Polaris on Can negative counters from instances …
3 days ago
As a side note, Judith's best friend is Electrickery. Who says Izzet and Rakdos can't get along?
Polaris on Can negative counters from instances …
3 days ago
Well, yes, but actually no, for two different reasons.
Deathtouch and lifelink are just keywords, and Judith, Carnage Connoisseur can apply them to any spell, as the ability says. However, those keywords only apply when something deals damage.
First reason: Disfigure gives a creature -2/-2, and that's it. It does not put -1/-1 counters on the target, and it does not deal damage. Neither deathtouch nor lifelink will apply here.
Second reason: Even as a 1/1, your friend's indestructible creature cannot be destroyed. Since deathtouch has the effect of "whenever this deals damage to a creature, destroy that creature," indestructible nullifies it.
To deal with an indestructible creature, you generally need to exile it, reduce its toughness to 0 or less (at which point it will die without being destroyed), or force the opponent to sacrifice it. Something like Disfigure is usually ideal for the job—it just wasn't big enough in this case. Grasp of Darkness would have worked perfectly.
Usually, Judith, Carnage Connoisseur wants damage spells like Lightning Bolt for removal, though those will have issues with indestructible. On Disfigure, you'd just use the Imp mode of her ability.
Gidgetimer on Can negative counters from instances …
4 days ago
So, deathtouch and lifelink only apply to damage. Neither counters, nor temporary power/toughness reductions deal damage. They are therefore unaffected.
Also, for reference something only puts counters on a thing if the effect uses the word "counter". Black Sun's Zenith puts counters on creatures. Disfigure does not.
magpie3728 on Can negative counters from instances …
4 days ago
Can negative counter instances or sorceries gain death touch?
Hi I was playing a commander deck around Judith, Carnage Connoisseur and was using Disfigure to get rid of a friends 3/3 with indestructible - I assumed that through Judith, Carnage Connoisseur deathtouch and lifelink ability that the counter would get deathtouch and even though his 3/3 is brought to 1/1 the dealth touch would kill it. We assumed that was how it worked, but now I am not sure.
Any clarification on how those abilities can apply, if at all, to negative counters would be appreciated.
Thanks you,
Rhadamanthus on Does shadow of the second …
1 week ago
Supersaulty: An answer to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future, remember to use the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the most helpful answer if you feel your question has been resolved and you don't have any more follow-ups.
Rhadamanthus on Just double checking
1 week ago
It depends on what type of Commander format you're asking about. In the official Commander format, there is no separate "banned as commander" list (there used to be, but that was changed several years ago), and Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary is just banned. However, in the unofficial "Duel Commander" format, Rofellos is only on the "banned as commander" list but is otherwise allowed (link).
MLS91 on Just double checking
1 week ago
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary is banned as a commander but playable in a deck? Double checking before I drop some cash
Rhadamanthus on Copy Y‘Shtola Rhul
1 week ago
Yes, you have the right idea. Note the last part of the ability isn't a separate or additional trigger, just an additional effect of Y'shtola's triggered ability that's applied if its resolving during the first end step of the turn. It probably doesn't matter for tracking purposes, but the way it works out is that if you have the multiple Y'shtola triggers resolve in the order A, B, C (assuming 3 copies) then the additional end steps will happen in the order C, B, A because of how the triggers insert them into the turn order as they resolve.
Rhadamanthus on Does Kaya's Ghostform trigger twice …
1 week ago
okays: An answer to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future, remember to use the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the most helpful answer to your question to show that the question has been resolved.
Quickspell on Copy Y‘Shtola Rhul
1 week ago
When I have multiple instances of Y'shtola Rhul, they should all trigger an additional time after the first end step, providing one „first“ end step and multiple additonal end steps, is that correct?
Polaris on Xenograft and reaper king
1 week ago
Xenograft's type-changing ability is a static effect, which means each of your creatures will enter the battlefield as a Scarecrow. They will trigger Reaper King. They will not be Scarecrow cards in you library, graveyard etc for effects that search for creature types, and they will not be Scarecrow spells on the stack, but they will be Scarecrow creatures at all times as long as you control them.
K34 on Xenograft and reaper king
1 week ago
Does Xenograft allow me to blow up permanents with Reaper King or does the creature need to be a scarecrow before it hits the battlefield?
Rhadamanthus on Dreadhorde, Etwine and Overload
1 week ago
MLS91: An answer to your questions has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked the response as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future, remember to use the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the best answer to your question in order to resolve the discussion.
I try to avoid marking my own responses when I do this but in this case it was the only option.
Caerwyn on Does shadow of the second …
2 weeks ago
Before answering your question, I did want to address that your foundational assumption is a bit flawed.
Under the Magic Tournament rules, you do not have to name a specific card in order to use an effect like Nevermore. What you must do is provide enough specificity to clearly identify the card you are trying to name. Context and intent is a factor in that decision, as are common colloquialisms. If Both "Approach" and "Second Sun", as phrases, might appear on multiple cards, but as a colloquialism in Magic, they only ever refer to Approach of the Second Sun. Accordingly, the usage of either phrase clearly telegraphs the intent of the user as to what specific card they wanted to hit with a Nevermore style effect.
