
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
You can't spend mana to cast this spell. Convoke, delve (Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color. Each card you exile from your graveyard pays for {1}.) You may cast this card from your graveyard. Trample
Rulings (9)
Mar 19, 2021 · Because delve isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs, such as flashback. It can also be used to pay for additional costs that include generic mana.
Mar 19, 2021 · Delve doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value. For example, Treasure Cruise's mana value is 8 even if you exiled three cards to cast it.
Mar 19, 2021 · You can exile cards to pay only for generic mana, and you can't exile more cards than the generic mana requirement of a spell with delve. For example, you can't exile more than seven cards from your graveyard to cast Treasure Cruise unless an effect has increased its cost.
Jan 12, 2024 · Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for {1} or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.
Jan 12, 2024 · Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
Jan 12, 2024 · You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
Jan 12, 2024 · When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
Jan 12, 2024 · If a creature you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.
Jan 12, 2024 · Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.
Where it’s played now
Inclusion by archetype · Legacy
| Archetype | Format | Inclusion | Copies | Decks (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golgari Landfall | Legacy | 100% | 4× | 21 |
| Smallpox | Legacy | 90.9% | 1–3× | 11 |
| Abzan Zenith | Legacy | 66.7% | 1× | 3 |
| Dredge | Legacy | 50% | 1× | 8 |
| Golgari Cradle Control | Legacy | 33.3% | 1× | 9 |
| Golgari Zenith | Legacy | 14.3% | 1–2× | 14 |