Help on triggered abilities
Asked by unbendingsea 9 years ago
I am a little curious about how this interaction will go, so here is my scenario.
I play a Chalice of the Void and make chalice have 1 counter on it. My opponent tried to play Gitaxian Probe either way you look at the probe, it's converted mana cost is still 1 whether they pay 2 life or one blue mana for it. So my main question is that if you have a Monastery Swiftspear on the field before Chalice of the Void is set to 1 counter and my opponent pays two life for tthe probe, does the Monastery Swiftspear get the prowess triggered ability?
Gidgetimer says... #2
Yes prowess will still trigger. Chalice of the Void doesn't stop players from casting spells, it simply counters them. So Gitaxian Probe will be cast and both triggered abilities will trigger. The end result is Monastery Swiftspear gets+1/+1 until end of turn but Gitaxian Probe will not resolve.
November 4, 2014 11:18 a.m.
Necrohellion says... #3
Monastery Swiftspear would get the prowess trigger because it triggers when a non-creature spell is cast and a spell is considered having been cast even if it is countered
November 4, 2014 11:19 a.m.
merrowMania says... #4
The prowess ability will trigger because the condition for it was met; a noncreature spell was CAST. Prowess does not care if the spell resolves.603.1. Triggered abilities have a trigger condition and an effect. They are written as [Trigger condition], [effect], and begin with the word when, whenever, or at. They can also be expressed as [When/Whenever/At] [trigger event], [effect].
November 4, 2014 11:19 a.m.
Just to be clear though, you're describing a situation where -you- have the Swiftspear and -they- are casting the probe, in which case prowess won't trigger at all because it only triggers when YOU cast spells.
But if they had the swiftspear, and tried to cast the Probe into the Chalice, they'd still get the trigger.
November 4, 2014 11:34 a.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #6
I think his wording was unclear, but his opponent controlled both the Swiftspear and the Gitaxian Probe .
GlistenerAgent says... #1
The Prowess ability triggers whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, as does the Chalice of the Void . This means that the Prowess ability will occur when Gitaxian Probe , even if it is countered with Chalice of the Void .
November 4, 2014 11:17 a.m.