Returning a card to the battlefield twice (or more)
Asked by LegitName 5 years ago
I was working on a Teysa Karlov commander deck, when I came across Accursed Witch Flip and Supernatural Stamina and I was wondering... If I had out my Teysa and Accursed Witch, and I cast Supernatural Stamina on Accursed Witch and then sacrificed it or somehow killed it, what would happen? Would I end up with 2 Accursed witches in front of me and 2 Infectious Curse in front of my opponent? Or would it just be one of the options, and if so, which one?
And having Teysa Karlov on the battlefield just means you would have four triggers instead of two to put on the stack in whatever order you choose. You would still resolve only the one you put on the stack last, and the other three would "fizzle" due to the object they're trying to return no longer being where it should be.
February 20, 2019 8:35 a.m.
stensiagamekeeper says... #3
Just thought I'd mention if you sacrificed it after the first trigger resolved but before the other three they still wouldn't do anything because once a card has left your graveyard effects that reference it don't consider it the same object even if it returns there.
February 27, 2019 8:26 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
LegitName: Correct answers to this question have been up for a while. I chose one to mark as the "Accepted Answer" so that the thread can move out of the Unanswered queue. Please remember to take care of this yourself in the future.
PlatinumOne says... Accepted answer #1
you wouldn't have 2 Accursed Witch Flip. nothing is making a token copy of it. and you definitely wouldn't have 2 witch AND 2 Infectious Curse . you can't turn 1 card into 2 or 4 like that. the Accursed Witch Flip and Supernatural Stamina triggers would both trigger simultaneously, and you would get to choose how to place them on the stack. whichever one you place on the stack 2nd, resolves first. once one has resolved, the other will fizzle because there is no longer an Accursed Witch Flip in your graveyard. you'll be left with either an Accursed Witch Flip if the Supernatural Stamina trigger resolves first, or an Infectious Curse on your opponent if the Accursed Witch Flip trigger resolves first.
February 20, 2019 1:03 a.m.