Cresting Mosasaurus
Cresting Mosasaurus
 
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Card Name:
Cresting Mosasaurus
Mana Cost:
6BlueBlue
Mana Value:
8
Types:
Creature — Dinosaur
Card Text:
Emerge 6Blue (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
When Cresting Mosasaurus enters the battlefield, if you cast it, return each non-Dinosaur creature to its owner's hand.
Flavor Text:
It preyed on anything it could sink its teeth into.
P/T:
4 / 8
Rarity:
Rare
Card Number:
2
Artist:
Rulings
11/10/2023 Cresting Mosasaurus's last ability triggers if you cast it from any zone. It doesn't trigger if you put Cresting Mosasaurus onto the battlefield without casting it.
11/10/2023 If you sacrifice a creature with Variable Colorless in its mana cost, that X is 0.
11/10/2023 A creature's mana value is determined solely by the mana symbols printed in its upper right corner (unless that creature is the back face of a double-faced card, is a melded permanent, or is copying something else; see below). If the mana cost includes Variable Colorless, X is 0. If it's a single-faced card with no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's an animated land, for example), its mana value is 0. Ignore any alternative costs or additional costs (such as kicker) that were paid as the creature was cast.
11/10/2023 Colored mana components of emerge costs can't be reduced with emerge.
11/10/2023 You may sacrifice a creature with a mana value of 0, such as a token creature that's not a copy of another permanent, to cast a spell for its emerge cost. You'll just pay the full emerge cost with no reduction.
11/10/2023 You may sacrifice a creature with mana value greater than or equal to the emerge cost. If you do, you'll pay only the colored mana component of the emerge cost.
11/10/2023 The mana value of the back face of a double-faced card is the mana value of its front face. The mana value of a melded permanent is the sum of the mana values of its front faces. A creature that's a copy of either has a mana value of 0.
11/10/2023 The mana value of a creature spell with emerge isn't affected by whether its emerge cost is paid. For example, if you cast Cresting Mosasaurus for its emerge cost and sacrifice a creature whose mana value is 3, Cresting Mosasaurus's mana value remains 8.
11/10/2023 The creature chosen to be sacrificed is still on the battlefield up through the time that you activate mana abilities. Its abilities may affect the spell's cost, be activated to generate mana, and so on. However, if it has an ability that triggers when a spell is cast, it will have been sacrificed before that ability can trigger.
11/10/2023 Once you begin to cast a spell with emerge, no player may take actions until you're done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the creature you wish to sacrifice.
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