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3 months ago ::
Mar 06, 2013 - 12:00AM
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Date Joined:
Jul 15, 2011
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i'm pretty sure i know the answer to this, but am unclear on /why/, so if someone could give me some comp rules to make me feel more confident of the answer..? thanks. suppose i have a 3/3 centaur token enchanted with stab wound, and i wish i could get rid of it. so i enchant it with Soul Tithe  . i'm guessing that when Soul Tithe triggers, i'm allowed to not pay the 0, right, and thus have my token die?
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3 months ago ::
Mar 06, 2013 - 12:08AM
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Date Joined:
Aug 13, 2001
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Paying a cost of  is no more mandatory than paying a cost of "   , Do the Hokey Pokey  ". You can do what you describe. Relevant comprules: 117.5. Some costs are represented by {0}, or are reduced to {0}. The action necessary for a player to pay such a cost is the player’s acknowledgment that he or she is paying it. Even though such a cost requires no resources, it’s not automatically paid.
117.5a A spell whose mana cost is {0} must still be cast the same way as one with a cost greater than zero; it won’t cast itself automatically. The same is true for an activated ability whose cost is {0}.
Jeff Heikkinen
DCI Rules Advisor since Dec 25, 2011
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3 months ago ::
Mar 06, 2013 - 12:15AM
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Date Joined:
Jul 15, 2011
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wonderful, that is exactly what i was hoping for. glad the rules make it so explicit for me!
and thanks for making me smile.. i had entirely forgotten about that gem of knight from my younger years :D
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