What happens if I flicker Gilded Drake before the ability resolves?
Asked by Kilroy54 8 years ago
If play Gilded Drake and exile it with Mistmeadow Witch before Gilded Drake's enter the battlefield ability resolves, do I still get control of a creature?
If so, do I get to sacrifice Gilded Drake when it enters the battlefield again at the end step and still keep the taken creature?
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #2
No you do not get teh creature if you exile Gilded Drake before the ETB trigger resolves. When you exchange control of things the exchange does not occur if one of the things is not there to exchange.
What you could do because of the way Mistmeadow Witch is worded is exile it after the abiity resolves (targets any creature) and it will come back under your control (return under owner's control) on the next endstep. At that point you can steal another creature or sac the drake without effecting the exchange since there are no return clauses on Gilded Drake.
September 9, 2015 2:52 p.m.
Gidgetimer says... #3
Damn my misuse of homonyms and the fact that un-upgraded users can only edit original posts, not replies.
Last sentence should be "affecting the exchange", which wouldn't matter except that "effecting" could be a verb in that context and would make the reply wrong.
Epochalyptik says... #1
Nothing will happen. An exchange can only occur if the objects in the exchange are present at the time the exchange would occur. You can't blink Gilded Drake and exchange nothing for a target creature; one part of the exchange is missing, so the exchange will not occur.
September 9, 2015 2:50 p.m.