How does Gilt-Leaf Archdruid interact with Landfall abilities?
Asked by Aerris 8 years ago
Specifically, would Gilt-Leaf Archdruid's triggered ability of taking an opponent's lands cause Landfall abilities to trigger?
For example: If I have a Grove Rumbler on my battlefield and I trigger Gilt-Leaf Archdruid's ability to take my opponent's 5 lands, would the Rumbler's Landfall ability trigger 5 times and cause it to gain +10/+10?
My question is stemming from Landfall abilities being worded as "whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control..." The lands that are coming under my control are already on the battlefield, thus my uncertainty.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2
Gilt-Leaf Archdruid's second ability is an activated ability, not a triggered one.
Activated abilities are manually activated. Triggered abilities trigger when their conditions are met.
An "enters the battlefield" ability indicates a zone change: the object must have been in another zone and must now be entering the battlefield from that outside zone. If it's already on the battlefield, then it isn't changing zones.
October 14, 2015 2:43 p.m.
@Epochalyptik
Thank you for the clarification. And yeah, still learning the proper jargon.
And thank you both for the responses!
BlueScope says... #1
Taking control of a land that's already on the battlefield won't have that land re-enter the battlefield, just change it's controller - you're not getting any Landfall triggers.
October 14, 2015 2:39 p.m.