Ob Nixilis, the fallen. Landfall question!
Asked by LastDay818 11 years ago
When you have ob nixillis the fallen on the battlefield, is ability says land fall, my question is, if i use liliana of the dark realm, and use her -8 ability, do i get all the counters on ob nixilis from the mana casted?
Absinthman says... #2
Maybe, you are confused about what "Add B to your mana pool" means. Some new players sometimes think, that this ability lets them search their library for a Swamp and put it onto the battlefield. That's not true. Imagine your mana pool as a jar of candy, which by default is empty. Normally, all your swamps have the ability of "TAP: Add a single black candy to the jar". With the emblem that you get from Liliana's ultimate ability, your swamps will get the ability of "TAP: Add five pieces of black candy into the jar".
January 16, 2014 10:43 a.m.
smash10101 says... #3
Wow. That has to be the single most useful, clear, and concise explanation of how the mana pool works. Congratulations Absinthman.
January 16, 2014 11:57 a.m.
Absinthman says... #4
Thanks. I found that this misconception is quite frequent. When I was a kid, I actually thought it worked like that too, and the reason were some older basic lands which were printed with the activated ability (Urza's Saga for instance) rather than with a large mana symbol. Although it didn't make any sense, I thought that they would let me search my library for the other basic lands that had the large mana symbol on them.
January 16, 2014 12:24 p.m.
smash10101 says... #5
I did the same thing back when I started playing. Ah to be young and foolish again. Or maybe not.
January 16, 2014 12:28 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #6
I like the Candy Jar explanation. I'll try to remember it.
January 16, 2014 2:14 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #7
Please remember to link all cards in your question.
It's worth noting that you don't cast mana. You add it to your mana pool. Casting is a specific process that puts spells on the stack.
Absinthman says... Accepted answer #1
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Liliana of the Dark Realms
Your question is confusing. Liliana of the Dark Realms doesn't have a -8 ability. She has a -6 one. And Landfall has nothing to do with adding mana to your mana pool. Landfall triggers whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control. That means when a physical card (or in some rare cases a token) with the type Land is put on the table on your side of the battlefield. Adding mana to your mana pool is different.
January 16, 2014 10:39 a.m.