damping madness...

[DenverMax420]

hi,

if there's a damping matrix out, can you still discard cards and play madness spells to mongrels, moebas or bouncers??

also, what is the definition of a mana ability?

thanks

-denver.

[dark_knight_307]

A mana ability is an activated ability that somewhere in its text says "Add ~ to your mana pool" or the like. The mongrel's, Moeba's, and bouncer's abilities are all activated ones, so they wouldn't work.

[DyNaStY]

You can still play madness spells, u just can't discard them using moeba or mongrel.

[Grga]

You can however play madness spells through Careful Study :P

[epeeguy]

You can however play madness spells through Careful Study :P

Or Compulsion.

[The Baron]

Or Compulsion.

thrist for knowledge is so good in this situation!

[opti0n]

can madness be countered by stuff like stifle or counterspells?

[GenericKen]

The madness ability can be countered by stifle. The actual spell played by madness can be countered by a counterspell.

[DyNaStY]

It differs on tha timing of you using the counter, you can use stifle to counter the madness trigger before the spell has actually been played, and you can use the counterspell when the spell is on the stack, using the madness cost or not, it's irrelevant at that time...
Hope this helps, cya