Flagstones & Shocks
Asked by DarkMagician 9 years ago
If I fetch a shockland off of a Flagstones of Trokair does paying the two life get around Flagstones "into play tapped" clause?
GlistenerAgent says... #2
If you search for any of the RTR white shocklands with Flagstones of Trokair , there are two effects being applied to that land. The land will enter the battlefield tapped due to the Flagstones condition, but you will still have the option of paying two life (though this would not change anything other than your life total).
October 2, 2014 8:24 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #3
From the Gatherer rulings for shocks:
10/1/2005: If another effect (such as Loxodon Gatekeeper's ability) tells you to put lands onto the battlefield tapped, it enters the battlefield tapped whether you pay 2 life or not.
Rhadamanthus says... #1
No. If you grab Hallowed Fountain , etc. with Flagstones of Trokair , there are 2 different "this enters tapped" effects being applied to it. Paying 2 life for the land's own effect doesn't have any bearing on the Flagstones' effect. The land enters tapped.
October 2, 2014 7:55 p.m.