Yet Another Aether Vortex?
Asked by SquirrelPenguin 4 years ago
say i have Boomstacker turned face up on my library. does it get sacrificed as a 0/0 or did it enter the battlefield with Yet Another Aether Vortex?
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #2
Boomstacker will get two dice stacked on top if it. The Rulings Notes in Yet another Aether Vortex's gatherer entry specifically state that it does count as entering the battlefield.
2/29/2020 A permanent card that becomes the top card of your library enters the battlefield (unless it went from the battlefield to the top of your library), so any enters-the-battlefield abilities will trigger and "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" abilities will apply. Similarly, a permanent card that stops being the top card of your library leaves the battlefield (unless it went from the top of your library to the battlefield directly).
March 17, 2020 11:20 p.m.
Ah, Rhadamanthus, I missed that when looking. Thank you.
Kogarashi says... #1
Yet Another Aether Vortex doesn't specify that the card enters the battlefield, just that it is on the battlefield, so I would say no, Boomstacker doesn't enter the battlefield and thus gets no dice. It just is on the battlefield already.
It's like how Masterful Ninja's first ability doesn't actually trigger any ETB abilities (per its rulings), it's just on the battlefield and in your hand simultaneously until end of turn.
March 17, 2020 3:37 p.m.