Question about Genesis Hydra ability
Asked by themanofhat 9 years ago
So the ability of Genesis Hydra says "when you cast genesis hydra, reveal the top x cards of your library. You may put a nonland permanent from among them onto the battlefield with converted mana cost x or less." My question is what if its another card with mana cost x such as another Genesis Hydra ? So can I play a genesis hydra with, let's say 10 mana just to make it easy, reveal the top 8 cards of my deck, choose another Genesis Hydra then cast the what would possibly be the 6/6 Genesis Hydra ? is that allowed?
hyperlocke says... #2
No. You don't cast the chosen permanent but put it onto the battlefield. When you do, you are not allowed to pay any costs. X would be 0 and the second Genesis Hydra would be moved to the graveyard as a state based action.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
The value of X for Genesis Hydra or any other X spell is defined only when you're casting it as a spell and paying its mana cost. Any other time, it's 0. If you pick another Genesis Hydra with the first one's ability then it will enter with 0 counters and won't trigger its own first ability at all (because you're not casting it).
July 16, 2014 5:12 p.m.