Oracle en-Vec + Ghostly Prison
Asked by WBG 5 years ago
Does the addition of Ghostly Prison mean that a creature may suddenly be unnable to attack?
I would greatly appreciate rules text for this answer.
Some additional information below:
If I have Oracle en-Vec and Ghostly Prison out at the same time, do I have as good a combo as I think I have:
I played Oracle en-Vec on turn 2. On turn 3, I activate its tap ability: my opponent says hell attack with his three creatures and than I play Ghostly prison. Now that they need to pay 6 mana for those creatures to attack next turn (and they said that they would be attacking), do the need to sacrafice all but one of those creatures from the oracle en-vec ability?
Oracle en-Vec says that the chosen creatures attack "if able," no other creatures can attack, and any chosen creatures that don't attack (regardless of reason) are destroyed. Ghostly Prison would prevent each creature from attacking if that creature's cost isn't paid.
Your opponent would have to find the mana to pay Ghostly Prison's cost, find a way to remove the Prison first, or have indestructible creatures to get out of this predicament. Removing the Prison would remove the mana requirement, and indestructible creatures would survive not attacking (since the Oracle's ability says "destroy," not "sacrifice").
June 20, 2018 12:37 p.m.
Raging_Squiggle says... #3
It's worth noting that your opponent can just pick 0 creatures they control to be forced to attack. Oracle en-Vec's ability says "target opponent chooses any number of creatures they control..." So if they're aware that ghostly prison might make them lose their creatures, they could just pick 0 of them.
Gidgetimer says... #1
The destroy clause does allow them to keep creatures that were unable to attack, so even if they were unable to attack they will be destroyed. Now it is specifically destruction not sacrifice, so something that makes their creatures indestructible will be able to save them.
June 20, 2018 11:56 a.m.