Chandra, The firebrand and Devil's Play
Asked by Mushroomtea 13 years ago
Ok so if i cast a Devil's Play with lets say 6 mana so it does 5 damage can i copy that spell with Chandras -2 ability so it does an additional 5 damage?
Arachnarchist says... #2
Yes. Chandra, the Firebrand s second ability, and other cards like Reverberate , copy the spell as it exists on the stack. So any X is the same as for the original spell, if a kicker has been paid it has that effect, for cards like Fling the additional cost has already been paid, etc.
October 11, 2011 5:17 p.m.
Arachnarchist says... #3
Epochalyptic is right, of course. I read the question differently. I thought he was asking about whether the fact it had an X in it made any difference.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
card:Devil's Play
Chandra, the Firebrand
The original will not do an additional 5 damage. Chandra's effect copies the spell and puts the copy on the stack. Since X is one of the copiable values of a spell, the copy will have X=5, just like the original.
706.2. When copying an object, the copy acquires the copiable values of the original object's characteristics and, for an object on the stack, choices made when casting or activating it (mode, targets, the value of X, whether it was kicked, how it will affect multiple targets, and so on). The "copiable values" are the values derived from the text printed on the object (that text being name, mana cost, color indicator, card type, subtype, supertype, expansion symbol, rules text, power, toughness, and/or loyalty), as modified by other copy effects, by "as . . . enters the battlefield" and "as . . . is turned face up" abilities that set characteristics, and by abilities that caused the object to be face down. Other effects (including type-changing and text-changing effects), status, and counters are not copied.
October 11, 2011 5:16 p.m.