Almost all tokens have a CMC of 0, so a newly played Ratchet Bomb can immediately kill them. The exception is tokens that are copies of creatures (via Rite of Replication or Cackling Counterpart, for instance). These tokens will have the same CMC as the creature they’re copying.
What is the CMC of Birthing Pod?
4
Birthing Pod/Converted mana cost
Do tokens count as CMC 0?
202.3a: The converted mana cost of an object with no mana cost is 0. If a token is a copy of another permanent or card, then it has all of the characteristics of the original, including its mana cost. So, it’s converted mana cost is the same as the converted mana cost of the original permanent.
Is Birthing Pod Legal in Commander?
3. Birthing Pod. Banned in: Modern. There’s no end to the fun and value of Birthing Pod (and its not-banned friend, Prime Speaker Vannifar ).
Can you sacrifice the last Troll in Birthing Pod?
To sacrifice is not to destroy! Since sacrificing a permanent doesn’t destroy it, neither regeneration nor other effects that replace destroying can be applied to sacrifice. You cannot sacrifice Thrun, the Last Troll and then regenerate him.
Is the mana of Birthing Pod a Phyrexian symbol?
In this case, Birthing Pod’s mana cost contains a green phyrexian mana symbol, therefore Birthing Pod is a green card. It is green regardless of whether you pay {3} {G} or {3}+2 life for it. We have already talked about phyrexian mana symbols with Phyrexian Metamorph and Past in Flames. Let me remind that “Phyrexian mana” is an imaginary term.
Is the Birthing Pod activated at sorcery speed?
Birthing Pod has an activated ability which is signaled to us by the colon in the text. This ability has an activation limit. We have discussed an ability with the same limitation when inspecting Illusionary Mask. In Magic slang it is said that they are activated “at sorcery speed”.
