If I take control of a planeswalker with Dragonlord Silumgar, can I activate a loyalty ability immediately?
Asked by Saberxbro 9 years ago
So let's say that my friend uses a +1 on his Narset Transcendent to get her loyalty to 9. He then passes turn to me and I play Dragonlord Silumgar and take his Narset. Would I be able to use Narset's -9 ability immediately that turn? And we're assuming my friend is all tapped out and cant do anything in response.
To answer your first question yes you can immediately use the adding or subtracting loyality ability. This is because you can use a plainswalkers ability once per turn as long as the stack is clear as a sorcery.
To answer your second question no you can not immediately ultimate Narset Transcendent because when you take control of narset she loses all extra loyality counters that she had so when she comes under your control she is back to the starting 6 counters
April 6, 2015 4:28 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
@cjk191997: Making something change control doesn't make it leave and re-enter the battlefield. The stolen planeswalker will keep whatever number of counters it already had.
Boza says... Accepted answer #1
Yes.
Loyalty abilities have to activate as a sorcery (in your turn, with nothing else on the stack) and you can only activate them once per turn (barring The Chain Veil shenanigans). So, that line of play is completely legit.
April 6, 2015 4:11 a.m.