Nykthos Paragon
Asked by proterran98 8 months ago
I have Nykthos Paragon in and a Oloro, Ageless Ascetic in play, and a Healing Salve in my hand.
I want to gain as many counters as possible. I start my turn, is there a way to get 3 counters from healing salve and not settling for 2 counters from oloro?
proterran98 says... #2
Thank you. What if you have Chaplain's Blessing instead of Healing Salve?
I guess what I’m really asking is the “do this only once per turn” applying to putting the counters on or does this trigger once and only once on the first time a gain life effect triggers?
August 8, 2023 4:19 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #3
Sorry, your follow-up question made me realize I didn't read Nykthos Paragon closely enough the first time.
Since it says "you may", that means you get to choose whether or not to get the counters each time it triggers. So if you don't want to get counters from a particular trigger, you can choose not to do it and wait for another opportunity instead. You don't have to play around with timing or responses, so that means Chaplain's Blessing will work just fine if you choose not to place counters for Oloro's triggger and then cast the Blessing during your main phase.
If Paragon's ability was written to specifically say "this ability triggers only once each turn" like on Academy Wall or Morbid Opportunist, then you'd be stuck with using whatever life-gain event happened first in the turn. The "you may" and "do this only once each turn" in the text of Paragon's ability give you more choice in the matter.
Rhadamanthus says... #1
Yes, you can do that. If you respond to Oloro's trigger by casting Healing Salve, then Healing Salve will resolve first and the Paragon will trigger from that life-gain event.
August 8, 2023 4:05 p.m.