Will Panharmonicon and Pramikon, Sky Rampart stop all combat?

Asked by mathemagic314 4 years ago

I know if there are Pramikon, Sky Rampart that chose conflicting directions, no players can attack either direction, so my question is if I have Panharmonicon out and cast Pramikon, can I choose both directions?

Boza says... Accepted answer #1

No. These two cards do not interact as Pramikon's ability is not a triggered enters the battlefield" effect, but a replacement effect that modifies how it enters the battlefield. The slight difference means in practice two things:

This functions similarly to Clone cards, which enter the battlefield as copies of the relevant cards.

December 13, 2019 8:41 a.m.

Kogarashi says... #2

A good shortcut to identifying types of abilities is the following:

  • Triggered abilities have the words "when," "whenever," or "at" in them, most often at the beginning of the ability text in conjunction with the trigger condition (some, like delayed triggered abilities, can have the word elsewhere, but it will still be in conjunction with the trigger condition). Example: "When [this card] enters the battlefield..."

  • Activated abilities are always structured as "[cost] : [effect]" (note the colon between the two). Example: "Sacrifice a creature: add "

  • Any ability not covered by the above is a static ability.

Panharmonicon and similar cards specifically look for triggered abilities. Pramikon, Sky Rampart does not have the wording of a triggered ability in any of its lines of text, so it does not have a triggered ability for Panharmonicon to double. All of Pramikon's abilities are static.

December 13, 2019 9:20 a.m. Edited.

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