciding to keep their hand or not, but I never knew there was a specific order to it.

September 25, 2013 4:32 p.m.