If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.
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◇ Catalog #280
Fierce Retribution
dbl·#280·common·nonfoil
Illus. Sidharth Chaturvedi
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Jan '22
4 yr ago
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Volatility · moderate
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #16,087 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Instant
Cleave {5}{W} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Destroy target [attacking] creature.
"It won't bring them back, but it will bring me peace."
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
wotc
If you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.
wotc
A cleave cost is an alternative cost that's paid instead of the spell's mana cost. Casting a spell for its cleave cost doesn't change the spell's mana value.
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