Single trigger on multiple creatures
Asked by Jetblackrogue 3 years ago
I have a question about how a single trigger would affect multiple creatures with that trigger. Would I need to meet the trigger event for each creature individually? It came up with Sure-Footed Infiltrator . If I have 2+ on the battlefield and tap a single rogue does only one of the infiltrators become unblockable? All of them?
Whenever a card refers to itself like this, it simply means "this object". So if you read the card text through this lens then it just says:
"Tap another untapped Rogue you control: this object can't be blocked this turn."
If an effect is referring to all cards with a certain name, it will explicitly say "all cards named" (or similar), though in reality most effects don't work this way as they typically affect creatures by type or colour rather than by name. Cylian Sunsinger is one of the few exceptions where you can see that it refers to "and each other creature with the same name", but it still states it explicitly.
March 31, 2021 10:57 p.m.
Jetblackrogue says... #3
That is what I suspected by reading the text but could not put my finger on why the implication seemed so. You did this perfectly, thank you.
April 1, 2021 9:08 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
Jetblackrogue: Since it's clear you got a satisfactory answer to your question and there are no corrections or follow-ups to be made, I marked one of the responses as the "Accepted answer" so that 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 answered your question.
legendofa says... #1
One cost pays for one effect. In your example, tapping, say, one Soaring Thought-Thief to activate this ability would make exactly one Sure-Footed Infiltrator unblockable. You need to tap other Rogues to make other unblockable (barring the use of other cards, like Lithoform Engine ).
March 31, 2021 10:12 p.m.