what happens if you bring in Containment Priest with Aether Vial?
Asked by tyforthevenom 10 years ago
does it remove itself?
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2
@BlueScope: Containment Priest does not have a triggered ability. It has a static ability that defines a replacement effect. If it were a triggered ability, Containment Priest would exile itself in this scenario.
In order for a replacement effect to apply to an event, it needs to exist before that event would occur. Containment Priest's replacement effect doesn't exist until Containment Priest is a permanent, so it can't apply its own replacement effect to itself.
December 5, 2014 10:40 a.m.
@Epochalyptik: Indeed, that was poor wording on my end. :)
BlueScope says... #1
The Priest's ability works when it's on the battlefield, so no, it would not remove itself. Of course, if there is already another Containment Priest on the battlefield at the time, that card's ability will trigger and exile the Priest put onto the battlefield by the Vial.
December 5, 2014 9:55 a.m.