Does Blasphemous Act Bypass Grand Arbiter Augustin IV?
Asked by DemonDragonJ 2 weeks ago
I recently played a game with three opponents, in which one opponent controlled Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, and another opponent cast Blasphemous Act while more than thirteen creatures (at least sixteen, I believe) were on the battlefield, and I argued that BA would cost only a single red mana to cast, since its inherent cost reduction effect would reduce the tax from Augustin, but Augustin's controller argued that the tax was applied after the reduction, so which of us was correct?
DemonDragonJ says... #2
wallisface, thank you, very much, and I am very glad to hear that.
wallisface says... Accepted answer #1
If you look up Blasphemous Act on gatherer there’s a passage telling you how costs are paid for spells - specifically ”To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions”.
The cost increases happen first, then the decreases, meaning that you can still reduce the cards cost to a single
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