How many lands does Sundering Titan kill?
Asked by humanbean 9 years ago
So I thought Sundering Titan killed all lands, but my friend said it can only kill one type of each basic land, if it is in place. Can someone explain the wording of the card?
Epochalyptik says... #2
When the ability resolves, you choose one land of each of the five basic land types. This means you basically go down the list (Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest) and, for each basic land type, you pick a land that has that land type. If one land has multiple basic land types, it can be chosen for each of them.
Let's say there's a Plains , Swamp , Breeding Pool , and Tundra on the battlefield. You choose either Plains or Tundra for the Plains. You choose either Tundra or Breeding Pool for the Island. You choose the Swamp because it's the only land with that basic land type on the battlefield. There are no Mountains so you can't choose one. Breeding Pool is the only Forest, so you have to choose it (it doesn't matter whether you also chose it as the Island).
After choices are made, those lands are destroyed.
Nothing about the wording states that it destroys all lands. An effect that does so will simply say that. See: Armageddon .
October 12, 2014 6:58 p.m.
I thought it meant when you chose a land that it just meant those land types, and then those land types are destroyed since it never targets.
October 12, 2014 7 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #4
You can choose individual permanents without targeting them. The Gatherer rulings make this clearer.
12/1/2004: Sundering Titan's two abilities aren't targeted. When one of the abilities resolves, the Titan's controller must choose one land for each basic land type (Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest).
erabel says... Accepted answer #1
When it enters the battlefield or leaves the battlefield, you pick a Plains, an Island, a Swamp, a Mountain, and a Forest. If there isn't one of those on the battlefield, you just skip it. Then each land you picked is destroyed.
October 12, 2014 6:54 p.m.