Illusionist's Bracers interaction

Asked by belugawhaleonthefloor 7 years ago

So if I have my Illusionist's Bracers on a Kiora's Follower, does the second activated ability go off after the first resolves or do they go at the same time? Like say what if I activate a Bow of Nylea ability, tapping it, am I able to tap the Follower to untap the bow, and then activating the bow a second time before the second untap ability from the follower resolves, and then getting untapped again. So I would be able to activate the bow 3 times in one turn. (Granted that I have the mana to activate the bow)

Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1

No two objects on the stack ever resolve at the same time. The copy of the ability is a separate object on the stack and exists above the original ability. It'll resolve first, and you can then respond to the original ability if you'd like.

July 11, 2017 11:18 p.m.

belugawhaleonthefloor says... #2

Sweet, would this also work with triggered abilities like say Panharmonicon and Great Whale? Could you tap the 7 lands that you just untapped with the whale to add that to your mana pool, and then untap them again with the second trigger?

July 12, 2017 10:37 a.m.

Epochalyptik says... #3

Illusionist's Bracers says: "Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated..."

Remember that Magic's terminology is very precise. Triggered abilities trigger; activated abilities are activated. Illusionist's Bracers doesn't interact at all with triggered abilities.

Strionic Resonator, on the other hand...

July 12, 2017 10:48 a.m.

Epochalyptik says... #4

Unless you were asking whether Panharmonicon's interaction with triggered abilities is similar to Illusionist's Bracers's interaction with activated abilities...

Yes. Copying abilities works the same way, whether the ability triggered or was activated. Copies of something are always independent objects from the original.

July 12, 2017 10:50 a.m.