Interaction between Merieke Ri Berit and Nanogene Conversion
Asked by CamraMaan 1 year ago
Merieke Ri Berit is in play with five other creatures, and I cast Nanogene Conversion targeting Merieke, making my other five creatures into copies of her. For the sake of argument, we'll say all of my opponents' creatures are all tapped, so when their creatures copy Merieke they can't tap to activate them in response to my shenanigans. I tap my five copies of Merieke to steal five creatures. What happens at the end of the turn when my creatures no longer copy Merieke? Does this constitute losing control of Merieke, so the stolen crits go back to their owners? Or do I just get to keep all of them, and since the Meriekes that stole them are no longer, the untap trigger will never resolve?
TIA
Rhadamanthus says... #3
The other important thing here is that the "When [this card] leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped..." isn't a separate triggered ability of Merieke Ri Berit. Rather, it's a delayed trigger set up by the resolution of Merieke's activated ability. That delayed trigger will continue to exist after the creatures in your example stop being Merieke and it will trigger when the creatures who used the activated ability leave the battlefield or become untapped.
January 10, 2024 8:43 a.m. Edited.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
(I'm certain you've seen this before, but it's what I respond with every time I do this for the sake of consistency)
CamraMaan: An answer to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the best answer to your question.
January 17, 2024 1:58 p.m.
My apologies on the delayed view/response! And thank you for the help as always! That all makes sense.
koylucumert says... Accepted answer #1
whenever a card references its own name in the text, it generally means "this card". so no, when the turn ends, you will still have the creatures, since you havent lost control of or untapped "this card". however, assuming no other shenanigans, you will have to sacrifice them the next turn, since those creatures dont have the untap prevention clause so they will untap normally, and the creatures will be destroyed
January 10, 2024 5:44 a.m.