Diffusion Sliver and Counterspells?
Asked by ZeldaThornley 9 years ago
If i have a Diffusion Sliver on the field and I'm casting another sliver, then a Counterspell is on the stack (Or something similar), does the diffusion sliver's 2 mana additional activate, making a counterspell now 2UU? If Diffusion Sliver is entering, does her ability trigger as well? So if someone countered Diffusion, do they still pay the two additional?
Epochalyptik says... #3
Note that only activated abilities can be activated. Diffusion Sliver has no activated abilities. Rather, it has a triggered ability.
July 28, 2014 6:44 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
Huh. I thought that's what I typed. I must have deleted the correction instead. Oops.
FancyTuesday says... Accepted answer #1
Negative. Diffusion Sliver's ability only applies to Slivers that are on the battlefield, see:
403.2 A spell or ability affects and checks only the battlefield unless it specifically mentions a player or another zone.
July 28, 2014 5:26 p.m.