Pact of Negation

Mana Cost Clarification

You said "No, you cannot. A zero mana cost and no mana cost are not the same thing.", but according to the rules I don't think that's accurate. When looking at the gatherer for Tolaria West, it says "Cards with mana cost 0 (like Pact of Negation) and cards with no mana cost (like Living End and every land) have converted mana cost 0.". I think using Richard Garfield allows you to use a land as a vision then.

Having a converted mana cost of 0 is not the same as having a mana cost of 0. Richard Garfield PhD requires cards to have a cost on both ends (what it is and what you turn it into). Lands, and Evermind, do not have a cost and thus cannot interact with Richard Garfield PhD.

Evermind Lands Living End Mana Pact of Negation Richard Garfield Rules Tolaria

Card Transformation Rules

So Richard Garfield PHD can turn Pact of Negation into Ornithopter (both have mana cost 0), but can't turn Evermind into Ancestral Visions (no mana cost), correct?

Correct.

Evermind Mana Ornithopter Pact of Negation Richard Garfield Visions

Mana Cost Distinctions

Hi Maro! What is the difference between a card having 0 mana cost, like Pact of Negation and just blank in that upper right side of a card like Lotus Bloom?

You can cast the former and not the latter.

Cast Lotus Bloom Mana Mark Rosewater Pact of Negation

Reprints with Color Indicators

This has nagged at me for a while. Could you explain what's up with reprints of cards with color-defining abilities replacing them with color indicators? (Pact of Negation, for instance, was printed in Future Sight with the ability "Pact of Negation is blue.", but when it was reprinted in Modern Masters, it had a blue color indicator instead.) I know this kind of interaction-altering reprint isn't actually functional errata, but it feels like a close cousin.

It changes nothing functional about the card. It just makes it less wordy. Remember when creatures used to have a second creature type in early sets, it was listed in the rules text.

Blue Card Printing Colors Creatures Errata Functional Errata Future Sight Modern Modern Masters Pact of Negation Reprints Rules

Counterspell Development Philosophy

"Development likes there to be defense down moments with counterspells" Was this rule not in place when you printed Pact of Negation, or did you decide that it being unplayable until you had five mana on board (or intended to win that turn) was enough of an offset?

Pact of Negation was many years ago. The development philosophy I was discussing is the current one.

Card Printing Mana Pact of Negation Rules

Super-Haste Mechanic Explored

Where is Super-Haste on the black bordered scale?

We already did a cycle of cards based on Rocket-Powered Turbo Slug - the five Pacts (Invention Pact, Pact of Negation, Slaughter Pact, Pact of the Titan & Summoner’s Pact) from Future Sight.

Black Black Border Cycles Future Sight Haste Pact of Negation Pact of the Titan Rocket-Powered Turbo Slug Slaughter Pact Slug

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