New Posts For Thread: Grimoire of the Dead - discard part of the cost?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29626903/Grimoire_of_the_Dead_-_discard_part_of_the_costGrimoire of the Dead . For its study counters portion, is discarding a card from your hand part of the cost of putting a study counter on it? Will it not count to put a study counter on it if you have no cards in hand tThat is right, because it is still cast. To cast a spell is to put it on the stack. Anything that would put it directly onto the battlefield will not force you to exile 3 creatures: Hell's Caretaker , Primal Surhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29626903/Grimoire_of_the_Dead_-_discard_part_of_the_cost?post_id=528035281#528035281That is right, because it is still cast. To cast a spell is to put it on the stack. Anything that would put it directly onto the battlefield will not force you to exile 3 creatures: Hell's Caretaker , Primal SurMon, 14 Jan 2013 01:58:39 -0600That is right, because it is still cast. To cast a spell is to put it on the stack. Anything that would put it directly onto the battlefield will not force you to exile 3 creatures: Hell's Caretaker , Primal Surhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29626903/Grimoire_of_the_Dead_-_discard_part_of_the_cost?post_id=528035203#528035203That is right, because it is still cast. To cast a spell is to put it on the stack. Anything that would put it directly onto the battlefield will not force you to exile 3 creatures: Hell's Caretaker , Primal SurMon, 14 Jan 2013 01:52:12 -0600That is right, because it is still cast. To cast a spell is to put it on the stack. Anything that would put it directly onto the battlefield will not force you to exile 3 creatures: Hell's Caretaker , Primal Surhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29626903/Grimoire_of_the_Dead_-_discard_part_of_the_cost?post_id=528034625#528034625That is right, because it is still cast. To cast a spell is to put it on the stack. Anything that would put it directly onto the battlefield will not force you to exile 3 creatures: Hell's Caretaker , Primal SurMon, 14 Jan 2013 00:52:34 -0600Correct.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29626903/Grimoire_of_the_Dead_-_discard_part_of_the_cost?post_id=528019741#528019741Correct.Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:06:02 -0600Thanks a lot. Also, if using Rooftop Storm , Skaab Ruinator 's exile 3 creatures from your graveyard is still not circumvented, correct?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29626903/Grimoire_of_the_Dead_-_discard_part_of_the_cost?post_id=528019697#528019697Thanks a lot. Also, if using Rooftop Storm , Skaab Ruinator 's exile 3 creatures from your graveyard is still not circumvented, correct?Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:04:56 -0600