Does Brago’s Ability Refresh Sunburst Counters?
Asked by bjgivesbj 2 years ago
Long story short, I have a Pentad Prism on the battlefield which I payed two colors of mana to cast. Later in the game, with all the counters spent, I do combat damage with Brago, King Eternal, and flicker the Pentad Prism. Does it return to the battlefield with 2 counters because it retains the “metadata” from when it was first cast, or does it enter the battlefield this way with zero counters because it entered in such a way not cast with mana? (Thus, does it not retain original casting data between battlefield and exile)?
This applies for all permanents. When a permanent enters the battlefield, it is always treated as a new object with no memory of any other time it was in play. This is why cards like Ephemerate are good. Apart from getting to repeat ETB abilities, exiling something and returning it in response to an opponent targeting it with a spell makes it a different permanent than the one they targeted, so the spell won't hit it.
April 3, 2022 1:59 p.m.
Hey thanks for taking the time to help me with this! Makes more sense now.
legendofa says... Accepted answer #1
Pentad Prism would return with no counters. Your "does not retain original casting data" is a good way to put it. It's basically treated as an entirely new object. Since no mana was used to cast it when it enters, it doesn't get the Sunburst effect.
April 3, 2022 1:52 p.m.