Transform and Devotion
Asked by crimson_shade 11 years ago
Say I have a Bloodline Keeper Flip on the field, he's currently providing me with 2 devotion to black. Once he flips/transforms into Lord of Lineage Flip , does he still add 2 to my total devotion or does he now provide nothing?
As a back face up Bloodline Keeper Flip no longer has a mana cost, it will not add to your devotion. Here are the relevant rulings -
While a double-faced permanent's back face is up, it has only the characteristics of its back face. The back face doesn't have a mana cost; it has the colors in its color indicator (see rule 202.2e), if any.
A player's devotion to [color] is equal to the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents that player controls.
February 24, 2014 10:24 p.m.
A transformed creature has no mana cost/symbols and adds nothing to devotion.
February 24, 2014 10:25 p.m.
crimson_shade says... #4
Thanks for the quick reply. Figured as much...I just wanted to make sure there wasn't any "since it's the same card, the mana cost is still technically there" business going on.
GoldGhost012 says... #1
"The back face of a double-faced card doesn't have a mana cost; a double-faced permanent with its back face up has a converted mana cost of 0." -MTG Salvation Wiki
Lord of Lineage Flip will provide no devotion since he has no converted mana cost.
February 24, 2014 10:23 p.m.