Tribal Spells (with Krenko specifically)
Asked by 3Drobotmonkey 11 years ago
I was wondering if you could activate the ability of Krenko, Mob Boss while a card such as Tarfire is on the stack to generate an extra token?
As with Nivmagus Elemental you exile the spell when it's on the stack I thought it would work the same for Krenko's ability so that Tarfire would count among "goblins you control".
3Drobotmonkey says... #2
Oh, I see. That's too bad but thanks for the quick answer.
April 7, 2014 1:10 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #3
For a more general form of the answer: any time an effect refers to a card type or subtype and doesn't specifically say "card" (and name a zone) or "spell", it only means permanents with that type or subtype on the battlefield. Some older cards - that is, many many years older than Krenko and the like - have printed text that might not match this convention, but the Oracle text found on Gatherer is always up-to-date.
megawurmple says... #1
When Krenko's ability refers to the number of Goblins you control, that is shorthand for the number of Goblin permanents you control. Since Tarfire is a Goblin spell, not a Goblin, it will not count towards Krenko's ability.
April 7, 2014 1:07 p.m.