Moraug, Fury of Akoum help me!!
Asked by Swebb87 2 years ago
So I want to play Moraug, Fury of Akoum in a gruul deck, most likely Mina and Denn, Wildborn but I am utterly confused by the landfall trigger and how it works. Would the optimal play to be as follows; untap, upkeep, draw. Move to attack, then in post combat main phase play land for turn, then 2 more lands using Azusa, Lost but Seeking or 1 additional land using Mina and Denn, Wildborn triggering 3 or 2, respectively, additional attack steps at which point the creatures would untap at the beginning of each of those additional attack steps?
Then from what I understand, I then have to move to end step as the lands being played were the end of my post combat main phase?
Thanks in advance
Polaris says... Accepted answer #1
Moraug, Fury of Akoum 's landfall ability says to untap your creatures at the beginning of any combat phase it creates. Assuming you have Azusa, Lost but Seeking out and can play three lands, you'll have your precombat main phase, combat phase, postcombat main phase, then three additional combat phases (untapping your creatures at the start of each one), then your end phase. Unlike some extra-combat cards (i.e. Aggravated Assault ), Moraug does not give you an additional main phase after the combat phase, so once you're done with the Moraug combats you're basically done for the turn.
If you don't mind losing a bit of damage though (maybe you have Grand Warlord Radha and a big creature you want to ramp into), it may be preferable to play your lands during your first main phase. This means your creatures probably won't be untapped (and therefore won't be able to attack) during your normal combat phase, but you will still have a postcombat main phase left to cast sorcery speed spells.
June 2, 2021 8:57 p.m.