Planeswalker/Liquemetal Coating?
Asked by dquinn 13 years ago
I have a planeswalker out and liquemetal-coating. Can I use the liquemetal-coating on the planeswalker then cast a Phyrexian Metamorph on the artifact planeswalker, will the metamorph stay as a planeswalker?
You can use Liquimetal Coating on your planeswalker allowing it to be an artifact in adition to its planeswalker type.. when you cast Phyrexian Metamorph , it cannot target the liquified planeswalker due to exception In metamorph's ability "except it's an artifact in addition to its other types."
June 29, 2011 11:57 a.m.
mozerdozer says... Accepted answer #3
Essbie is incorrect. A Planeswalker may have any type given to them by various cards, including artifacts. However, when Phyrexian Metamorph comes onto the battlefield, both Planeswalkers will be put into their owner's graveyards as a state-based effect as there will be two Planeswalkers with the same planeswalker type.
Essbie, I think you think that the Metamorph cannot be a copy of anything that is an artifact in addition to it's other types. That is not an except; it would be if it said "unless it is an artifact in addition to it's other types". It simply means that if the Metamorph enters as a copy of a creature, it will be both an artifact and a creature.
June 29, 2011 1:44 p.m.
BrightGreenLine says... #5
The chosen answer is indeed correct. Going back to the original question, you cannot use Liquimetal Coating to make a planeswalker into an artifact and then copy it with Phyrexian Metamorph and keep your metamorphed copy.
You most certainly can use Liquimetal on a planeswalker to turn it into an artifact, and then you can definitely cast Phyrexian Metamorph and choose to copy that Artifact Planeswalker if you want. However once it enters the battlefield, just shortly before any players get priority, SBAs will be checked and immediately dump both Artifact Planeswalkers into the graveyard because they will be the same subtype. Example time!
- Opponent controls Jace Beleren .
- You activate Liquimetal Coating, targeting Jace Beleren. It resolves, changing its types to Artifact Planeswalker - Jace
- You cast Phyrexian Metamorph. Your opponent doesn't respond, so the spell resolves and you name Jace Beleren as the copy, since it is currently an Artifact this is a legal choice.
- Your Jace Beleren (the Metamorph) enters the battlefield, with the Planeswalker - Jace types copied from the original printed Jace Beleren, and with an additional Artifact type because of Metamorph's effect.
- Before priority is given to either player, state-based actions are checked. There are two Planeswalkers on the battlefield, and they both share the same subtype: Jace. Everything else about the cards is irrelevant; because they both have the Planeswalker type and the Jace subtype, they are put into the graveyard as a state-based action.
- Now neither player has a Jace Beleren, and you control a tapped Liquimetal Coating.
zebrassss says... #1
You can't have more than one planes walker with the same name, so even if it did work both would be destroyed.
June 29, 2011 11:27 a.m.