#gilanra

[art-of-mtg]

Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood (Commander Legends) - Jehan Choo

[magicjudge]

Hello, if I use Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood mana to evoke a Spitebellows, does it still draw me a card?

Yes.

Evoke is an alternate cost to cast the spell, and choosing to pay it doesn't change Spitebellows actual mana value of 6. This means that Gilanra's ability will trigger and you'll draw a card.

Other than X costs, the only exception to the "alternate cost doesn't change the mana value" rule is with Prototype cards from the Brothers' War. These cards actually have two separate mana costs and P/T values and the one you choose when you cast it is considered to be the printed value of the characteristic.

So, for example, if you cast Cradle Clearcutter for its prototype cost of 2G, its mana value will be 3 while it's on the stack and the battlefield and thus won't trigger Gilanra.

[xantchaslegacy]

[dissonant-aria]

Commander Legends references pt. 7/11

[dailymtgflavortext]

"Something mighty stirs in the forest. Can't you feel it?"

-Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood

[niuttuc]

oh, if you don't mind me requesting a second deck, what about krark/gilanra?

Lots of Gruul today! Mmmmmh, fairly generic pair, but I assume the idea is to copy big spells as many times as needed? Hard to give any recommendations with confidence not knowing exactly where you landed, but I'll assume a spell copying deck that... Probably ended up with a fair few treasures?

The first suggestion will be one thrown completely at random, which is fitting, because it's more of a fun card than a good one. Push your luck!

Other than that, what comes to mind is that cascade is a good way to get around the risks associated with Krark, but it also diminishes the reward if the spell gets copied, for example for spells that do NOTHING but cascade like Throes of Chaos. So what we probably want is grant cascade to spells that don't naturally have it.

Which leads me to thinking about another thing that doesn't care if spells resolve: committing crimes, at least if enough of the spells in the deck do that. Just be aware that copying a spell with Krark and picking new targets doesn't commit any new crimes, it's a weird rule, but it usually doesn't matter because the crime triggers are already limited to one a turn.

Notably, copying spells that can target opponents' spells also can commit crimes for these two.