Would Karador, Ghost Chieftain + Evoke Work?
Asked by SirFowler 9 years ago
If I used Karador to cast a creature from the graveyard, would I be able to cast creatures using evoke instead of paying full price?
Karador, Ghost Chieftain + Reveillark is just an example.
Rhadamanthus says... #2
Yes, that will work. Karador gives you special permission to cast a card from an unusual zone. While you're casting it you're allowed to make use of any of the casting options available to you, including Evoke's alternative casting cost.
This is different from an interaction between cards such as, let's say, Snapcaster Mage and Snapback. Flashback is also an alternative cost, and multiple alternative costs can't be applied to casting a spell. This means if you give Snapback flashback you can only cast it from the graveyard by paying 
, not anything else.
December 2, 2015 3:18 p.m.
Raging_Squiggle says... Accepted answer #3
Yes you can. As long as the card says "You may cast this spell for its evoke cost..." and doesn't specify from where it must be cast, like cards such as Possibility Storm, you can cast a card from your graveyard via Evoke. Keep in mind, evoke is an alternate cost, but Karador, Ghost Chieftan's ability is not. If you had an effect that let you cast Reveillark without paying mana, that is also an alternate cost and you would have to pick either free casting or paying mana for evoke.
A similar scenario is Gravecrawler + Rooftop Storm . You cast the Gravecrawler from your graveyard per its own ability, but have an alternate casting cost of free via Rooftop Storm. Both have the same principle of being cast from a graveyard through an alternate casting cost.
Long story short, you can use alternate casting costs, including evoke, through Karador, Ghost Chieftan.
December 2, 2015 3:22 p.m.
Raging_Squiggle says... #6
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FancyTuesday says... #1
Yes. Because Karador, Ghost Chieftain enables you to cast a creature from your graveyard functionally as normal you may choose alternate casting costs as long as those costs do not specify the zone you're casting it from like you see in cards with suspend (which does not cast, but rather moves into exile). Example: Ancestral Vision
December 2, 2015 3:17 p.m. Edited.