pithing needle interaction with top of deck and "copy" effect?
Asked by RealLifeBear 4 years ago
lets say I have Conspicuous Snoop in play, and the top card of my library is Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker . My opponent has a Pithing Needle in play, having named "Kiki".
Am I still able to use his ability with Conspicuous Snoop because its coming from Snoop and not Kiki (rules on gather for snoop says: "If an activated ability of Goblin card on top of your library references the card it’s printed on by name, treat Conspicuous Snoop’s instance of that ability as though it referenced Conspicuous Snoop by name instead"), or does pithing needle still block the combo because it still originates from Kiki? Is Kiki still the "source" referred to be Needle?
I also have to say, RealLifeBear, that that is a great way to get around hate for your combo.
June 4, 2021 8:57 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
RealLifeBear: An answer to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. You can take care of this yourself in the future using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel best answers your question.
June 8, 2021 3:56 p.m.
RealLifeBear says... #4
Oops! Thank you Rhadamanthus, I thought I had already done that :P
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
Your Conspicuous Snoop can activate the copy ability it gets from Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker . The source of an ability is the card, spell, or permanent that the ability is on. MtG is very particular with how it refers to game objects. Permanents are on the battlefield, spells are on the stack, and cards are in all other zones. To cover all three without having to say "cards, spells, and permanents with the chosen name" they just say sources. The source of the ability in your question is Conspicuous Snoop .
June 3, 2021 5:33 p.m.