Gidgetimer on Caesar and Combat Celebrant Sequencing
3 days ago
The second part of Combat Celebrant's ability is a reflexive trigger. It is created and immediately checked as you are attacking. You can stack the reflexive trigger and Caesar, Legion's Emperor trigger in either order since both have triggered since the last time triggers were put on the stack. This allows you to untap and attack with the Caesar tokens if you would like.
KASTAWEI on Caesar and Combat Celebrant Sequencing
3 days ago
If I have Combat Celebrant and Caesar, Legion's Emperor on the field and attack, is it possible to sequence the untap from exerting Celebrant so I can attack with the soldiers created by Caesar? The wording of "as it attacks" vs "whenever you attack" is tripping me up.
Rhadamanthus on How do the new flip …
4 days ago
Neotrup's answer is correct due to the following rule (specifically, the second sentence highlighted below in bold). I have changed the "Accepted answer" to reflect this.
712.14a If a spell or ability puts a transforming double-faced card onto the battlefield “transformed” or “converted,” it enters the battlefield with its back face up. If a player is instructed to put a card that isn’t a transforming double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed or converted, that card stays in its current zone.
Neotrup on How do the new flip …
5 days ago
Sea-Dasher Octopus will not return to the battlefield and will remain in exile. The transform effect will try to return Sea-Dasher Octopus to the battlefield transformed, but since it is a single-face card it cannot and will leave it in exile.
Gidgetimer on Clue Food Treasure token synergies
5 days ago
Replacement effects (which is the type of ability that all three of these are) do not trigger and do not use the stack. They simply change the outcome of a game event and can only apply to a given event once. Since you are the affected player you will get to choose the order in which the abilities apply.
Assuming that you want as many tokens as possible the optimal way to apply the effects is going to be PT & CotPP (in either order) and then AM since this will turn the clue into 2 clues and a food and then those three will be replaced with a food, a clue, and a treasure each netting you 3 each of food, treasures, and clues.
AM and then PT & CotPP (in either order) will result in 2 food, 1 treasure, and 2 clues. The upkeep clue turns into one of each token and then an additional clue and an additional food are added.
PT, AM, CotPP results in 2 food, 2 treasure, 3 clues.
CotPP, AM, PT results in 3 food, 2 treasure, 2 clues.
Poly_raptor on Clue Food Treasure token synergies
6 days ago
I have recently started building a new deck. It is a Morska, Undersea Sleuth deck.
I have so far been playtesting it on here and then today playtested it in a real 4 man pod with some playtest cards.
I have narrowed it down to be a Krark-Clan Ironworks + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler combo deck.
Whilst fine tuning the list I noticed a potential combo that I am unsure about. I am curious to know how the following three cards interact.
I understand the replacement effect between Peregrin Took & Academy Manufactor, but what happens if you throw the third card into the mix?
Am I right in thinking the following:
Clue enters. PT & COTPP both trigger. I stack & resolve PT. AM sees this and multiplies the additional clue to make a food & treasure. Do I then get a second replacement effect from COTPP which makes an extra clue & triggers AM again, which then creates a loop?
Is this an infinite loop that would present a draw unless I could removed a combo piece?
seshiro_of_the_orochi on How do the new flip …
1 week ago
Yes, she would. They pile would get exiled by Tamiyo's ability. She'll be returned as a planeswalker, and each mutation would be returned as a creature.
skoobysnackz on How do the new flip …
1 week ago
So they would come back as separate permanents, but would Tamiyo still transform?
seshiro_of_the_orochi on How do the new flip …
1 week ago
If you flicker a mutate pile, each card in it will return as a seperate creature.
I think this will answer all follow-up questions ;)
skoobysnackz on How do the new flip …
1 week ago
If I mutate the Sea-Dasher Octopus over Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student and then draw three cards in a turn will the tamiyo component flip to be a planeswalker? Would the octopus component keep it as a creature as well? If the card is a planeswalker and a creature how would combat damage affect the planeswalker part if its used to block or gets blocked? Could the planeswalker survive being delt 2 damage if that would kill the creature?
Rhadamanthus on Dryad of the Ilysian Grove …
1 week ago
Sobrinho: Answers to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any more follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked one of them as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the most helpful answer to your question.
I try to avoid marking my own responses when I do this, but in this case it was the most complete option.
