The Temur Clan are back in Tarkir: Dragonstorm, and some of their cards have a new ability called harmonize. Blue, red, and green have all historically had some pretty big creatures in Magic: The Gathering, and with harmonize you can get them to help you cast spells.
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Spells with harmonize can be cast from your hand normally, but you also have the option to cast them from your graveyard, giving you plenty of options for recursion as the game goes on. Read on to find out everything you need to know about this new ability.
What Does Harmonize Do In Magic: The Gathering?
Harmonize is found on instants and sorceries, and it allows them to be cast from the graveyard by paying the mana cost listed next to their harmonize ability. Doing so causes the card to be exiled after it resolves (or is countered, if you’re unlucky).
The spell’s casting cost and harmonize cost are separate; the casting cost is used when you play it from your hand, and the harmonize cost is used when you play it form the graveyard.
For most cards with harmonize, the idea is to play them from your hand first, at which point they’ll resolve and go to the graveyard. You can then pay their harmonize cost to cast them again later in the game, exiling them afterward.
Tapping Creatures To Reduce Harmonize Costs
Whenever you pay the mana cost to cast a spell using its harmonize ability, you can reduce the cost by tapping a creature you control. Doing so reduces the harmonize cost by an amount of generic mana equal to the tapped creature’s power. There are two imporant things to note about reducing the harmonize cost this way:
- You can only tap one creature per card harmonized.
- Tapping creatures only reduces generic mana costs; you still have to pay for any and all colored mana listed, even if the tapped creature’s power is greater than the amount of generic mana listed in the cost.
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How Is Harmonize Different From Convoke?
Longtime Magic players might see harmonize as similar to convoke, as both abilities allow you to tap creatures to help pay for mana costs. However, they have key differences, and it’s important not to get them confused.
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FAQ |
Harmonize |
Convoke |
|---|---|---|
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How Many Creatures Can I Tap? |
Only one. |
As many as you want. |
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What Do I Get For Tapping The Creature(s)? |
Reduces the generic mana cost to harmonize by the creature’s current power. |
Each creature pays for 1 mana of the card’s casting cost, either generic or of the tapped creature’s color. |
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Where Can I Use The Ability From? |
Only from the graveyard. |
Usually just from your hand, but if you have a way to cast the spell from elsewhere, like your graveyard, you can convoke. |
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What Happens Afterward? |
The harmonized card is exiled. |
Nothing different; the spell is cast normally. |
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