Multiple Door of Destinies
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Posted on March 6, 2014, 6:32 p.m. by Shrooblord
Hey guys,
I've been trying to figure this out for a couple of months now, but haven't been able to find anything conclusive on the matter. In my deck, Ooze Bruise, I want to have three Door of Destinies cards, mainly because it's such a key stratagem for the deck. However, I'm uncertain as to what would happen should I get multiple Doors onto the battlefield simultaneously, each with a different amount of charge counters on them, but all being set to buff 'Ooze'.
Consider the following example:-There is one 1/1 Ooze token on the battlefield.-There are two Door of Destinies active on the battlefield, with the following attributes: -Door One has three counters and is set to buff 'Ooze'. -Door Two has four counters and is set to buff 'Ooze'.What happens to the Ooze token? Does it become an 8/8 or a 5/5? Do the buffs from multiple Doors add up, or does the 'highest buffer' count?
Another question regarding this is the specific wording on the card. It literally states that "Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, put a charge counter on Door of Destinies." However, both of two cards are called 'Door of Destinies'. Should the text be read as "put a charge counter on -THIS- Door of Destinies" or as "put a charge counter on -ANY CARD NAMED- Door of Destinies"? Because if it's the latter, I could not only decide which Door gets the counters, but also, possibly, this could mean that both Doors would put counters on each other as well, doubling their buffing effect.
I'd appreciate any light you can shine on the matter, and I'd really, really like to see the rules you've based your answer on, if you can provide it.
Shrooblord says... #3
Cool, thanks. It's basically what I expected to happen with the Door's mechanics, but you never really know with Magic, do you? ;)
Would you happen to know the rules that refer to this? I like to see the 'fine-print', shall we say. Thanks anyway, if you don't!
March 6, 2014 6:50 p.m.
Shrooblord says... #5
Sorry, Epochalyptik ! I'll remember for my next posts!
megawurmple says... #2
In the first question, both Doors will buff, so your 1/1 will become an 8/8. The buffs stack.
As for the second part, whenever a card references its name in the text, it means "this card", unless it says "all cards named..." Therefore, your Doors would each get 1 counter each time you cast an Ooze spell.
March 6, 2014 6:36 p.m.