Looping with Spine of Ish Sah

Asked by belugawhaleonthefloor 5 years ago

So I’ve been playing kci and just added Spine of Ish Sah in the deck. If there are no permanents that you want to destroy with its ability, (like say your opponent has none left and you don’t want to target your own permanents) are you able to target itself, and then sacrifice it with Krark-Clan Ironworks for two mana before it’s trigger resolves?

Kogarashi says... Accepted answer #1

Yes, you can do that.

Spine of Ish Sah will be on the battlefield by the time you need to pick a target for its first ability, so it's a valid target. And you can respond to that ability with KCI's ability, which will make the Spine trigger fizzle due to its target no longer being valid (due to being sacrificed to KCI). It's a valid loop.

December 15, 2018 9:59 p.m.