problems with deadlock trap.

Asked by Snake 7 years ago

Hi there, i know this is old question but..can deadlock trap prevent the walking ballista hab. to shoot?i ex: player 1: i use actv. hab of the ballista, to remove counter to shoot you.

player 2: while the hability is on the stack i use the trap to prevent to shoot, you loose the counters and do no damage since u cant use the hability.

regards!be patient.

Neotrup says... Accepted answer #1

Once an ability is on the stack it will resolve unless it gets countered (such as by Disallow). Making it illegal to activate the ability, or destroying the source of the ability, does not stop the ability from resolving.

If a player activates Walking Ballista's remove counters ability and another player responds with Deadlock Trap's ability it will only prevent further activations once it resolves, not stop the already activated one(s)

If a player activates Deadlock Trap's ability targeting Walking Ballista, the controller of the Ballista could respond by activating either ability of the Ballista any number of times.

September 25, 2017 12:47 p.m.