Can you Stifle Lotus Vale to prevent the land sacrifice
Asked by tyforthevenom 9 years ago
Or is it not an ability
PremiumCola says... #2
I agree, the Lotus Vale ability is not activated or triggered so it cannot be stifled.
Or is it not an ability
I agree, the Lotus Vale ability is not activated or triggered so it cannot be stifled.
TheRedMage says... Accepted answer #1
The current oracle text of the relevant ability on Lotus Vale is:
If Lotus Vale would come into play, sacrifice two untapped lands instead. If you do, put Lotus Vale into play. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
Worded this way, the ability is a static ability that creates a replacement effect, not a triggered ability (if it were a trigger, it would start with "when", "whenever" or "at"), and as such it cannot be Stifled.
June 10, 2015 12:15 p.m.