Effects of experimental frenzy on warren instigator
Asked by shuey 5 years ago
Experimental Frenzy prevents you from playing cards from your hand (assuming you don’t pay for it to be destroyed). If I had a Warren Instigator that hits my opponent for damage would his ability be nullified by the experimental frenzy?
Warren instigator’s ability says put a goblin creature card from your hand on to the battlefield, is that the same as playing a card? I can’t find any reference to put as opposed to play in the rules though I may be looking in the wrong spot.
Experimental just says play so you can't play a land, putting onto the battlefield will still work, just like you can play a creature with even CMC using Elvish Piper when Void Winnower is in play on the opponent's side of the board
January 31, 2019 3:35 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
shuey: Correct answers to this question have been up for a while. I chose one to mark as the "Accepted Answer" so that the thread can move out of the Unanswered queue. Please remember to take care of this yourself in the future.
Kogarashi says... Accepted answer #1
To play a card is to play it as a land or cast it as a spell, whichever is appropriate.
Warren Instigator is not playing the Goblin creature card from your hand (casting it as a creature spell), just putting it straight onto the battlefield. Experimental Frenzy doesn't nullify this.
January 27, 2019 5:20 p.m.