Tree of Perdition and Turn to Frog
Asked by Renaud 7 years ago
My opponent is at 20
I activate Tree of Perdition's ability, hold priority, and cast Turn to Frog targeting my Tree.
My opponent goes to 1 life, and my Tree is a 1/20
What happens after my turn?
Does my Tree become a 0/13? 0/32? something else?
I din't expect the answer to make so much sense, thanks :)
merrowMania says... Accepted answer #1
It will become a 0/20. The rules use timestamps to determine this (note that timestamps care about order of resolution, with the latest being be the one that is shown).
For the Power:
The only thing affecting the power it Turn to Frog, the duration of which is until the end of your turn. At this point, the effect ends and the toughness goes back to the previous 'timestamp,' which is the original power in this case.
For the Toughness: You have a 13 Toughness creature to start. You place a timestamp with TtF making the Toughness 1. After that (in terms of resolution), you have Tree's ability setting the toughness to 20. When the end of the turn rolls around, the duration of TtF ends, but it does not have the latest timestamp, so it has no effect on the Tree. Tree's ability does not have a duration, so it will continue to affect its tounghess until something new affects it.
Hope this answered your question. If not, feel free to ask about anything that confuses you :)
August 5, 2016 11:09 p.m.