Does Angel of Jubilation's ability interact with Ghostly Prison?
Asked by TypicalTimmy 2 years ago
Angel of Jubilation says players can't pay life to cast spells or activate abilities. If I have her and Ghostly Prison out, does this mean an opponent can no longer pay 2 life instead of to attack me?
See, I know that an activated ability is structured as this:
- Cost --> Colon --> Effect
It almost seems like Ghostly Prison is worded to seem like a triggered ability, because it lacks the cost-colon-effect structure. But it is a cost that must be paid prior to declaring attackers, which almost makes it seem more like this:
- : This creature may attack Player A until end of turn.
So is it an activated ability that is worded like a triggered ability? Because if so, if Angel of Jubilation does interact with Ghostly Prison, that becomes a very hard lock on any player who isn't running in their deck.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #2
To be clear: the card being discussed is Norn's Annex
Like you noted, an activated ability is always written as "[Cost]: [Effect]". Norn's Annex doesn't have any activated abilities, so Angel of Jubilation doesn't have any interaction with it.
Triggered abilities always start with either "when", "whenever", or "at". Norn's Annex doesn't have any triggered abilities either. It just has a static ability.
To your follow-up question: yes, the cost has to be paid each time a creature is declared an attacker against you or a planeswalker you control.
TypicalTimmy says... #1
Side note, but I think Ghostly Prison isn't an "until end of turn" effect. I think it's per combat phase. So if you get a second combat phase, you'd have to pay for each of your creatures a second time?
October 25, 2021 3:03 a.m.