{"id":2522,"date":"2012-10-19T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2015-02-05T16:03:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T00:03:28","slug":"how-epic-experiment-does-and-doesnt-interact-with-goblin-electromancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/2012\/10\/how-epic-experiment-does-and-doesnt-interact-with-goblin-electromancer\/","title":{"rendered":"How Epic Experiment does (and doesn’t) interact with Goblin Electromancer."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nEpic Experiment<\/a> is pretty epic, like a Genesis Wave<\/a> for instants and sorceries. So, again we dredge up the way X spells work with Goblin Electromancer<\/a>. <\/p>\n

You decide what X is before you actually pay for the spell, so Electromancer essentially gives you a ‘free’ point to X. If you only have 3 Mountains and 3 Islands with your Electromancer out, you can cast Experiment for X=5, because it’ll end up only costing you 4UR instead of 5UR. But, as we’ve discussed before, reducing how much you PAY for a spell does not change the CMC of that spell. An Epic Experiment for X=5 still has CMC of 7, even if you’re only paying 4UR for it. <\/p>\n

Likewise, Electromancer won’t be making any of the cards you exile to Experiment ‘cheaper’. If you cast that Experiment for X=5 and you reveal a Terminus<\/a>, you can’t cast it. Even though it ‘would’ only cost 5 were you paying for it [thanks to Electromancer], the CMC is still 6, so you can’t cast it via your Experiment.<\/p>\n

Today’s Rules Tip written by
\nTrevor Nunez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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