Free emerge creature?

Asked by Bobby654 7 years ago

And yes I looked up the rulings before I asked this question. their is none. Say if I went to emerge Lashweed Lurker using Simic Sky Swallower would that mean I just brought out a 5/4 out for free thanks to the wording of the effect. same thing holds for the other emerge creatures

No you would have to pay mana symbol gmana symbol u still.

If you read the reminder text for Emerge on the card, the cost is only reduced by the converted mana cost of the sacrificed creature. The CMC of Simic Sky Swallower is mana symbol 7, so the emerge cost will therefore be reduced by mana symbol 7, leaving you with mana symbol gmana symbol u to pay.

July 26, 2016 8:50 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2

No. The wording of emerge is:

You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's converted mana cost.

The converted mana cost of Simic Sky Swallower is mana symbol 7. CMC is always a generic number. It doesn't include colored or colorless components.

July 26, 2016 8:50 p.m.

Rhadamanthus says... #3

FYI, there is a rulings note about this on Lashweed Lurker's page in Gatherer:

7/13/2016 Colored mana components of emerge costs can't be reduced with emerge.

July 26, 2016 9:42 p.m.

Bobby654 says... #4

Ah ok. guess I went looking on the wrong site. my bad. thanks

July 27, 2016 8:53 a.m.

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