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Page 1: Kill Switch · Rejuvenation Chamber · Converted mana costs
Q.1: Kill Switch, Artifact- 2,T: Tap all other artifacts. They don't untap during their controllers' untap steps as long as Kill Switch remains tapped.
1a. Can you choose not to untap Kill Switch during your untap step?
  1. Yes
  2. No
1b. Jeremy used Kill Switch during his opponent's last turn to tap all artifacts. It is now Jeremy's untap phase. He untaps Kill Switch. Do any of his other artifacts (that were tapped) untap as well?
  1. As long as he announces that he is untapping Kill Switch, then all of his artifacts can untap as well.
  2. Only Kill Switch untaps. check answer
Q.2: Rejuvenation Chamber. Artifact. Fading 2. T: You gain 2 life
What is the maximum amount of life you can gain using the Rejuvenation Chamber (assuming that you do not have any way to put more fading counters on it, or have any extra way to untap it)?
  1. 4 life
  2. 6 life
  3. 8 life check answer
Q.3: Converted mana costs
3a -What is the converted mana cost for a token?
  1. usually zero
  2. usually one
  3. depends on the casting cost of the permanent that generated it
3b -What is the converted mana cost for a land?
  1. zero
  2. one
  3. two
3c - What is the converted mana cost for a Cloud Sprite(casting cost of 1 blue) if I have in play a permanent that says that all blue spells cost 3 more to play?
  1. 1 blue mana
  2. 1 generic mana
  3. 1 blue and 3 generic mana
  4. 4 generic mana check answer
Answers
1a) (b) No. You must untap Kill Switch.
1b) (b) only killswitch untaps - During the untap step, everything untaps simultaneously. If an effect is preventing one or more permanents from untapping, they won't untap at this time, even if the very nature of the untapping ends the effect.

2c) 8 life. Use it when you put it into play- that's 2 life. Turn 2 - take off a fading counter, use it - that's 4 life. Turn 3 - take off a fading counter, use it - that's 6 life. Turn 4 - put the take off a counter on the stack, put use it on the stack, use it resolves - that's 8 life. Put it in the Graveyard. Under Fifth edition rules, you could not use the ability of a permanent until you had payed its upkeep cost. However, now, things that used to be "upkeep costs" are now triggered effects that go on the stack at the beginning of the upkeep step. You can then put "Tap: gain 2 life" on the stack. So that even when the chamber has zero counters on it, you can use it before you have to put it in the graveyard (for being unable to take a fading counter off of it).

3.Converted mana costs
3aAnswer: a) usually zero.However, some cards do have effects that yield a "copy" of a card. For example Dance of Many and more recently, Dual Nature all create tokens that are "copies" of permanents. Given that they're copies, all characteristics should be included in the xerox effect, including mana cost. So we should say "non-copy tokens have converted mana cost = 0".
3bAnswer: a) zero
3cAnswer: b) 1 generic mana. Converted mana cost does not include "extra" costs imposed by other spells or abilities (or permanents)


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