How does Cultural Exchange work?
Asked by Ulvhedner 9 years ago
How does Cultural Exchange work with asymmetrical trades?
Lets say the opponent has five 5/5 tokens and I have nothing. Would I be able to cast Cultural Exchange and trade five for nothing?
Cultural Exchange clearly states target player and not target creatures so unless someone dies the spell should resolve making the exchange five for nothing
Rhadamanthus says... #2
Cultural Exchange specifically instructs you to choose the same number of creatures for each player. 0 is not the same number as 5, so that's not a legal set of choices for the effect.
August 26, 2014 1:49 p.m.
However, you are right that it targets players and not creatures. This means that you can cast it while either one of you have no creatures and it would still resolve. At the time that the spell resolves, you would be required to choose a legal number of opponents creatures, which would be equal to the highest out of you and the target player.But even if all creatures were to die (from some sort of flash Supreme Verdict ) before the spell resolves, it would still resolve, it just might not "do" anything.
Matsi883 says... #1
You can't choose creatures that don't exist, so if you choose 5 creatures on one side, there have to be five on the other side for the exchange.
August 26, 2014 1:44 p.m.