How would Footsteps of the Goryo work when a card melded? Let say Bruna, the Fading Light Meld melded with Gisela, the Broken Blade Meld
Asked by Skywatch 6 years ago
Thinking about making a deck
DRACULA150704 says... #2
So you meld Bruna, the Fading Light with Gisela, the Broken Blade at the beginning of your end step. Footsteps of the Goryo only kills the creature it returned at the end of your turn and as Bruna, the Fading Light and Gisela, the Broken Blade melded, the card you return doesn't exist anymore so the effect doesn't happen
October 11, 2017 12:24 a.m.
If the creature dies the cards go to the graveyard seperately and are no longer melded, Footsteps of the Goryo would only be able to return one of them, not both. Remember that Bruna, the Fading Light only returns another creature when it is cast, not when it enters the battlefield, so it won't trigger if you reanimate it with Footsteps of the Goryo.
October 11, 2017 12:30 a.m.
DRACULA150704 says... #4
I think he is returning only one of them eg. Bruna, the Fading Light and then having it meld with Gisela, the Broken Blade.
October 11, 2017 12:37 a.m.
It was vague, and that scenario was adequately answered, so I answered the unanswered interpretation of the question, especially because he was talking about building a deck around this, so knowing how the cards interact from multiple angles is useful.
October 11, 2017 1:50 a.m.
darkmatter32x says... #6
603.7c A delayed triggered ability that refers to a particular object still affects it even if the object changes characteristics. However, if that object is no longer in the zone its expected to be in at the time the delayed triggered ability resolves, the ability wont affect it. (Note that if that object left that zone and then returned, its a new object and thus wont be affected. See rule 400.7.)Example: An ability that reads Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step will exile the permanent even if its no longer a creature during the next end step. However, it wont do anything if the permanent left the battlefield before then.
400.7. An object that moves from one zone to another becomes a new object with no memory of, or relation to, its previous existence.
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
The individual cards of a meld pair are exiled and then return melded. This means that the melded creature will not be affected by anything that was affecting the component cards. So as long as you stack the EoT meld trigger on top of the EoT sac trigger so that meld resolves first you will have and keep Brisela, Voice of Nightmares.
October 11, 2017 12:15 a.m.