![]() No, more than meets the eye has to be cast from the hand or “hand-like” zones (e.g., the command zone). Can You Pay More Than Meets the Eye to Cast from the Graveyard? Sorry, but Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor is only contributing one black pip to Gary. The mana value of the card remains the same it’s the number and pips in the upper right-hand corner of the card that we’re used to, just like every other card in Magic. What’s the Mana Value of More Than Meets the Eye? ![]() The flip side to that is that any cost increases also affect this. The same cost reductions that would affect the card’s normal mana value would affect the more than meets the eye cost as well, making Blaster, Combat DJ even cheaper to cast. Sadly this also means that you can’t have Lurrus of the Dream-Den as a companion with Ratchet, Field Medic in the deck (which now that I say that seems like it could have been interesting). This means that you can only cast the card with more than meets the eye from your hand, and this cost doesn’t take the place of the card’s mana value. ![]() Yes, more than meets the eye is an alternate cost. Is More Than Meets the Eye an Alternate Cost? This is very different from other transforming cards as they only allow you to play the front side and can only play the back when the conditions are met. More than meets the eye allows you to choose which side of the card you want to have face up on the battlefield depending on which cost you pay the mana value or the alternate cost. How Does More Than Meets the Eye Work with Convert? Playing Starscream’s artifact-only side will get that mechanic going so that the artifact creature side can benefit. For instance, say it’s early in the game and you haven’t been able to play any of the cards you have to start the monarch chain going in a game of Commander. There are some benefits to this beyond getting the card on the battlefield a little earlier (or later in a couple cases). For example, you play Starscream, Power Hungry for its more than meets the eye cost to put Starscream, Seeker Leader on the battlefield instead. More than meets the eye allows you to cast a converting card for an alternate cost than its mana value and play it with its backside facing up. More than meets the eye is a “partner” mechanic to convert, as in one doesn’t work without the other. Optimus Prime, Hero | Illustration by Volta Creation ![]()
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