Throwing Knife + Willbreaker combo - only 1 target allowed?
Asked by MoJoMiXuP 8 years ago
Hey all, I was playing my Derevi, Empyrial Tactician EDH deck last night and had Willbreaker on the field. Buddy asked me if I had Throwing Knife in my deck. He explained how Throwing Knife can declare a target, which lets Willbreaker steal it, and then choose not to sac so I can keep using it in later rounds of combat.
My question is can I stack multiple targets with the Throwing Knife on a single declare attacker step in order to steal multiple creatures via Willbreaker or force sacrifice via Dismiss into Dream?
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #2
No, When the equipped creature attacks Throwing Knife's sacrifice ability triggers once because the creature was declared attacking once. As part of putting the ability on the stack you choose a single target for the ability. Willbreaker or the ability granted by Dismiss into Dream will then trigger. Unless you have a way to change the target of Throwing Knife you can not at this point change it.
March 31, 2016 12:48 p.m.
Thanks for the clarification Epochalyptik and Gidgetimer.
Epochalyptik says... #1
No. You get one trigger per event. You don't get to generate an arbitrary number of triggers for one attacker.
March 31, 2016 12:37 p.m.