How many activations of Flameshadow Conjuring?
Asked by fyrworx 9 years ago
Two folded question.Part 1.Turn 4 - Play flameshadow conjuring. Turn 5 - Play a monastery swiftspear, can I create 4 tokens of the swiftspear?
Part 2.Would activating flameshadow conjuring activate prowess?
Gidgetimer says... #2
Please link all cards in your question:
Part 1: Flameshadow Conjuring has a triggered ability that triggers once for each non-token creature that enters the battlefield under your control. Upon resolution of the ability you get the option to pay 
. If you do you get a copy of the creature. If you don't you do not get a copy. Flameshadow Conjuring does not give you the option to pay more than once per creature so you can not make multiple copies of the same creature.
Part 2: Prowess specifies "when you cast a non-creature spell." Abilities are not spells and will not trigger it.
Part 2.5: Some pedantic asshole will probably come by and tell you that Flameshadow Conjuring is a triggered ability, not an activated one, and only activated ones are activated. Even though it is perfectly clear that you meant pay the additional cost upon resolution.
July 19, 2015 11:01 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #3
I'm disappointed in the preemptive dickishness, Gidgetimer. I thought you were better than that.
July 19, 2015 noon
Gidgetimer says... #5
It was more inciting an "us against them" attitude to ingratiate while correcting as well as a touch of sourness from being called pedantic myself when I find the distinctions clear that I am making.
My intent wasn't to cause affront to anyone, I actually reloaded to make sure I wasn't directly calling anyone out although booster did submit in the 10 sec between me checking and me posting. The intent was to use some rudimentary psychology to not offend people as a matter of fact.
acbooster says... Accepted answer #1
Make sure to link all cards in your question using double square brackets
Flameshadow Conjuring
Monastery Swiftspear
For the first question, no. The way the Conjuring works is it gives you an option to pay R when a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control. If you choose to pay it, you get the token. If you choose not to, nothing happens.
For the second question, no. Prowess only procs when you cast a noncreature spell, and the token generation of the Conjuring is from an ability.
July 19, 2015 11:01 a.m.