What kind of ability is the shocklands'?
Asked by Omniscience_is_life 3 years ago
A triggered ability uses the words "At, When, Whenever", right? And an activated ability uses a colon? So what kind of ability is "AS ~ enters the battlefield, etc"? Can it be copied by anything?
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
It is a replacement effect, like that on Clone or Doubling Season. I'm not aware of anything that copies replacement effects off the top of my head, but I am also sick and not thinking at 100%.
614.1. Some continuous effects are replacement effects. Like prevention effects (see rule 615), replacement effects apply continuously as events happen—they aren’t locked in ahead of time. Such effects watch for a particular event that would happen and completely or partially replace that event with a different event. They act like “shields” around whatever they’re affecting.
614.1a Effects that use the word “instead” are replacement effects. Most replacement effects use the word “instead” to indicate what events will be replaced with other events.
614.1b Effects that use the word “skip” are replacement effects. These replacement effects use the word “skip” to indicate what events, steps, phases, or turns will be replaced with nothing.
614.1c Effects that read “[This permanent] enters the battlefield with . . . ,” “As [this permanent] enters the battlefield . . . ,” or “[This permanent] enters the battlefield as . . . “ are replacement effects.
614.1d Continuous effects that read “[This permanent] enters the battlefield . . .” or “[Objects] enter the battlefield . . .” are replacement effects.
614.1e Effects that read “As [this permanent] is turned face up . . . ,” are replacement effects.
October 10, 2020 1:22 p.m.