Assault Suit on a Cosmic Larva

Asked by Suns_Champion 6 years ago

Assault Suit on a Cosmic Larva.Will I be able to give the Larva to my opponents and make them sacrifice lands? Assault Suit says I can give it to my opponent, but both cards say "At the beginning of your/their upkeep", so will it be too late for the Larva's ability to trigger?

Thanks in advance!

cklise says... #1

Unfortunately, this won't work the way you'd hope. Your opponents can simply choose not to sacrifice two lands, as they are not forced to do so.

May 7, 2017 12:50 p.m.

cklise says... #2

Oh, also, you are correct, by the time they receive control of the creature, their beginning of upkeep triggers have already occurred and the Larva's will not trigger.

May 7, 2017 12:53 p.m.

Suns_Champion says... #3

Hmm okay, so I get that that it won't work if I try to give it to them at the beginning of the upkeep, but what about if I give it to them permanently? If I give my opponent Cosmic Larva with Assault Suit on it with a Harmless Offering, wouldn't that force my opponent to sacrifice lands every upkeep? Because you can't sac the Larva because of the suit. Thanks again!

May 7, 2017 1:18 p.m.

Neotrup says... Accepted answer #4

It's an odd bit of the phrasing. If the ability said "Sacrifice two lands unless you sacrifice Cosmic Larva" they'd be forced to sacrifice the lands. Because it says "Sacrifice Cosmic Larva unless you sacrifice two lands" they can choose to sacrifice Cosmic Larca and then fail to go through with it because of Assault Suit. It has to do with the first option being the default action and the second option being an optional alternative.

May 7, 2017 1:46 p.m.

Suns_Champion says... #5

Okay! Thank you very much!

May 7, 2017 1:57 p.m.

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