Nykthos Paragon
Asked by proterran98 2 years ago
I cast Bloodhunter Bat , and it enters the battlefield, I gain 2 life. Can I choose not to use Nykthos Paragon ability and then later in the turn, I gain 5 life from a couple of attacking life link creatures. Can I use nykthos ability then?
Rhadamanthus says... #2
FYI: this is also covered by one of the notes in the Modern Horizons 2 Release Notes:
"Do this only once each turn" refers to putting +1/+1 counters on your creatures using the triggered ability. As long as you haven't yet chosen to put +1/+1 counters on your creatures with it, all instances of gaining life will cause Nykthos Paragon's ability to trigger.
June 17, 2021 7:52 p.m.
However, regarding your plan to gain 5 life off a couple lifelink creatures, you'll only get counters from a single creature's lifelink damage. Also from the release notes:
Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time and you haven't used it yet, Nykthos Paragon's ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
um_fido says... #1
Yeah, i think you can, the "you may put" part tells us that you can choose to put it or not.
So you can ignore as many triggers as you want and then put the counters when you've got some considerable health amount.
June 16, 2021 12:41 a.m.