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stranglevine - can choose to pay upkeep?
« on: December 01, 2014, 03:21:28 AM »
When I read stranglevine's text,
It feels like player who control can choose whether to pay upkeep (direct damage + life buff) or not.

Just wanna make sure how it works  :)

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Re: stranglevine - can choose to pay upkeep?
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2014, 08:49:00 AM »
All upkeep costs are optional. 

Per Codex -

This object’s controller pays X mana during each Upkeep Phase or this object is destroyed.

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Re: stranglevine - can choose to pay upkeep?
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2014, 05:17:44 PM »
Note that if you dont pay the upkeep, the vine is destroyed. You cant just choose to stop paying for it to grow bigger.
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Re: stranglevine - can choose to pay upkeep?
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2014, 05:39:02 PM »
I know it wasn't asked, but it seems to be such a common question I thought I'd also point out that the life gain is not cumulative. If it had three crush tokens on it, it would have twelve life total (2x3 + base of 6).