Mana Value
2
Rarity
rare
Mizzium Mortars
Sorcery
Card Text
Mizzium Mortars deals 4 damage to target creature you don't control. Overload {3}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
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Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
(CLB)
EDHREC Rank
#2,688
If you don't pay the overload cost of a spell with overload, that spell will have a single target. If you pay the overload cost, the spell won't have any targets.
Wotc — January 12, 2024
Because a spell with overload doesn't target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect permanents with hexproof or with protection from the appropriate color.
Wotc — January 12, 2024
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an overload cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
Wotc — January 12, 2024
If you are instructed to cast a spell with overload "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to pay its overload cost instead.
Wotc — January 12, 2024
Note that if the spell with overload is dealing damage, protection from that spell's color will still prevent that damage.
Wotc — January 12, 2024
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