<\/p>To wrap up the week, we\u2019re going to take a look at a cycle of cards, the Expertises, which not only spotlight some of Kaladesh\u2019s important storyline characters but also have a pretty cool effect: As they resolve, you can cast a spell from your hand for \u201cfree\u201d (ignoring mana cost, but paying all other costs) with lower converted mana cost. Casting a spell in the middle of another spell isn\u2019t exactly a common thing in Magic, so let\u2019s take a step-by-step look at how this all works.<\/p>\n
First, you\u2019ve got to cast the Expertise, of course. If it has any targets, choose them at this time. Bear in mind that if all targets become illegal before the Expertise resolves, the whole spell fizzles, and you won\u2019t get a free cast of anything!<\/p>\n
Your Expertise resolved? Good. Time to do its first effect. After that effect is fully performed, but before state-based actions are checked, you\u2019ll have the chance to choose a card to free cast. You can set up some pretty nifty combos this way, such as: The free cast spell will go on the stack above the Expertise. Then, the Expertise has fully resolved, and is put into the graveyard. At this time, you\u2019ll check state-based actions, anything that triggered will go on the stack above your free spell, and assuming everyone passes priority, your free spell will resolve and do its effects (or enter the battlefield if it\u2019s a permanent).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To wrap up the week, we\u2019re going to take a look at a cycle of cards, the Expertises, which not only spotlight some of Kaladesh\u2019s important storyline characters but also have a pretty cool effect: As they resolve, you can cast a spell from your hand for \u201cfree\u201d (ignoring mana cost, but paying all other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[29,15],"tags":[1361,1359,1362,1360,1358],"language":[1196],"class_list":["post-6388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casting-playing-a-spell-ability","category-resolving-spells-and-abilities","tag-barals-expertise","tag-kari-zevs-expertise","tag-rishkars-expertise","tag-srams-expertise","tag-yahennis-expertise","language-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6388","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\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6388"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6390,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6388\/revisions\/6390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6388"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=6388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n-Cast Sram\u2019s Expertise<\/a>, make Servo tokens, then cast Tezzeret\u2019s Touch<\/a> to enchant one of your freshly made tokens.
\n-Cast Baral\u2019s Expertise<\/a> to return one of your own permanents to your hand, or Rishkar\u2019s Expertise<\/a> to draw cards, then immediately (re)cast one of the cards you just added to your hand.
\n-Cast Yahenni\u2019s Expertise<\/a> or Kari Zev\u2019s Expertise<\/a>. Use your free cast on Altar\u2019s Reap<\/a>, sacrificing one of your creatures which would die anyway or the creature you just stole.<\/p>\n