Brawl #3 - Round 5

[andretimpa]

How about mindgates? I can't tell what the opponent might bring.

Well, a deck with Aether Mark, Aether Pillar/Pends, Mindgates and Dims is considered a mono, right? No matter what your opponent brings, it is still a mono.
Moreover, a Deck with Steals can theoretically get any Pillar/Pend it wishes, but a monodark is still a monodark.
Finally, Mutation counts an an card and Fallen Elf/Druid mutation count as effect, no matter the element of the produced creature.

May the Brawlmasters correct me if I am wrong.

Aether mark and ALL the pendulumns, for example. Now "you can use everything".

[Naesala]

The deck must both generate /and/ use the mana on it's own regardless of who you're facing. Mindgate only counts as aether, Steal only counts as darkness, even if you can use what you obtain.

[Naesala]

Shard of Serendipity is okay to use, but pushing it (allowed though, since the cards that support it so well are banned)

As for 0/Other cost cards, as Oldtrees said and I confirmed, "using" is generating and spending quanta of a certain type.

Double checking:
Does spending  on a Longsword ( ) count as using Life? I would think not.

If it would not count then it could be summarized as
"using" is generating quanta of a certain type and spending it on a cost of the same type.

Spending quanta of a certain type is synonymous with spending on a cost of the same type. Other cards do not spend specific quanta