Thus, under the tournament rules, you would pretty certainly be in the wrong when you used your "Gotcha! I have a similarly named card!" The other player provided more than enough specificity to identify their intent to hit Approach of the Second Sun, and therefore that intent and identification should be considered valid.
Designing a deck specifically for a "gotcha" moment very well might violate the social contract of playing games with friends, so buyer beware before doing something that is fairly certain to be frowned upon by your friends.
Regarding your actual question, multiple copies will trigger independently and give you an additional beginning phase per trigger resolution.
Supersaulty on Does shadow of the second …
2 weeks ago
Stumbled on this card because I built an Approach of the Second Sun deck and I know there are spells out there that let you name a spell and search for all spells with that name. Knowing my play group they will either just say approach or just say second sun (at least once until I tell them too bad they can't take that spell, they can still search but if they want to break my deck then they will have to remember word for word the names of spells if they want to run that lmao). Anyway, searched just second sun and this gem popped out and since I'm running white and blue it would be perfect. Just want to know if it stacks. I guess the only benefit for me if it does stack would be the added draw as the only 3 nonland permanents in the deck are Solemnity, Nine Lives (both just to buy time), and Chromatic Lantern.
Yesterday on Would I still gain life …
2 weeks ago
You still gain the life if you fail to find the land, yup.
And, though niche, you have the option of 'failing to find' even if you have a land of that type in your library, but don't want to fetch it for some reason. You'd still search your library and you'd still gain 1 life.
DeathBySprnkles on Would I still gain life …
2 weeks ago
If I play a land like Riveteers Overlook and I don’t have the valid lands in my library (most likely because they all on the battlefield, hand and/or graveyard) do I just shuffle and gain the one life?
seshiro_of_the_orochi on Does Kaya's Ghostform trigger twice …
2 weeks ago
Did a quick google search because I wanted to give a proper answer.
Yes, Ghostform triggers twice. No, it doesn't creature a copy of the enchanted permanent. Instead, the trigger that resolves first returns the permanent to the field. As the second trigger isn't able to reanimate anything, it fizzles and doesn't do anything.
okays on Does Kaya's Ghostform trigger twice …
2 weeks ago
And if so; would it make a duplicate of the enchanted permanent?
Rhadamanthus on Dreadhorde, Etwine and Overload
2 weeks ago
1) Dreadhorde Arcanist's power only needs to be 7, since that's the mana value of Tooth and Nail. You do need to pay the additional entwine cost separately if you want to make use of it. A spell's "mana cost" is specifically the symbols printed up in the corner, and when an effect tells you to cast something "without paying its mana cost", that's the only part of the cost you get for free. Anything else still needs to be paid for.
2) You can't overload Vandalblast this way. "Overload" is an alternate cost, and "without paying its mana cost" is also an alternate cost. Only one alternate cost can be applied to casting a spell, and Dreadhorde Arcanist's ability only gives you permission to cast the spell from your graveyard with its own alternate cost, not any other.
MLS91 on Dreadhorde, Etwine and Overload
2 weeks ago
Dreadhorde Arcanist castings
After reading some rulings on gatherer I wanted to ask for further clarification:
1) Does dreadhorde's power need to be 7 and i can alternatively at the time of cast spend mana otherwise(land or artifact, or floating) for the entwine cost seeing as it is an "additional" cost or does it need to be 9 to entwine a Tooth and Nail off of Arcanist?
2) In the case of "overload" in the subject matter of Vandalblast, dreadhorde's power MUST be 5 to choose the overload casting cost of vandalblast?
Rhadamanthus on Blood moon
3 weeks ago
All of Glacial Chasm's other abilities get turned off and Dryad Arbor stays alive as a 1/1 that taps for .
The reason Blood Moon's type-changing effect does so many other things (including some things you might not expect) is because of a special rule it interacts with. If an effect sets a land to a specific basic subtype but does NOT say "in addition to its other types", then the land gains the mana ability for that basic subtype, loses its other land subtypes (if any) along with any mana abilities given by those subtypes and also loses any abilities in its printed rules text.
For Glacial Chasm, this means it loses its ETB, its cumulative upkeep ability and its static abilities about attacking and damage. It gains the Mountain subtype (it doesn't gain the Basic supertype) and it gains the ability to tap for . For Dryad Arbor, being a creature isn't an ability, it's just one of its types. It stays a 1/1 Dryad creature (its creature subtype is unaffected), it loses the Forest subtype and the ability to tap for and gains the Mountain subtype and the ability to tap for .
305.7. If an effect sets a land’s subtype to one or more of the basic land types, the land no longer has its old land type. It loses all abilities generated from its rules text, its old land types, and any copiable effects affecting that land, and it gains the appropriate mana ability for each new basic land type. Note that this doesn’t remove any abilities that were granted to the land by other effects. Setting a land’s subtype doesn’t add or remove any card types (such as creature) or supertypes (such as basic, legendary, and snow) the land may have. If a land gains one or more land types in addition to its own, it keeps its land types and rules text, and it gains the new land types and mana abilities.
MLS91 on Blood moon
3 weeks ago
Blood Moon effect removes the etb of Glacial Chasm this I understand, but going further into it does it remove the static effect as well? In a similar dive does BM destroy/kill Dryad Arbor