Does Open into Wonder and Stealer of Secrets stack?
Asked by elshora 6 years ago
If you cast Open Into Wonder targeting your Stealer of Secrets and proceed to attack with it will you draw 2 cards assuming combat damage is dealt? Or does this fall into redundancy even though the wording of the 2 drawing abilities stacked on Stealer are worded differently?
There is no functional mechanic of redundancy in MtG - even if you'd cast Open Into Wonder on that creature twice, it would have this ability text:
Whenever Stealer of Secrets deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
While such a card would likely not be printed, there's no reason why you wouldn't draw three cards when dealing combat damage to a player here - the last two abilities neither overwrite each other because they have the same text nor because they have an origin of identical name (nor for any other reason).
The term of redundancy is used (I believe) exclusively for keyword abilities such as Deathtouch - a creature can still have multiple instances of it, yet it will be redundant because lethal damage is always lethal damage - you can't deal "twice lethal damage" (and if you could, it wouldn't do anything special).
June 23, 2017 8:49 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
Triggered abilities - abilities that start with "when", "whenever", or "at" - always "stack". If more than one instance of a triggered ability exists (whether on a single card or spread across multiple cards) then all of them will trigger when the given event happens.
Neotrup says... #1
It has both abilities so you will draw two cards.
June 23, 2017 12:47 a.m.