If I have two Galecaster Colossus on the battlefield, how does their abbilities trigger?
Asked by player_RO 5 years ago
So, I have two Galecaster Colossus on the battlefield, and their ability is "Tap an untapped Wizard you control:Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand." So if I have two Colossus on the battlefield and I tap a Wizard, does that mean that I can return to the owner's hand two permanents with just one tapped Wizard?
I see, now I understand the rulling around the ability. Thank you.
September 2, 2018 2:15 p.m.
Specifically the ordering of activating abilities is to announce which ability you're activating first (only one), put it on the stack, and then pay for it (none of this can be interrupted). Because you can only do this one ability at a time, you can't tap one wizard once to activate two separate abilities.
In order to get multiple effects out of one action, you'd need triggered abilities. Something worded like, "Whenever you tap a wizard you control, (do a thing)." If you had something like this on, say, two creatures, then tapped a wizard to activate the Colossus's ability, it would count for the Colossus and also the two triggered abilities.
Neotrup says... Accepted answer #1
No. Galecaster Colossus has an activated ability which requires paying an activation cost, rather than a triggered ability. When you pay the activation cost for one (by tapping a wizard) you are only making the payment for one of the colossi, not both. Having two out is redundant.
September 2, 2018 9:37 a.m.