A ton of questions involving Vibrating Sphere
Asked by UniqueUserID 9 years ago
I think I finally thought of a way to make Vibrating Sphere playable. But some of the combo messiness is beyond my basic knowledge. Could you help clarify what happens in these scenarios?
1) Vibrating Sphere is on the field. I have an Nether Traitor on the field and 3 in the graveyard. When it is my opponents turn the static ability kicks in and will make him a 1/0 and he will be destroyed/moved to the graveyard. Can I make a endless loop with the other 3 to do this endlessly? What is the LOWEST amount I need to make an endless loop?
2) River Kelpie is on the field. I play Victimize sacrificing River Kelpie and targeting two River Kelpie's in the graveyard. Does River Kelpie who was sac'ed enter the field at the SAME time? How many cards do I draw?
3) It's the my opponents turn and I have two River Kelpie's on the field, one Butcher of Malakir and one Gnawing Zombie and of course Vibrating Sphere too. Is there a way to stack Gnawing Zombie's ability so both River Kelpie enter play at the same time to add extra draws? And would they have to sac 4 creatures to Butcher of Malakir effect?
4) Returned Reveler dies and I have one Nether Traitor traitor in the graveyard. But his discard effect also discarded 3 Nether Traitors from the deck to the graveyard. I don't suppose somehow I can use the stack somehow to summon these?
Sorry about the the wall of text, I don't want to accidentally pull of something I can't do!
Epochalyptik says... #2
1
It's not endless. You eventually have to choose to stop the loop because it's not a loop of mandatory actions.
2
The original Kelpie isn't sacrificed until the spell resolves, so the spell will resolve completely before the persist ability is put onto the stack. The other two Kelpies will be on the field already. This would be different if the sacrifice were an additional cost to cast.
3
Independent abilities or spells NEVER resolve simultaneously. Each persist ability is separate and will resolve one at a time. Butcher's ability triggers as many times as is appropriate.
4
No. The Reveler has to die in order for its ability to trigger, so that event is long gone by the time the Shadows are milled.
Note that you can't discard from your library. Discarding is from the hand. "Milling" is from the library.
erabel says... Accepted answer #1
Ask unrelated questions in separate... questions. At any rate, short answers:
Longer answers:
July 1, 2015 11:57 a.m.