Do invention fires count themselves?

Notably, you can’t cast Fires of Invention and then cast two more spells that turn; if Fires of Invention was your second (or third, or fourth) spell that turn, you can’t cast another spell at all. 2019-10-04: If you cast a spell that was countered, it still counts as one of your two spells.

Is fires of invention good?

It looked really good with Fires because you can use all your mana for the +1/+0 ability and it gives haste to all your creatures, itself included, which is really important because you can just add two creatures to the board every turn and immediately turn them sideways.

What makes fires of invention good?

What mana sinks to play Mana sinks are really good because Fires doesn’t actually use any mana to cast spells. Fires only gives you a limit on how many spells you can cast on your turn so you can just use your mana for something else, and effectively you are able to cast three spells in the same turn.

How does kicker work with fires of invention?

Kicker is an optional additional cost. You choose whether to pay it as you cast the spell, regardless of what the base cost is. Kicker does not influence the CMC of the kicked spell. Fires of Invention gives your spells an alternative casting cost equal to “without paying its mana cost”.

Is Adventure an alternative cost?

Casting a card as an Adventure isn’t casting it for an alternative cost.

Why was fires of invention banned?

Because of the Fires of Invention deck’s current high win rate and metagame share, and the risks and design constraints it poses to the environment going forward, Fires of Invention is banned in Standard. The effect of stealing any lands or key cards, when at a high play rate, reduces diversity in the metagame.

Can companions be commanders?

Yorion, the white/blue companion, is legal in Brawl and Commander decks and can be your commander. However, it can’t be used as a companion because its deck-building restriction changes the size of your starting deck.