How does Vial Smasher work?

Vial Smasher has to be on the battlefield at the moment you cast your first spell. If that spell causes Vial Smasher to leave the battlefield as an additional cost to cast it, Vial Smasher’s ability can’t trigger. Vial Smasher’s triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger.

What is the CMC of an overloaded spell?

Overload doesn’t change when you can cast the spell. Casting a spell with overload doesn’t change that spell’s converted mana cost. You just pay the overload cost instead. Effects that cause you to pay more or less for a spell will cause you to pay that much more or less while casting it for its overload cost, too.

Does buyback add to CMC?

Buyback costs don’t count toward a spell’s mana cost or converted mana cost, whether they’re paid or not.

Is vial smasher banned?

Legal in Commander
Legal in VintageLegal in Legacy
Vial Smasher the Fierce/Legality

Why is vial smasher good?

Thrasios is easily the best of the partners, and vial smasher has a very cool ability, and is one of the best in 1v1 (esp with low life total), and can be effective in multiplayer. Thrasios provides card advantage, and only requires colourless to activate. Having a 2 drop into a 3 drop every game is solid as well.

What is the CMC of an overloaded Cyclonic Rift?

The CMC of an Overloaded Cyclonic Rift is 2. 202.3. The converted mana cost of an object is a number equal to the total amount of mana in its mana cost, regardless of color.

Can Mizzix pay for buyback?

Yes it will. When you’re casting something without paying its mana cost, you can still choose to use buyback or kicker, you’ll just have to pay for it yourself (it won’t be free). But since you’re casting the spell, Mizzix will be able to reduce the cost of it.

Is buyback an activated ability?

If you Pithing Needle a card with buyback does it do anything? Buyback is an additional cost. No pithy-stoppy.

Why is vial smasher banned?

Why It Was Banned I wholeheartedly agree with WOTC’s views here. Vial Smasher has been banned in Duel Commander for some time now and it’s easy to see why. Her triggered ability is unfair in the 1v1 format, as it was designed to distribute damage with equal chance to all opponents, not just the one victim.

Can vial smasher hit Planeswalkers?

Everything else has not changed, except for Vial Smasher the Fierce, which can optionally damage any planeswalker that player controls.

Is Cyclonic Rift banned in Commander?

Cyclonic Rift has been banned on Commander Clash for a while now. It’s probably the most debated of the house bans, but I think our games are better for it. Since Cyclonic Rift is obviously a must in almost every blue deck.

Can You trigger a spell with vial Smasher?

If that spell is Vial Smasher itself, Vial Smasher’s ability can’t trigger. For spells with in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell’s mana value. Vial Smasher’s triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger.

When does vial Smasher have to be on the battlefield?

Vial Smasher has to be on the battlefield at the moment you cast your first spell. If that spell causes Vial Smasher to leave the battlefield as an additional cost to cast it, Vial Smasher’s ability can’t trigger. If that spell is Vial Smasher itself, Vial Smasher’s ability can’t trigger.

How does vial Smasher work in RuneScape?

Vial Smasher’s triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. If Vial Smasher’s ability resolves and the spell that caused it to trigger has been countered, use that spell’s mana value as it last existed on the stack to determine how much damage is dealt.

Is the converted mana cost of a spell with { X }?

X has indeed the same value on every instance on a card, and has the value chosen for it when it’s on the stack. If you chose X = 3, then the converted mana cost is 9 on the stack.