How does Rowan, Scion of War and Chromatic Orrery work?
Asked by SirFowler 1 year ago
Let's say I have a Rowan, Scion of War and a Chromatic Orrery on the battlefield. I pay a bunch of life to Necropotence, then activate Rowan, Scion of War. Will I be able to cast red and black spells for free as long as I have the Chromatic Orrery on the field? From my understanding, since it doesn't say that all spells are colorless like Mycosynth Lattice, but says that you may spend mana as though it were any color, that you would be able to cast them for free. But on the other hand, since it's a replacement effect for spending your mana and not making your spells colorless, you wouldn't be able to because Rowan specifically reduces cost to red/black spells. I have a feeling it's the latter, but I just wanna make sure.
Sorry if the wording is confusing, my ADD brain thinks ahead too far sometimes and forgets filler in order to make my ramblings comprehensible.
legendofa says... Accepted answer #1
Rowan, Scion of War's activated ability doesn't add mana; it only reduces generic costs. Let's say you activate Necropotence five times, so you pay and lose 5 life. You want to cast Breath of Malfegor, so you activate Rowan, Scion's ability. No mana is added to your mana pool, but Breath of Malfegor now costs less. This only reduces the generic cost, so you still have to pay .
You can tap the Chromatic Orrery to pay for the , but there is no effect here that can reduce or ignore colored mana costs. Those still have to be paid normally.
September 11, 2023 3:36 a.m.