How does sidisi, brood tyrant work with hermit Druid?
Asked by bparx 10 years ago
If you were playing a deck with no basic lands, could you activate hermit Druid with Sidisi, and in turn get infinite zombies?
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2
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Hermit Druid
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
I'm really not sure how you plan on making infinite zombies with this interaction. You'll mill your entire deck, and Sidisi's ability will trigger once, giving you one 2/2 Zombie token.
September 5, 2014 7:36 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #3
@lemmingllama: You've made a couple mistakes. First, Sidisi, Brood Tyrant 's abilities are triggered abilities. Triggered abilities are triggered. Only activated abilities can be activated.
Also, you don't lose immediately for having an empty library. You only lose when you have to draw a card from an empty library.
September 5, 2014 7:38 p.m.
lemmingllama says... #4
@Epochalyptik Excuse me for not being perfectly clear. I understand it is a triggered ability, just operating on little sleep and so wrote the wrong thing.
As for an empty library, he would still die regardless. Since the zombies don't have haste, then it would take a turn for him to attack. He would have to draw before his combat phase, making him lose the game.
September 5, 2014 7:43 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
@lemmingllama: Although it's true the Zombie would have summoning sickness, the way you phrased your response seemed to imply that you would lose the game just for having an empty library. It's best to clarify in situations like this exactly what you mean.
September 5, 2014 7:56 p.m.
And just in case it wasn't entirely clear, the reason that the ability only triggers once is that it triggers from "One or more creature cards" and so any number of cards going at once is still only one trigger.
If it had said something like "For each creature card that enters your graveyard from your library..." it would work the way you were hoping it would.
lemmingllama says... #1
No. Since all of your creatures would go from your library to your graveyard at once, Sidisi's ability would only activate once. Also you would die before your zombie could attack, since you would be decked out.
September 5, 2014 7:34 p.m.