Elite Arcanist

[Mattao19]

I'm playing limited and I'm curious.

Can I exile  {Spell Blast} with  {Elite Arcanist} and then just pay the {X} + {1}.

Example they play  {Shock} can I tap {2} and {T}  {Elite Arcanist} to counter it?

[Kaleo42]

I believe x will always be 0 in this case...

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[Mattao19]

So what happens I can counter everything for 0 and a tap?

[Kaleo42]

X will be set to 0 so you can counter spells that cost {0} by paying {T}{1}

[DylanW18]

That's brutal.

[Mattao19]

Lol I played Izzet aggro in draft. Playsets of  {Dragon Hatchling}s and  {Shock} lol but my go to was  {Elite Arcanist} and  {Shock} lmfao. It's just awesome

[Wingnut]

So odd questions that's slightly off topic but not, if you exile say,  {Cyclonic Rift} under  {Elite Arcanist}, can you pay 7 to overload and/or the 2 to "lift" one creature? Or is it one or the other?

[Double-O-Scotch]

The overload won't work. Overload only works if you cast it from your hand. It would only bounce the singular target.

[Thetrufflehunter]

I played a guy with 2 arcanists... He then put a {celestial flare} on it...