Diffusion Sliver and Counterspells?

Asked by ZeldaThornley 9 years ago

If i have a Diffusion Sliver on the field and I'm casting another sliver, then a Counterspell is on the stack (Or something similar), does the diffusion sliver's 2 mana additional activate, making a counterspell now 2UU? If Diffusion Sliver is entering, does her ability trigger as well? So if someone countered Diffusion, do they still pay the two additional?

FancyTuesday says... Accepted answer #1

Negative. Diffusion Sliver's ability only applies to Slivers that are on the battlefield, see:

403.2 A spell or ability affects and checks only the battlefield unless it specifically mentions a player or another zone.

July 28, 2014 5:26 p.m.

ZeldaThornley says... #2

Thank you!

July 28, 2014 5:37 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... #3

Note that only activated abilities can be activated. Diffusion Sliver has no activated abilities. Rather, it has a triggered ability.

July 28, 2014 6:44 p.m.

Gidgetimer says... #4

It actually has a triggered ability...

July 28, 2014 8:05 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... #5

Huh. I thought that's what I typed. I must have deleted the correction instead. Oops.

July 28, 2014 8:53 p.m.

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