Both possibilities are technically correct. Because all of the effects happen at
the same time, and the opponent can choose the order they all resolve, then he
may choose the most advantageous order of resolution, i.e:

-Resolve the Frozen addition first. (This is not an opposing effect, even if an
opposing card froze him, since it is generated by a condition, and therefore
must be resolved first.)
-Resolve Fury, reducing the cost to four.
-Resolve Maelstrom Flask, reducing the cost to 2e.

You scenario also works, however. If the opponent had applied Uncork before
Fury, Fury would have been inelligible to make the reduction, a final cost
result of 4e. Both possibilities have their strategic uses, your opponent just
chose the generally "better" option.


Zach <tdc_zaq@...> wrote:Alright, the situation was an Orothe player
against a Nar player. The
Orothe player had out Karse, and the Nar player had out an Essence of
Frost, freezing everything. The Orothe player used Maelstrom Flask's
Power Uncork to reveal a Tidal Wave. Between the Maelstrom Flask's
cost reduction, Karse's Effect Fury, and the extra cost incurred by
Frezing, how much should the Orothe player have paid for the spell?

The Orothe player claimed that he should have paid 2e, calculated
like so:

6e (base cost) + 1e (freeze penalty) = 7e
7e causes Fury to kick in
7e - 3e (Fury) = 4e
4e / 2 (Flask cost reduction) = 2e total

However, the Nar player argued that the Orothe player should have
paid 4e, calculated thus:

6e (base cost) / 2 (Flask reduction) = 3e
3e cost does not cause Fury to be activated
3e + 1e (freeze) = 4e
4e cost does not cause Fury to be activated
4e total

Who was right, and how should the damage have been calculated?



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