If a permanent is copying a melded permanent, the converted mana cost of the copy is 0. The front face of each meld card and the combined face formed by a meld pair each has its own set of characteristics.ħ12.3a While a meld card is outside the game, in a zone other than the battlefield, or on the battlefield with its front face up, it has only the characteristics of its front face.ħ12.3b While the two cards of a meld pair are on the battlefield as a melded permanent, the object represented by those cards has only the characteristics of the combined back face, and its converted mana cost is the sum of the converted mana costs of its front faces. The resulting permanent is a single object represented by two cards.ħ12.3. To meld the two cards in a meld pair, put them onto the battlefield with their back faces up and combined (see rule 701.34, “Meld”). One card in each meld pair has an ability that exiles both that object and its counterpart and melds them. It can’t transform or enter the battlefield transformed. Each meld pair consists of two specific cards whose back faces combine to form one oversized Magic card face: Midnight Scavengers and Graf Rats meld to form Chittering Host Hanweir Garrison and Hanweir Battlements meld to form Hanweir, the Writhing Township and Bruna, the Fading Light and Gisela, the Broken Blade meld to form Brisela, Voice of Nightmares.ħ12.1b A meld card isn’t a double-faced card. It doesn’t have a Magic card back.ħ12.1a There are three specific meld pairs. A meld card has a Magic card face on one side and half of an oversized Magic card face on the other. Hanweir Battlements and Hanweir Garrisonħ12.1.Bruna, the Fading Light and Gisela, the Broken Blade.rules 712.1b)Ĭurrently (Eldritch Moon, July 2016) there are three meld pairs: Please note: Meld as its own mechanic has nothing to do with Transform. Once this permanent leaves the battlefield it changes back to the original two cards (front-face up). The melded form counts as one single permanent with its own characteristics and abilities. When two cards are melded, they are exiled and put in combined/melded form (back-faces up) on the battlefield. Other cards and tokens than the specific meld pair-as displayed in the card's text-can't be melded. Each card of the meld pair represents a specific card on its front-face and half of a combined/melded, oversized back-face.

In order to meld two cards you need to both own and control a meld pair. Meld was initially introduced to Magic: The Gathering with the Eldritch Moon expansion set.

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