Rhadamanthus on How do abilities that let …
1 week ago
Season of the Witch's effect looks at creatures that could have been declared as attackers during the Declare Attackers step but weren't. The ruling you found means you won't be penalized for not taking any additional actions to enable a creature to attack if it is currently unable. For example: if you choose not to activate Tidewater Minion's first ability, then it can't attack, so Season of the Witch won't destroy it. However, an enchanted/equipped Novice Knight who doesn't attack will get destroyed, because it could have been declared as an attacker. Likewise for any Defender while Arcades, the Strategist is around.
Rhadamanthus on Caesar and Andurila Sequencing
1 week ago
KASTAWEI: An answer to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the most helpful answer to your question.
RedundantLogmaster on How do abilities that let …
1 week ago
While looking over old cards I came upon Season of the Witch and the card text (and it's offical wordings) are extremely confusing. On the offical MTG website the ruling says "A creature won't be destroyed if it was unable to attack that turn, even if you had a way to enable it to attack. For example, a creature that had summoning sickness wouldn't be destroyed even if you had a way to give it haste."
My question is to what extent does this apply? Creatures like Arcades, the Strategist allow cards with defender to attack, and creatures like Novice Knight allow themselves to attack under certain circumstances.
Will Season of the witch destroy them at end step or do they get by?
Gidgetimer on Can something trigger after "end …
1 week ago
Yes, you get a drake.
Triggered abilities trigger any time their condition is met. When the Sygg trigger resolves you will draw your second card in a turn and the Alandra trigger is met and will be put on the stack the next time a player receives priority.
There is one card to be careful of with Alandra, Sky Dreamer, but as long as no one is using Day's Undoing; you will always create a taken if you draw 2 or more cards in a turn. (I have some 9 year old gripes about changing rules, but that is beyond the scope of this thread.)
vic on Can something trigger after "end …
1 week ago
I control a Sygg, River Cutthroat, it's my turn, and I've dealt 3 damage. I also control an Alandra, Sky Dreamer. Do I get a drake?
Grenthox on Does casting an instant that …
1 week ago
If it does, would the next sequence be correct?
- Cast instant x - triggers magecraft
- Cast instant y - triggers magecraft
- Instant y copies instant x - triggers magecraft
I would end up with 3 magecraft triggers?
And in case of a Veyran, Voice of Duality on the field, would I end up with 6 total magecraft triggers?
Rhadamanthus on Master of Cruelties and interactions
2 weeks ago
xcontla: Since it's clear you got a satisfactory answer to your question and there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the most helpful answer to your question.
I try to avoid marking my own responses when I do this but in this case it was the only option.
Rhadamanthus on How Phase out and "At …
2 weeks ago
No, you won't have to sacrifice Ball Lightning to its own ability.
You don't have to stack the triggers in a special way to make this work. Teferi's Veil makes the creature phase out "at end of combat" but Ball Lightning's ability triggers "at the beginning of the end step". Because Ball Lightning is phased out by the time the turn gets to the end step, its ability won't trigger at all. Even if it was a situation with two simultaneous triggers that needed to be stacked in a specific order, if the "phase out" trigger resolves first then there's nothing around for you to sacrifice when the "sacrifice this" trigger resolves.
pedroedmarcos on How Phase out and "At …
2 weeks ago
Hey there,
So, Lets say I cast a Teferi's Veil on my Ball Lightning and in the end of my turn I stack the triggers on a way that it phases out before the sac trigger resolves. Will I have to sacrifice them?
Rhadamanthus on At what point can I …
2 weeks ago
You don't need to have a reason.
The first item in that list, "whenever they have priority", allows players to activate mana abilities at any time they'd normally be able to take an action. The other items in that list give players special permission to also activate mana abilities at times they normally wouldn't be able to take an action (because they don't have priority at those times), but only if a mana payment is needed at that specific time.
Keep in mind that if you pass priority with unused mana still in your mana pool, you're supposed to let other players know how much mana is still in your pool.
TehGrief on At what point can I …
2 weeks ago
I am trying to understand this comprehensive rule:
605.3a "A player may activate an activated mana ability whenever they have priority, whenever they are casting a spell or activating an ability that requires a mana payment, or whenever a rule or effect asks for a mana payment, even if it’s in the middle of casting or resolving a spell or activating or resolving an ability."
Does this mean that I need to have a reason to tap a land for mana, such as a cost? I cannot tap my lands to produce mana for no reason?
