Leaving play v. losing all abilities
Asked by tthien92 2 years ago
If I have a creature, such as a Hypnox, that has a "leaves play" effect, and my opponent plays a card like Humility, does Hypnox's leave play ability trigger?
If not, then does Hypnox's second ability trigger if it dies WHILE being a 1/1 creature without abilities due to humility?
To clarify since it seems you had a second question here, Humility removing the ability will not count as the creature leaving play. Your creature actually has to be put into another zone from the battlefield for that to trigger; Humility leaves it in play with modified characteristics.
October 27, 2021 4:30 p.m.
Oh, misread the first section and missed that part, MB.
Yesterday says... Accepted answer #1
Hypnox and many similar creatures have a separate second ability that's linked to the first, and that ability will be lost and will not trigger if something like Humility has caused the creature to lose all its abilities while it dies. The exiled cards will stay exiled.
Conversely, most newer similar creatures are printed like Banisher Priest, where the whole mechanic is tied into the one ability. If a Banisher Priest exiles a permanent card, then Humility enters the battlefield, then Banisher Priest dies, the exiled card will still return.
October 27, 2021 1:37 p.m. Edited.