how does Blaze Commando's triggered ability work?

Asked by gheridarigaaz 11 years ago

Blaze Commando -for reference

How does this work?

"Whenever an instant or sorcery deals damage"

I get that it works for each instance of the mention of "deal damage" like in Punish the Enemy . How does it work with overload?

Does it trigger for each permanent or player dealt damage? Or just for each instance of the spell mentioning deal damage?

gheridarigaaz says... #1

The info i got before this was from gatherer... it's annoying that they didnt mention anything about overload spells or spells like Slagstorm

May 29, 2013 6:04 a.m.

Absinthman says... #2

Information like this can often be found on the Gatherer page of the particulat card. In this case, the relevant ruling is this:

Blaze Commandos ability triggers each time an instant or sorcery spell you control deals damage (or, put another way, the number of times the word deals appears in its instructions), no matter how much damage is dealt or how many players or permanents are dealt damage. For example, if you cast Punish the Enemy and it deals 3 damage to target player and 3 damage to target creature, Blaze Commandos ability will trigger once and youll get two Soldier tokens.

May 29, 2013 6:09 a.m.

Absinthman says... #3

To elaborate: What is the most important piece of information is "how many times to word "deals" appears on the card. Oveload doesn't add any more instances of "deals" onto the card. It only replaces "target" with each. The number of triggers doesn't change.

May 29, 2013 6:45 a.m.

gheridarigaaz says... #4

Yes but do they count as separate instances for each permanent or player or does it only count as a single instance if it simultaneously deals damage to several targets without wording it the way Punish the Enemy does.

May 29, 2013 6:49 a.m.

Absinthman says... Accepted answer #5

I've just re-read your question. Let me put it this way: Just count the number of times the word "deals" appears on a card. Even if the spell deals damage to four creatures (overloaded Mizzium Mortars ), Blaze Commando triggers only once. On the other hand, if you cast Clan Defiance with all three modes, it triggers three times.

May 29, 2013 6:50 a.m.