For example, am I able to tap Forbidden Orchard without paying a cost in order to give an opponent the 1/1 token?
plakjekaas on Dryad of the Ilysian Grove …
2 weeks ago
Also, if playing a land causes an ability to trigger, the opponent gets to respond before you get to play your second land
Rhadamanthus on Dryad of the Ilysian Grove …
2 weeks ago
No, you won't be able to play another land in that example. In the current rules, you determine whether or not you can play a land by comparing how many land plays the game currently says you have to how many you've already played this turn. If the Dryad is gone, you've already made a land play, and there isn't anything else giving you additional plays, then that's it.
Keep in mind that playing lands doesn't use the stack and the active player gets priority again after a spell resolving, so if you want to go land-Dryad-land or Dryad-land-land, there's no opportunity for an opponent to "respond" by killing your Dryad before you play your second land. If you do something else in-between the Dryad and that second land, however, then the opponent will be able to respond with something.
Some previous versions of the rules allowed you to specify which "drop" you were using as you played each land, but it allowed for unintuitive situations where a player could use the additional drop, blink the object that was giving it, and then use its additional drop again. It was an odd and somewhat complicated rules quirk that was smoothed out when the rules for land plays were revised to the current version.
Sobrinho on Dryad of the Ilysian Grove …
2 weeks ago
If I have a Dryad of the Ilysian Grove in play, and after my first land drop, my opponent kill or exile her, I still have some how the extra land drop of her ability ?
Rhadamanthus on Master of Cruelties and interactions
2 weeks ago
Yes, it still triggers. The declare blockers step of combat only gets skipped if there were no creatures declared as attackers or put onto the battlefield attacking. Otherwise, it always happens, even if it is impossible for any blockers to be declared. If Master of Cruelties is attacking then there will definitely be a declare blockers step and its last ability will trigger if it doesn't get blocked.
xcontla on Master of Cruelties and interactions
2 weeks ago
I have some questions with this card in some specific times.
I understand that the ability triggers in the declare blockers step.
- If Master of Cruelties gains skulk, Does his ability still trigger? ("... opponent life becomes 1").
- If I equipped some artifact that made Master of Cruelties unblockable, Does his ability still trigger? ("... opponent life becomes 1").
- If the opponent doesn't have creatures in the battlefield, Does his ability still trigger? ("... opponent life becomes 1").
Thank you.
Rhadamanthus on Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor targeting …
2 weeks ago
Bblackboltt: An answer to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the most helpful answer to your question.
Rhadamanthus on If a Enchantment with counters …
2 weeks ago
danielgonmar: You need to use double square brackets around the card's name to make the link work - Nine Lives, Resourceful Defense
To answer your question, since Resourceful Defense only moves counters between things you control, the same player has to control both Nine Lives and the Defense in order to use the Defense to move counters off of Nine Lives. If they're controlled by different players, which might be the situation in the original question where things are being moved around with Harmless Offering, then it won't work.
Also, it's much better to post a new question as its own topic rather than respond to a very old one. With the way this site works, adding a new post to a Rules Q&A discussion doesn't move the topic to the top of the list. This topic is about 4 years old, so the only reason I was aware of your comment is because the site auto-subscribed me for notifications on this topic after I originally posted in it. If you had happened to post in a topic where the only people involved in the discussion were no longer active users then no one would have seen your question.
danielgonmar on If a Enchantment with counters …
2 weeks ago
Then, can you move a counter from [Nine lives] to another permanent using [Resourceful Defense]?
Rhadamanthus on Can you activate abilities before …
2 weeks ago
joaka: An answer to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the most helpful answer to your question.
wallisface on Caesar and Andurila Sequencing
2 weeks ago
You will be able to stack the abilities so that you can sacrifice the created spirit.
Caesar’s initial trigger is only one to optionally sac a creature. You can resolve the equipments trigger first.
Then, after resolving Caesar‘s sac trigger, you would choose the two options as the rest of the card dictates.
KASTAWEI on Caesar and Andurila Sequencing
2 weeks ago
So if I have Caesar, Legion's Emperor equipped with Anduril, Flame of the West and attack. Would I be able to sacrifice the spirits created from the equipment to Caesar and proc his ability? Or would the spirits have to be on the field as he attacks?
