If I have out {Basilica Screecher} and {Syndicate Enforcer} then I cast a spell, do I pay the extort cost once and they lose 2 life and I gain 2? Or do I have to pay it for each creauture with extort?
Quote from: Ibtrickey on April 02, 2014, 05:59:35 AM
If I have out {Basilica Screecher} and {Syndicate Enforcer} then I cast a spell, do I pay the extort cost once and they lose 2 life and I gain 2? Or do I have to pay it for each creauture with extort?
For each instance of extort you may pay 1 mana, so, say I have 4 creatures with extort out, i play a spell, I'd have to pay 4 mana for each creature's extort ability.
The situation above,
If you paid 1 mana, each opponent would lose 1 life and you'd gain 1 life, if you paid 2 mana, each opponent would lose 2 and you'd gain 2
Okay:( that kind of sucks
Each instance of extort uses the stack and you decide if you are going to pay the cost when the ability resolves. In the above example with 4 creatures with the extort ability, when you cast a spell {healing salve}, for example, each creature puts its extort ability on the stack. So, the stack looks like {healing salve}, extort, extort, extort, extort. This first means that damage/health gain from extort will resolve before the spell that triggers it. Second, as each resolves you can either pay or not pay, so you can choose to pay 2 mana and let the other two resolve dealing no damage. Players will also receive priority after each instance of extort resolves, though most of the time this won't matter.