If the cost is being increased, beyond 4, will that be considered appart of teh cmc for Gaddock Teeg to work?
Asked by nickiru 9 years ago
If Thorn of Amethyst raises cost of a 3 cost to 4. Is the converted mana cost than considered 4 for Gaddock Teeg to prevent casting?
Note that the only exception to this are 
spells. Anywhere but on the stack, X is 0 for converted mana cost purposes. On the stack, X is whatever you set it at for converted mana cost purposes. I didn't really think this was too necessary to explain, though, because Teeg stops those spells from the get-go.
August 19, 2014 3:26 p.m.
Thanks, that's unfortunate. lol, was on the train of thought of Trinisphere , Thorn of Amethyst , and such to lock down the game to only creatures. and then nuke. still kinda works, though, but not as good as i hoped.
August 19, 2014 3:28 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
If you're using Trinisphere , note that its effect is always applied last when calculating the total cost of something.
erabel says... Accepted answer #1
Cards like Thorn of Amethyst does not affect converted mana cost. Converted mana cost is always the amount of mana dictated by the symbols in the upper right-hand corner of a card. A three-CMC spell that, because of Thorn of Amethyst , costs
more to cast, still has a CMC of 3.
August 19, 2014 3:24 p.m.