Rhadamanthus on Does Delney Trigger Life of …
3 weeks ago
Yes, it happens twice in this example. When Delney makes something trigger an additional time, the additional trigger is created at the same time as the original one. It doesn't wait for the original trigger to resolve first.
Irish_Bastard907 on Cyclops Gladiator and Khârn
3 weeks ago
I'm pretty sure that Kharn will deal the damage back. The stack would have to resolve first and Kharn would deal damage, then once the stack is resolved Kharn's triggered ability would start a new stack.
OxygenDestroyer65 on Does Delney Trigger Life of …
3 weeks ago
If I have Delney, Streetwise Lookout and at least one other creature on the battlefield when I attack with a Life of the Party, does Life of the Party's attack trigger happen twice? Or does it only happen once because Life of the Party's attack becomes greater than 2? I assume it does because Life of the Party is a 0/1 before its attack trigger resolves, but I could be wrong?
MartinEMcArthur on If an opponent and I …
3 weeks ago
Rhadamanthus Thanks, I’m definitely glad that’s the current rule now, even if it would put me at a disadvantage in certain scenarios haha
Rhadamanthus on If an opponent and I …
3 weeks ago
You found the correct current rules. Each player is allowed to have one. Your buddies are thinking of an older version of the rules that only allowed one between all players. The change to the current rules that allows each player to have one happened with the Magic 2014 core set.
MartinEMcArthur on If an opponent and I …
3 weeks ago
Sorry if a question like this has been asked a million times, but the other night my buddies were saying that the legendary rule keeps two of the same legendary’s from being on the battlefield at the same time regardless of who’s controlling them. I’m not sure if that’s true though. Last Sunday I was playing with coworkers and a dude made a token copy of my Avacyn, Angel of Hope and no one brought up the legendary rule. I’ve read the part of the rule that says: “If two or more legendary permanents with the same name are controlled by the same player, that player chooses one of them, and the rest are put into their owners' graveyards.” I don’t see how that would keep opponents from making a copy of someone else’s legendary, or even keep two opponents from playing the same commander. If there’s a part in the rule that I’m overlooking please let me know and thanks in advance.
DemonDragonJ on Does Sylvan Library Bypass Angel …
3 weeks ago
Gidgetimer, that is very good; thank you, very much.
Gidgetimer on Does Sylvan Library Bypass Angel …
3 weeks ago
You will still have to pay life or put the card back and are still able to pay the life if you so choose. Your reasoning is correct in that you are not paying life to activate the ability and so Angel of Jubilation will not stop anything.
DemonDragonJ on Does Sylvan Library Bypass Angel …
3 weeks ago
I have both Sylvan Library and Angel of Jubilation in one of my decks, so does the library's ability bypass the angel's restriction? I presume that it does, since the angel prevents players from paying life to activate abilities, while the library's ability is a triggered ability.
What does everyone else say about this subject? Does Sylvan Library bypass Angel of Jubilation?
Rhadamanthus on Do suspended cards being cast …
3 weeks ago
Grenthox: An answer to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the most helpful answer to your question.
I try to avoid marking my own responses when I do this but in this case it was the only option.
Gidgetimer on Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor targeting …
3 weeks ago
The creature will stick around. The important part is that it says "If that creature would die this turn". So the exile only happens if the creature would die. Indestructible creatures do not die from having lethal damage marked on them.
Bblackboltt on Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor targeting …
3 weeks ago
If I play Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor targeting an opponent's creature with indestructible with lethal damage, is the creature exiled even though it has indestructible? Or does the creature stick around?
Gidgetimer on Can you activate abilities before …
3 weeks ago
You can only cast spells and activate abilities when you have priority. Each time before a player receives priority state-based actions are checked and performed. If any are performed, they are checked and performed again. Only once no SBAs are performed (and no triggered abilities are waiting to be put on the stack) do players receive priority and are able to activate abilities.
TL:DR No, you can not activate abilities before SBAs are performed.
Gidgetimer on What exactly triggers Riku of …
3 weeks ago
Balor isn't a modal spell. It is a creature spell, and the creature represented by the card has a modal ability. It has no interaction with Riku of Many Paths
purpleballspurple on What exactly triggers Riku of …
3 weeks ago
So I understand how Riku of Many Paths ability works with a spell like Simic Charm but was confused if casting a permanent such as Balor would work, does it even count as a modal spell and if so do I get to pick anything for Riku?
Thank you in advance