Zombie Apocalypse and Screeching Skaab

Asked by parasitian 12 years ago

So say someone casts Zombie ApocalypseMTG Card: Zombie Apocalypse and returns to the battlefield a Screeching SkaabMTG Card: Screeching Skaab and that player targets himself with the Screeching SkaabMTG Card: Screeching Skaab etb trigger, thus adding two more cards to the graveyard, my question is: If any of those cards that get milled are zombies, would they get returned to the battlefield also? I'm pretty sure it wouldn't occur, but I want to make sure.

Bingbing says... #1

No, sadly they do not.

February 25, 2012 5:01 p.m.

Bingbing says... Accepted answer #2

To clarify, this is what happens:

Zombie ApocalypseMTG Card: Zombie Apocalypse is cast and resolves - All zombies are returned to play, including your Screeching SkaabMTG Card: Screeching Skaab. All humans are immediately destroyed after this. Zombie ApocalypseMTG Card: Zombie Apocalypse is put into the graveyard.

Screeching SkaabMTG Card: Screeching Skaab enters play and its ability is put on the stack. When it resolves, you can mill but Zombie ApocalypseMTG Card: Zombie Apocalypse is long gone.

February 25, 2012 5:06 p.m.

parasitian says... #3

Thanks

February 25, 2012 7:24 p.m.

jvitag says... #4

So, just to make sure that I know how this card works, say I have a Skaab Ruinator in my graveyard, and several other zombies in there, Zombie Apocalypse will completely resolve, clearing my graveyard of all zombies. If I have no other creatures in my graveyard (and no self-milling abilities trigger that would put more fodder in the grave), then Skaab Ruinator will return to the graveyard after ZA resolves because it's "enters the battlefield" trigger will occur after all other zombies are on the battlefield, and of course, after all humans are destroyed, and since I have no creatures to exile to it then it cannot stay in play?

November 28, 2013 5:06 a.m.

booo says... #5

skaabs are not good because they always I mean always have a bad side

November 28, 2013 11:02 a.m.

parasitian says... #6

Skaab Ruinator will stay in play. When it says "additional cost" it means when you cast it, Zombie Apocalypse doesn't cast anything it just returns them to play

November 28, 2013 8:40 p.m.

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