Interactions between Nevinyrral's Disk and a creature with totem armor?

Asked by vbcnxm_ 11 years ago

So say I've got the disk out, and someone's got a creature with, oh I don't know, Bear Umbra on it, if I use the disk, what happens with the totem armor, since both cards are being destroyed at the same time, does the totem armor effect happen like normal, or does it trigger, and fail to resolve since the enchantment is already destroyed, or does nothing happen, since both are destroyed simultaneously?

GreatSword says... Accepted answer #1

The enchanted creature will be saved. From Bear Umbra 's Gatherer FAQ:

• If a spell or ability (such as Planar Cleansing) would destroy both an Aura with totem armor and the permanent it's enchanting at the same time, totem armor's effect will save the enchanted permanent from being destroyed. Instead, the spell or ability will destroy the Aura in two different ways at the same time, but the result is the same as destroying it once.

November 21, 2013 2:29 a.m.

Tradeylouish says... #2

Totem armor does not represent a triggered ability, it represents a replacement effect. Its replacement effect will apply in this situation, and it will replace the destruction of the creature with the destruction of Bear Umbra . The enchanted creature will survive.

November 21, 2013 2:31 a.m.

vbcnxm_ says... #3

thanks, this will make working against that green totem deck just that much more difficult, but at least it gets rid of all totem armors on one dude, instead of having to work through a stack of 'em.

November 21, 2013 2:42 a.m.