is "whenever you play a spell of that type" the same as "whenever chosen card type enters the battlefield"?
Asked by Ethan2003 3 years ago
So i have Door of Destinies and I want to know if it can also be worded as "whenever a creature of the chosen type enters the battlefield". The reason being is that if this is how its is now worded, my Krenko, Mob Boss edh get a huge power boost.
Gidgetimer says... #2
To add on, tribal cards (like Tarfire if you named goblins) will trigger to put a counter on Door of Destinies.
June 30, 2020 7:53 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
Ethan2003: Answers to your question have been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections to be made, I'm marking one of the responses as the "Accepted answer" so that this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. Please remember to take care of this yourself in the future.
Gattison says... Accepted answer #1
No, sorry. They are not the same.
In order for Door of Destinies to be triggered, you must specifically "cast" a spell of the chosen type. The goblin tokens generated by Krenko are not "cast," they only ETB. You could actually still trigger Door of Destinies by casting a goblin that never actually enters the battlefield, like say if someone plays Counterspell. You still did cast the card, so the Door still triggers.
Effects that trigger solely by something "entering the battlefield" are different, and would trigger any time the required object ETBs, even if it wasn't actually cast by a player.
Door of Destinies is still a good card for a Krenko deck though, at least imho.
June 30, 2020 6:43 p.m.