Erratic cyclop - Base Mana Cost

Zummite
Zummite Posts: 14 Just Dropped In
in MtGPQ Bugs & Technical Issues
Whenever you cast a noncopy spell, this creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the base mana cost of that spell.

I Have Erratic Cyclop in play and Cast "Hazoret's Undying Fury" aka HUF
HUF  Resolve , and Cyclop get +21/+0
4 "Approach of the Second Sun" aka **** shows up and have cost reduce to 0
When **** cast Cyclop get +0/+0

It Seems Cyclop doesn't see the Base Casting Coss of **** (16).
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  • Tilwin90
    Tilwin90 Posts: 662 Critical Contributor
    Ah but this is correct :) HUF unfortunately modifies the base mana cost of a spell (if you will look at it, it doesn't have its cost in 'green' as a reduced cost, or 'red' as an increased cost).

    Means of reducing costs without affecting the base mana cost seem to be Immortal Sun & Electromancer for spells, Convoke, Ghalta and other similar specific reduction cards (of their own) etc.

    The descriptions are the problem here :smile:
  • jtwood
    jtwood Posts: 1,285 Chairperson of the Boards
    We see this in other areas, right, like how Teferi can use his first to bounce Ghalta when Ghalta's reduced cost is in effect.
  • Zummite
    Zummite Posts: 14 Just Dropped In
    Except teferi A1 doesn't word as "Base Mana cost"
  • HakimStark
    HakimStark Posts: 1 Just Dropped In
    Hi, can we get an update on this? Because this definitely looks like a bug, i.e. behavior not as intended. How can "base mana cost" be called that, if there are effects that can modify it? "Base mana cost" should be just that, i.e. cost as originally shown on the card, that doesn't get modified even if the card is cast for a reduced or raised cost.

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