Does Pernicious Deed affect tokens?
Asked by jesuslovedhumor 7 years ago
I am 99.999(repeating) sure that since Pernicious Deed is looking at CMC of cards that it passes over tokens, since they have none. Am I right?
chosenone124 says... Accepted answer #2
I misread your assumption. All permanents have a CMC. Tokens (generally) have a CMC of 0 and will be destroyed by Pernicious Deed
October 7, 2017 5:42 p.m.
Most tokens have no mana cost. However, most things with no mana cost has a CMC of 0. Examples are Living End, most tokens, and most lands. That's why Gaze of Granite specifies nonland, because even though they have no mana cost, they'd still easily be destroyed for having a CMC of 0.
October 8, 2017 3:42 a.m.
chosenone124 says... #5
Neotrup, then would it be more accurate of me to say "all permanents are treated as if they have a mana cost"?
October 8, 2017 3:50 a.m.
Mana Cost and Converted Mana Cost aren't really the same thing, but with a permanent you're far more likely to care about Converted Mana Cost than Mana Cost. For example, Ulrich, Uncontested Alpha Flip has a CMC of 5 for the purposes of Pernicious Deed (assuming he's the real deal and not a copy), but he has no mana cost he does not increase your devotion for the purposes of Xenagos, God of Revels. I wasn't trying correct anything you'd said wrong, I was just trying to expand upon it and connect CMC (which you were talking about) to Mana Cost (which jesuslovedhumor was talking about, despite using the term CMC).
chosenone124 says... #1
It is indeed effective on tokens with low CMC.
October 7, 2017 5:18 p.m.