Quote Originally Posted by Pinder View Post
I think that the CMC while you play it will be how much mana you paid for it. So if you went 2BB or something the CMC is 4, but 4B is 5, etc. I think that if you flip it it's just 3, but don't quote me on that.

Also, another interesting question is whether or not you can use black mana to pay for the colorless cost on Beseech the Queen? Like, pay BBBB to play it for 2BB to dodge Counterbalance or something. I figure you probably can, though. Here's hoping it's a good enough card to see play.
On the paying issue : I don't see why you couldn't pay BBBB if you want to. A non-colored mana cost can be payed with any color of mana - I think that's how it is actually defined.

On the Dark Confidant and cc issue :

When it's on the stack, there should be no issue : just like the "X" works, the cc should be equal to what you paid for it. Now, when it's not on the stack, let's look at the different options :

- you choose between all possibilites. probably the most straightforward way to deal with that.

- there's a rule saying it's one particular combination (for example, "the least possible", like 3 here as in BBB, or "the most possible", like 6 as in 2+2+2). I don't believe in this possibility as it would feel very arbitrary (i don't see what justification there could be to any of the possible choices).

- it gives all answers. This is not that far-fetched as this is also how dual cards work : when you reveal a dual card off of Confidant, you pay both amounts of life. Only weird thing is, with this system, this card here would give answers 3, 4, 5 and 6 - meaning you'd lose 18 life by flipping it :D wow :D Probably a little too complicated because "multiple answers" are something quite weird that does really weird things to the game, and with more than two answers, it's really starting to get a little crazy. Pus, what we have here still is a unique spell, not "two spells at once" like the dual cards.

So basically, unless somebody has another better idea, i'd say they will just let you choose (going with option 1). It's simple, feels quite natural, and doesn't end up with weird things happening all other the place.