Protection From Spells
Asked by vila_a23 13 years ago
Ok so here is the situation. I have played a Emrakul, the Aeons Torn which has prot. from colored spells, cant be countered, and you take an additional turn after the turn he is summoned. I take my second turn and attack my opponent. Before I declare attackers he uses his Gideon's Lawkeeper to tap my Emrakul. My question is if the ability trigered by Lawkeeper counts as a spell and would trigger Emrakul's ability that he cannot be the target of colored spells.
Isn't Oblivion Ring a colored spell? so Emrakul would have protection from it, thus rendering oblivion ring usless right? I know cards like Day of Judgement can get rid of him because they do not target him specifically, but Oblivion Ring does target a creature?
March 14, 2012 8:10 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #3
Oblivion Ring is a colored spell while it is on the stack, but it doesn't target anything while it is on the stack. When it enters the battlefield as a permanent, its ETB ability triggers. Since the ability is targeted and not the spell, it can exile Emrakul.
March 14, 2012 8:11 p.m.
Jarrod_0067 says... #5
Spells are "cast". You do not cast an ability. So, any ability can hit Emrakul, whether that be a lawkeeper, Cunning Sparkmage+Basilisk Collar, Oblivion Ring or even Beguiler of Wills
Sun Titan entering the battlefield and returninng a Pacifism into play attached to Emrakul (because it wasn't "cast", it was put into play), sacrifice of any sort, global board wipes like Day of Judgment all work too
Check the rulings at Gatherer before posting questions because it usually has the answers.
I swear! It will prevent leet-pros from doing this:
:P
March 14, 2012 8:14 p.m.
The Q&A section gives the TappedOut leet-pros purpose.
LET THEM ASK QUESTIONS OR THEY WILL CEASE TO EXIST!
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
Gideon's Lawkeeper
has an activated ability, not a triggered ability. Its ability does not count as a spell.
Spells and abilities are not the same thing. In this case, activated and triggered abilities may still target Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
. This is similar to how Oblivion Ring
can exile Emrakul.
March 14, 2012 8:04 p.m.