Can Conive / Concoct grab an eldrazi titan from the graveyard?
Asked by Bean1996 4 years ago
More specifically, if the Surveil puts it in the graveyard. I built a deck recently around this interaction, but have had several people this this interaction doesn't work the way I think it does. So please correct me if I'm wrong, but if I surveil Emrakul, the Aeons Torn with Concoct, I may place Her on the battlefield with the second half of concoct's ability.
Kogarashi says... Accepted answer #1
Please link cards using double square brackets to make the question easier to understand, like so:
Connive / Concoct , Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Emrakul's "shuffle into the library" ability is a triggered ability. When Concoct's Surveil sends Emrakul to the graveyard, the ability will trigger. However, triggers don't go onto the stack until a player next receives priority, and players do not receive priority during the resolution of a spell or ability, so the rest of Concoct will resolve first. You will return a creature card to the battlefield before Emrakul's trigger actually goes onto the stack.
This means you can actually put Emrakul back onto the battlefield if it's put into the graveyard via Concoct's Surveil. Then the Emrakul trigger goes on the stack, presumably resolves, and shuffles your graveyard (minus Emrakul but including Connive / Concoct ) into your library.
July 2, 2019 4:03 p.m.