emrakul proteus staff combo
Asked by impacted_tooth 14 years ago
what happens if proteus staff reveals emrakul and is put into play? does this mean that the take another turn ability trigger? if so you get to untap the staff, take another turn, and again target emrakul. if emrakul is the only creature card in the deck, he eventually is again revealed due to the staff's ability, hence he is put into play and his take another turn ability is again triggered. if legal, this creates an infinite loop, is that correct?
I suppose you could use Omen Machine along with Civic Guildmage /Shadow Guildmage /Nightscape Apprentice /Sunscape Apprentice to continuously put Emrakul on your library, play him for free to get an extra turn, put him on your library etc... But you'd need to have the Machine and an Apprentice/Guildmage out and Emrakul on top of your library. =P
Hey, just make it an Omen Machine/Eldrazi deck and hope for the best? Or Tunnel Vision for Emrakul when you have the other two pieces out :D
Saint says... Accepted answer #1
No, that doesn't work. Emrakul, the Aeons Torn only gives you a free turn when you cast him - that is, when you play him as a spell. Proteus Staff puts him directly into play so he won't give you an extra turn.
If the Staff said you could "...play/cast it without paying its mana cost..." or something, then it would work, but it doesn't so... it doesn't. [:
May 27, 2011 10:16 a.m.