Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
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Oracle Text
You can't spend mana to cast this spell. Convoke, delve (Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for
or one mana of that creature's color. Each card you exile from your graveyard pays for .)
You may cast this card from your graveyard.
Trample
Rules for this card
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A keyword ability that lets you tap creatures rather than pay mana to cast a spell. See rule 702.51, “Convoke.”
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A keyword ability that lets you exile cards from your graveyard rather than pay generic mana to cast a spell. See rule 702.66, “Delve.”
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A keyword ability that modifies how a creature assigns combat damage. See rule 702.19, “Trample.”
Rulings (9)
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Wizards of the CoastBecause delve isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs, such as flashback. It can also be used to pay for additional costs that include generic mana.
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Wizards of the CoastDelve doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value. For example, Treasure Cruise's mana value is 8 even if you exiled three cards to cast it.
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Wizards of the CoastYou can exile cards to pay only for generic mana, and you can't exile more cards than the generic mana requirement of a spell with delve. For example, you can't exile more than seven cards from your graveyard to cast Treasure Cruise unless an effect has increased its cost.
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Wizards of the CoastTapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.
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Wizards of the CoastBecause convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
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Wizards of the CoastYou can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
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Wizards of the CoastWhen calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
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Wizards of the CoastIf a creature you control has a mana ability with
in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.
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Wizards of the CoastTapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.