Ratchet bomb and totem armor

Asked by MountainMan817 10 years ago

It there is a Gladecover Scout with a Hyena Umbra and a Rancor ... And i blow up Ratchet Bomb with 1 counter... How does that all resolve?

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

Rancor will be destroyed (and go back to its owner's hand) and Hyena Umbra will be destroyed. Gladecover Scout will be saved by the totem armor ability. Because of the way it works, totem armor will take effect even if the aura is being destroyed at the same time the creature would be destroyed. This is one of the rulings notes on Hyena Umbra's Gatherer page:

If a spell or ability (such as Planar Cleansing) would destroy both an Aura with totem armor and the permanent it's enchanting at the same time, totem armor's effect will save the enchanted permanent from being destroyed. Instead, the spell or ability will destroy the Aura in two different ways at the same time, but the result is the same as destroying it once

April 14, 2014 10:46 p.m.