{"id":4280,"date":"2014-07-08T16:24:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T23:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/?p=4280"},"modified":"2015-02-05T15:50:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T23:50:32","slug":"prerelease-week-returning-mechanics-convoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/2014\/07\/prerelease-week-returning-mechanics-convoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Prerelease Week: Returning mechanics &#8211; Convoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways to pay for spells. You can play them for free through <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Omniscience&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Omniscience<\/a>, from the graveyard with Flashback, or from exile with <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Prophetic+Flamespeaker&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Prophetic Flamespeaker<\/a>. Back in the original Ravnica Block, the Selesnya Conclave had a very unique mechanic. Now, we are in for a blast from the past with the return of Convoke!<\/p>\n<p>Convoke is quite the nifty ability. Basically, when you go to pay for a spell, Convoke allows you to tap a creature to pay for either a colorless mana or a mana of one of that creature\u2019s colors.  <\/p>\n<p>Convoking a creature does not actually reduce the mana cost of the spell, but rather how much mana must be paid. This means you can not overtap for convoke (e.g., you can&#8217;t tap 3 green creatures that have Inspired abilities to pay for <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Gather+Courage&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Gather Courage<\/a>), and the converted mana cost of the spell always remains the same (e.g., if you cast <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Chord+of+Calling&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Chord of Calling<\/a> with X=3 and tap 4 creatures to help pay for it, the converted mana cost is still 6).<\/p>\n<p>Also important is the fact that you must activate mana abilities before you start paying costs when casting a spell, so there&#8217;s no way to tap your <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Elvish+Mystic&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Elvish Mystic<\/a> for G and also tap it for Convoke.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Rules Tip written by James Arriola<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We offer a refresher course on how Convoke works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[29,26],"tags":[],"language":[1196],"class_list":["post-4280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casting-playing-a-spell-ability","category-costs","language-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4281,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4280\/revisions\/4281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4280"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=4280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}