Preeminent Captain'ing a Preeminent Captain.
Asked by RonnieK 10 years ago
If I attack with Preeminent Captain this allows me to play another Preeminent Captain sitting in my hand(assuming I have one), onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
Because it's now another new Preemminent Captain attacking. This process is immediately repeated again, and I therefore would get another Soldier from my hand, to the battlefield tapped and attacking, correct?
But technically it is attacking? It doesn't say that it has to be 'declared' an attacker. It just says 'When Preeminent Captain attacks?'
February 25, 2015 9:34 p.m.
"When
A creature doesn't "attack" unless you declare it as an attacker; it can, however, still be attacking if it was put into play with something like Preeminent Captain or Kaalia of the Vast. TheHroth is correct.
February 25, 2015 9:40 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #4
Always check the Gatherer rulings before asking a question.
7/18/2014: Any abilities of the Soldier creature card that trigger "Whenever [this creature] attacks" won't trigger because the creature was never declared as an attacking creature.
"Whenever ~ attacks" has a specific game meaning. A creature "attacks" if it is declared as an attacker. Creatures may become attacking creatures without attacking (which is what happens here), and, in those cases, on-attack abilities will not trigger for that creature.
TheHroth says... #1
No.
Preeminent Captain has an ability that triggers when it attacks, or when you declare it as an attacker. This is not the same thing as putting an attacking creature directly onto the battlefield.
February 25, 2015 9:31 p.m.