What happnes to Primordial Hydra with Doubling Season in play?
Asked by jstache93 13 years ago
Primordial Hydra's effect says "double the number of counters." Would that trigger Doubling Season's effect and triple the number of counters?
Rhadamanthus says... #2
Yes, that would be the result. However many counters are currently on Primordial Hydra, its ability would cause you to place that many more, but Doubling Season's replacement effect makes you place twice that many instead.
March 30, 2012 1 p.m.
The Unorthodox says... #4
So it would be quadruple, not triple.
Doubling Season is great. :)
March 30, 2012 8:59 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
It's triple. Say Primordial Hydra has five counters on it when its ability would resolve. The ability will try to add five more counters, but Doubling Season will cause it to add ten counters instead. That means it'll end up with fifteen counters, or three times the original number.
March 30, 2012 9:23 p.m.
you can think of it in the equation:
x+x=C (the normal amount of counters)
x+2x=C (adding on Doubling Season's replacement effect)
3x=C (collecting terms)
where x is the amount of counters on the hydra, and C is the final amount of counters
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
Nothing about Doubling Season
is a triggered ability. DS has a replacement effect that modifies an event as it would happen.
Primordial Hydra
will try to double the number of counters on itself. Doubling Season will cause it to add twice that many counters instead. The end result is a Hydra with triple the number of original counters on it.
March 30, 2012 12:57 p.m.