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Title: Bestow argument
Post by: LinzInTheBarn on October 07, 2013, 12:42:19 AM
So, I'm playing with Bestow for the first time. Can bestow be used as an ability? For example, if I play {Heliod's Emissary} for its cost of 3 plus a plains, can I later pay the 6 plus 1 plains to attach it to another creature? Or does bestow have to be cast out of the hand or you lose the option to use it? Thanks for any help!
Title: Re: Bestow argument
Post by: Pirate John on October 07, 2013, 12:52:48 AM
Bestow has to be cast. It's not an activated ability so you can't pay up a turn later to enchant another creature with it
Title: Re: Bestow argument
Post by: Kareason on October 07, 2013, 12:55:15 AM
Quote from: LinzInTheBarn on October 07, 2013, 12:42:19 AM
So, I'm playing with Bestow for the first time. Can bestow be used as an ability? For example, if I play {Heliod's Emissary} for its cost of 3 plus a plains, can I later pay the 6 plus 1 plains to attach it to another creature? Or does bestow have to be cast out of the hand or you lose the option to use it? Thanks for any help!

Bestow is an option casting cost. If you chose to cast it for the CMC in the top right then it comes in as an Enchantment Creature and can not be bestowed to another creature. If you wish to use it like an Aura/Enchantment it must be cast for the bestow cost but would later become a Creature if the target is removed, dies, is exiled, etc.

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Title: Re: Bestow argument
Post by: LinzInTheBarn on October 07, 2013, 01:23:32 AM
Well, I lost that argument and a necessary piece of clothing! Thank y'all for the help :)
Title: Re: Bestow argument
Post by: Kareason on October 07, 2013, 02:00:54 AM
Sounds like an interesting argument. :)
Title: Re: Bestow argument
Post by: Gorzo on October 07, 2013, 03:48:05 AM
Quote from: LinzInTheBarn on October 07, 2013, 01:23:32 AM
Well, I lost that argument and a necessary piece of clothing! Thank y'all for the help :)

I don't even know what to say about this :P I want to know more, but at the same, I really don't want to know haha
Title: Re: Bestow argument
Post by: Anoobass on October 07, 2013, 04:22:38 AM
Quote from: Gorzo on October 07, 2013, 03:48:05 AM
Quote from: LinzInTheBarn on October 07, 2013, 01:23:32 AM
Well, I lost that argument and a necessary piece of clothing! Thank y'all for the help :)

I don't even know what to say about this :P I want to know more, but at the same, I really don't want to know haha

Was it like losing your shirt in Vegas???