[Free Article] 5 Tricky Legacy Interactions

[lyracian]

I new about Gofy but not Tinder Wall.

Also someone posted on the comments one I do not know - Dark confidant + split cards, such as fire/ice.

Can someone give me the answer; do you take 2 or 4? How does it work for Life/Death where the costs are different?

[socialite]

I new about Gofy but not Tinder Wall.

Also someone posted on the comments one I do not know - Dark confidant + split cards, such as fire/ice.

Can someone give me the answer; do you take 2 or 4? How does it work for Life/Death where the costs are different?

On the stack the CMC of the card being cast is the only thing paid attention to. In zones other than the stack you add the CMC together, i.e. you would take 4 damage to a Dark Confidant if you were to flip Fire/Ice. Life/Death would be 3 damage.

[Valtrix]

I think a "better" example over dark confidant would be split cards with Counterbalance or perhaps with Beseech the Queen.

[Gheizen64]

On the stack the CMC of the card being cast is the only thing paid attention to. In zones other than the stack you add the CMC together, i.e. you would take 4 damage to a Dark Confidant if you were to flip Fire/Ice. Life/Death would be 3 damage.

Not totally true. See Isochron scepter and split cards (well just fire/ice).

[Nonex]

They don't merge into 1 cc, but whatever asks for it will get two answers, so Isochron Scepter asks if Fire/Ice is an instant with 2cc or less and Fire/Ice responds "yes and yes".

Or Bloodbraid Elf asks Boom/Bust if it costs less than 4 and Boom/Bust says "yes and no".

As long as each individual requisite is matched by at least one half, the entire effect applies, so Fire/Ice can be imprinted and every time Scepter is activated the entire card is copied and you choose which half you cast. Similarly, Bloodbraid Elf stops revealing and you choose between Boom and Bust (or none).

Dark Confidant asks Fire/Ice for cc and Fire/Ice responds "2 and 2", so that's what you lose.

[dragonstout83]

Weirder than Isochron Scepter + Fire/Ice is Scepter + Research/Development.

With the below Bloodbraid Elf + Boom/Bust, what happens? Can you cast Boom but not Bust (which is what I'd naively assume)?

[Julian23]

You actually get to cast Bust off Bloodbraid Elf

[Koby]

You actually get to cast Bust off Bloodbraid Elf

Elaborated:
Boom/Bust satisfies the Cascade trigger of cmc=3 or less (Yes or No = "yes"). Then, you get to cast either side of the card.