Replacement effects that would replace each other
Asked by Godo 2 years ago
So how would for instance Divine Visitation and Chatterfang, Squirrel General react to me casting Raise the Alarm? Do both try to replace the effect of raise the alarm but only one gets to do it and the other just goes to waste? But then doesn't the other card want to re-replace and so forth? Thanks!
While replacement effects don't loop, there are situations where they can apply to an event because of another replacement effect.
Let's say you have Hullbreacher and your opponent draws two cards during your turn. Divine Visitation and Chatterfang don't care. Then Hullbreacher replaces that draw with you making two Treasures. They're non creature tokens, so Visitation still doesn't apply, but now Chatterfang does, so it adds "two Treasures (plus two Squirrels)." Now that you're making creature tokens, Visitation applies and makes that "two Treasures (plus two Angels)."
August 15, 2021 10:55 a.m.
Thanks a lot Polaris for the quick and precise answer! Have a wonderful day :)
August 16, 2021 1:05 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
Godo: Since it's clear you got a satisfactory answer to your question and there aren't any follow-ups or corrections to be made, I marked one of the responses as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel best answers your question.
Polaris says... Accepted answer #1
So, a replacement effect can't apply multiple times to the same event, but you can choose the order in which they apply. If you apply Divine Visitation first, you'll replace "two Soldiers" with "two Angels," then Chatterfang's effect makes it "two Angels plus two Squirrels." If you apply Chatterfang, Squirrel General first, you'll replace "two Soldiers" with "two Soldiers plus two Squirrels," then Divine Visitation will replace that with "two Angels plus two Angels."
August 15, 2021 10:46 a.m.