Can you extort crypt ghast?

Crypt Ghast rulings: 2013-04-15: You may pay a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.

How does crypt ghast work?

Remember that Crypt Ghast adds an additional black mana whenever you tap a Swamp for mana. That means you can tap Watery Grave for blue and still get an extra black. You can instead wait until after playing Crypt Ghast and play Pack Rat with the ability to make two additional copies right away.

What is crypt ghast identity?

Crypt Ghast has a colour identity of B.

Is extort a cost?

Michael Snook explained how this isn’t useless. This post is mostly about correcting your understanding of triggered abilities. You’re right that Extort costs {W/B} for each creature: each instance of Extort is a separate triggered ability.

Is crypt ghast good?

My instincts say it is pretty good, considering you can also use its ability for dual lands as well (for instance Watery Grave and Goldless Shrine are also classed as Swamps).

Is crypt ghast white?

Crypt ghast has extort in the ruling text for extort there is a hybrid white black symbol.

Can blind obedience be in a mono white?

The color identity of Blind Obedience is White.

Is extort legal in mono black?

Extort adds no colored mana symbols to a card outside of its reminder text, and therefore is legal for play in Commander decks of any color or colors (as long as the card it appears on is otherwise legal, of course).

How many times can you extort?

Rulings. a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.

Is extort damaged?

As mentioned, extort causes loss of life, it doesn’t deal damage.

Is Dark Ritual an instant?

Also, Dark Ritual is a mana ability, but it is also an instant, so it uses the stack.

Can crypt ghast go mono?

Yes, it is definitely possible (and usually very good in a mono black EDH deck). The hybrid WB mana symbol is in the reminder text for the extort ability, and is not an “extort cost.” Reminder text doesn’t inform a card’s color identity.