Which cards allow you to take special actions to stop a delayed ability or trigger?
Asked by Yesterday 4 years ago
So I was reading about special actions as a side-note of trying to explain Split second cards like Trickbind . One of the special actions caught my interest:
115.2c Some effects allow a player to take an action at a later time, usually to end a continuous effect or to stop a delayed triggered ability from triggering. Doing so is a special action. A player can take such an action any time they have priority, unless that effect specifies another timing restriction, for as long as the effect allows it.
The only card I can think of that does something like this is Sabertooth Cobra , am I right in that? If so, what are some examples of other cards that allow you to take this action? I don't have a clue how I'd look something like that up on Gatherer.
Thanks, it appears to be a bad old snake thing apparently . Can I ask how you found these?
April 29, 2019 5:41 p.m.
nobu_the_bard says... #3
Do licids count? There's twelve of them. They let you pay to end a continuous effect; its a special action that doesn't use the stack. I think only Dominating Licid and maybe Transmogrifying Licid see much play, consider them the paragons of the type.
April 30, 2019 7:16 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
If you're trying to explain Split Second, you really only need to explain spells and activated abilities (with notes on mana abilities) in any amount of detail. It lets you avoid having to spend time searching for weird side examples like this.
April 30, 2019 9:07 a.m.
@nobu_the_bard those are similar to a few that Colgate listed, in that they are creatures that use special actions to end a continuous effect. Not exactly what I was looking for but still relevant. Thx bbz.
@Rhadamanthus yep that's definitely true. He isn't advanced enough to really get these yet, nor is it incredibly likely to come up... nor will these rules need to be explained in detail if it does.
A lot of these old cards aren't very useful by any means, but I like to learn the rulings on things in the game I don't understand. I just put the bit of explanation text in my question because I was going to tack on another question which I figured out before I had posted it, so liek w/e and stuff.
@Colgate I think those three snakes may in fact be the lot of them. Thanks again.
Colgate says... Accepted answer #1
I found Leonin Arbiter , Damping Engine , Lost in Thought , Volrath's Curse , Glass Asp and Nafs Asp .
April 29, 2019 10:02 a.m.