Are Prowess and Bone Saw compatible?

Asked by DavidLikesPeaches 7 years ago

Bone Saw says that it can be equipped "...only as a sorcery." Does that mean that equipping it is like casting a sorcery, and creatures such as Niblis of Dusk or Mercurial Geists would benefit from it each time it was equipped? I'm trying to build a standard prowess deck, and that would be a really sweet combo, but I don't know whether or not that would work.

Neotrup says... Accepted answer #1

No. Equip is an activated ability. What it means is you can only activate the ability during your main phase when the stack is empty. Interestingly, even if you could cast a sorcery at other times (such as by having a Leyline of Anticipation in play), you are still limited to activating an equip ability during your main phase when the stack is empty.

March 9, 2017 11:53 p.m.

Dracoson says... #2

No. Using Equip (and other abilities, such as that on Defiant Salvager) that say "Only as a sorcery." is saying "you can do this during your main phase, when you have priority and the stack is empty." It is not casting a sorcery spell. It'

March 9, 2017 11:56 p.m.

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