Blood Scrivener Draw Interaction
Asked by Delphen7 3 years ago
If I control a Blood Scrivener , and somehow my draw was replaced, say through Uba Mask what would happen?
I'm asking since if I control both I can choose the order they happen in. So I could have Blood Scrivener trigger first, and see I have no cards so then replace the draw with 2. I would have Uba eats the first card, then Blood Scrivener sees I have no cards left for the second card. Would Blood Scrivener then replace this draw with 2 since I have no cards in hand?. The idea would be to forever loop Uba Mask and Scrivener to effectively "draw" my whole deck.
To be more precise, you choose the order because you're the one being affected, not because you control the effects.
On to the question: This is going to work differently depending on the order. If you apply Blood Scrivener first, you are now drawing two cards. Uba Mask will apply to both cards you attempt to draw. You will exile two cards face-up and lose 1 life.
If you apply Uba Mask first, it will replace the draw. Since you are no longer drawing a card, Blood Scrivener's replacement effect no longer applies and you will simply exile one card face-up. In this case, there is no way to loop the effects.
Another important point here is that a replacement effect can't apply multiple times to the same action. Preventing yourself from drawing one of the cards after Blood Scrivener's replacement effect will not cause its effect to replace the draw with a "draw two, lose one life" a second time (if replacement effects could apply multiple times, Blood Scrivener would loop infinitely on its own).
February 2, 2021 5:45 p.m.
Polaris TheRealSpecialK That makes sense, thanks both of you.
TheRealSpecialK says... #1
It unfortunately doesn't work that way. First of all, both are replacement effects as opposed to triggered effects. A replacement effect (like the Scrivener's) can't apply more than once to the same event. You would simply exile two cards instead of drawing two.
February 2, 2021 5:38 p.m.