Do you have to pay additional costs on copied spells?

No, you do not need to pay additional costs for a copied spell.

Can you respond to sacrificing?

A common misleading statement is that you ‘cannot respond to a sacrifice. ‘ The act of sacrificing is not special, however if you are sacrificing a permanent to pay a cost that cannot be responded to.

Can you exile in response to sacrifice?

No. In general, you can never respond to actions, only to spells and abilities.

When can you pay kicker cost MTG?

Kicking a spell is always optional. You can pay any particular kicker cost only once, unless the card says “multikicker” instead of kicker. You can’t pay it multiple times to “pump up” the effect if it is not multikicker. Some instant and sorcery spells have an additional effect if they were kicked.

Is the converted mana cost of a spell with { X }?

X has indeed the same value on every instance on a card, and has the value chosen for it when it’s on the stack. If you chose X = 3, then the converted mana cost is 9 on the stack.

What does it mean to cast a spell?

To cast a spell is to take it from where it is (usually the hand), put it on the stack, and pay its costs, so that it will eventually resolve and have its effect. Casting a spell includes proposal of the spell (rules 601.2a–d) and determination and payment of costs (rules 601.2f–h).

Can you play a creature other than a spell?

There is no room in this rule for a way to “play a creature” other than casting it as a spell. Only lands go directly from hand to battlefield. Unless he has a card with an effect along the lines of “put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield”, as those creatures aren’t spells.

How do you cast a spell in Magic The Gathering?

To cast a spell, you must pay its mana cost (located in the upper right corner of the card) by tapping lands (or other permanents) to make the amount and Game Actions type of mana which that spell requires.

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