There is a common confusion that comes up when you activate an ability that requires a sacrifice as a payment, and the sacrificed creature has an ability that triggers when it dies. Many people (mistakenly) think you can stack the order of the abilities so the activated ability resolves before the triggered ability. This is […]
Tag: Birthing Pod
Alchemist’s Refuge has no interaction with Birthing Pod.
has a nifty ability that changes the timing restrictions on when you can cast spells. For example, it lets you cast sorcery spells on your opponent’s turn, or in response to another spell. However, Alchemist’s Refuge doesn’t change the timing restrictions on when you can activate abilities. This can get confusing if you have a […]
Ratchet Bomb destroys most tokens, but not all of them.
Tokens created by a spell or triggered ability such as ’s golem token or ’ spirit tokens have no defined mana cost, and therefore have a converted mana cost (“CMC”) of zero. A activated with zero charge counters is more than adequate to wipe out a field of tokens generated in this manner. When a […]
Sacrificing a creature to Birthing Pod is a cost.
, an artifact from New Phyrexia, has an activated ability that allows you to search your library for creature cards. This ability has an additional cost of sacrificing a creature you control. The creature card you end up finding must have a converted mana cost equal to one plus the converted mana cost of the […]