Post by cleverfellow on Mar 23, 2010 18:40:34 GMT 10
At the melee on March 21, a couple of questiosn were asked about Glacial Chasm, namely:
Can you avoid the cumulative upkeep cost by turning the chasm into an island or other land?
Answer: No. The cumulative upkeep cost trigger goes on the stack, and will cause you to lose at least 2 life when it resolves.
Can you use Clockspinning on Glacial Chasm and lose no life?
Answer: No. Part of the cumulative upkeep cost is 'add a counter, then lose two life for each counter'. Even if you remove all counters with clockspinning you can't prevent the cumulative upkeep trigger adding another when it resolves. So the best you can do with Clockspinning is remove all counter, and then lose 2 life as the cumulative upkeep resolves, adding a counter and causing you to lose 2 life per counter.
Here are links to these threads on another forum. Please don't add any posts to those threads as they are old threads and adding posts to old threads is against the forum rules there.
Turning glacial chasm into an island: forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=162585
Using Clockspinning: forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=71102
Can you avoid the cumulative upkeep cost by turning the chasm into an island or other land?
Answer: No. The cumulative upkeep cost trigger goes on the stack, and will cause you to lose at least 2 life when it resolves.
Can you use Clockspinning on Glacial Chasm and lose no life?
Answer: No. Part of the cumulative upkeep cost is 'add a counter, then lose two life for each counter'. Even if you remove all counters with clockspinning you can't prevent the cumulative upkeep trigger adding another when it resolves. So the best you can do with Clockspinning is remove all counter, and then lose 2 life as the cumulative upkeep resolves, adding a counter and causing you to lose 2 life per counter.
Here are links to these threads on another forum. Please don't add any posts to those threads as they are old threads and adding posts to old threads is against the forum rules there.
Turning glacial chasm into an island: forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=162585
Using Clockspinning: forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=71102
