Evolving Wilds and Bounce Lands

Asked by FenrisBurgess 5 years ago

• A while back, some people in my playgroup played Evolving Wilds, but left it for next turn.
• Next turn, they played a bounce land, but instead of returning Evolving Wilds to their hand, they sac'd it and put a basic land down tapped.
• Does the return effect act as a triggered ability, and, therefore, use the stack?
• Or does it not use the stack due to being a land?
• Should not a land have been returned to the hand?

Kogarashi says... Accepted answer #1

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Evolving Wilds , Golgari Rot Farm (as a sample bounce land)

The Golgari Rot Farm 's ETB trigger goes on the stack, but it doesn't target, so you don't choose which land is bouncing until it resolves. While you can activate Evolving Wilds in response and put down a tapped basic, the Rot Farm's trigger will still resolve, at which point you will have to choose one of your lands to bounce (the Rot Farm, the basic, or another land if you have one).

This is not a valid way to get around the bounce, so the Wilds player would still have had to return a land to their hand.

January 14, 2019 11:23 p.m.