Moving counters - not a Giant Fan

Asked by cklise 6 years ago

During the upkeep, I have a Scrounging Bandar with two +1/+1 counters on it, a Forgotten Ancient with some number of +1/+1 counters on it, and a Corpsejack Menace (to increase the profitability of moving counters). If I choose to move all of the counters off of Scrounging Bandar to another creature and at least one counter from the Forgotten Ancient to the Bandar, will it survive?

Neotrup says... Accepted answer #1

Depends on how you order the stack. Both abilities trigger at the same time. At the beginning of your upkeep you'll put both abilities on the stack, choosing a target for Scrounging Bandar. You'll probably want to put Scrounging Bandar's ability on the bottom of the stack with Forgotten Ancient's ability on top. Other players will get a chance to respond, but if they don't you'll resolve Forgotten Ancient's ability and move any number of counters from it to distribute among other creatures. Then players will get another chance to respond, and if they don't you'll move any number of counters from Scrounging Bandar to the targeted creature. You can even move counters that were put on it from Forgotten Ancient. As long as the Bandar still has toughness it will survive.

August 6, 2017 11:32 a.m.