joaka on Can you activate abilities before …
3 weeks ago
- Cast Twinflame targeting Etali, Primal Conqueror Flip.
- Make token copy of Etali, trigger Etali ETB.
Q: Can I sac one of the Etali's with Food Chain before game state action makes me remove one.
- Put -1/-1 counter on Devoted Druid to untap itself.
- Tap for Green mana, repeat step 1.
Q: Can I activate Tayam, Luminous Enigma's ability and remove Devoted Druid's 2 -1/-1 counters before it dies to game state action?
DemonDragonJ on Blood Moon versus Prismatic Omen
3 weeks ago
DarkKiridon, Gidgetimer, I am very sorry about using terminology improperly, so I hope that you understood the intent of my question.
Gidgetimer on Blood Moon versus Prismatic Omen
3 weeks ago
Prismatic Omen is an enchantment and can't be played as a response unless there is something allowing a player to play it at instant speed. Since nothing allowing it to be cast at instant speed was mentioned I will assume that you meant "later plays" instead of "responds with".
"Priority" has a meaning within the rules. Nothing here is dealing with priority. I will assume that you are using the normal English meaning of the word as a synonym for precedence instead of the rules meaning.
Neither enchantment "overrides" the other nor makes a player "safe" from anything.
When continuous effects are interacting they are applied in a system of layers and then in timestamp order within a layer. Since both Blood Moon and Prismatic Omen are type changing effects, they are applied in the same layer. In your example the Blood Moon was played first and will have an earlier timestamp, so it is applied first making all non-basic lands into mountains. Then the Prismatic Omen will apply granting all of its controller's lands all basic land types. The player(s) who don't control the Prismatic Omen will have all of their non-basics still only be mountains.
If the enchantments had entered in the opposite order Prismatic Omen will give all of its controller's lands all basic land types. Then Blood Moon would make all non-basics into mountains, and the non basics controlled by Prismatic Omen's controller would lose all other land types.
DarkKiridon on Blood Moon versus Prismatic Omen
3 weeks ago
Blood Moon effects all players, obviously. The player who casts (after resolving) and controls Prismatic Omen is now safe from said Blood Moon therefore it overrides it.
DemonDragonJ on Blood Moon versus Prismatic Omen
3 weeks ago
If a player controls a Blood Moon, and their opponent responds by casting a Prismatic Omen, which enchantment shall have priority? What types will all nonbasic lands have?
Rhadamanthus on If I control Zada, can …
4 weeks ago
You can make different choices. Choices like modes, targets, and a specific distribution of something, like the damage from Arc Lightning for example, are made when the spell is first cast and are locked in for all copies. Any other choices are made as the spell resolves, so that means the decisions get made separately for the original and each of the copies.
lil_cheez on If I control Zada, can …
4 weeks ago
Good evening everyone,
Zada, Hedron Grinder is an all star in my Feather, the Redeemed deck. I've been playtesting it and found a RW interaction I could not have a clear answer. Please help me if you can.
When I target Zada with a "protection from color" granting spell, like Shelter and Stave Off, the spell will be copied to each other creature I control.
Question: do I get to pick a color for each creature?
Zada's rulling says the following:
If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copies will have the same mode. You can't choose a different one.
But these spells are not modal, as far as I know, so I'd like to know if they are the "or the like" or if they work diffently.
Thanks in advance and have a good one.
Rhadamanthus on Cyclops Gladiator and Khârn
4 weeks ago
This is a bit difficult to figure out, but my interpretation is that Khârn will still deal damage back to the Cyclops. The way I'm reading the rules about resolving spells and abilities (608, specifically 608.2b), they seem to indicate the last check on a target's legality is right before the spell/ability starts resolving.
There aren't any specific comments addressing what to do if one instruction in the resolving spell/ability somehow manages to change an object's characteristics in a way that seems to make it an "illegal" target before other instructions are carried out. But if the legality determination can't change during resolution then the resolving spell/ability can still continue acting on anything that was a legal target when it started. This might be something worth taking to an MtG Judge Reddit/Discord, and I'd be interested to see what their answers and reasoning are.
NTakamura on Cyclops Gladiator and Khârn
4 weeks ago
So if I use Cyclops Gladiator ability to target Khârn the Betrayer would kharn still deal his power to the cyclops since he is changing control? Or does khârn changing control after resolving the cyclops?
CloudKillerJay on Strionic Resonator + Search tor …
4 weeks ago
Sorry. I did read it but didn't tick the answered button. Sorry very rarely use any features outside of the deck builder so don't know the ins and outs very well. And thank you for the answer.
Muskelkater on How do activated abilities interact …
4 weeks ago
Follow up question with the following setup:
Player 1 activates Heartless Hidetsugu who has lifelink (because of an earlier effect like the triggered ability of Atraxa's Skitterfang). After the ability of hidetsugu is on the stack player 2 responds with Word of Seizing taking control of Hidetsugu before the ability resolves.
Who will gain the life from Hidetsugos lifelink?
Rhadamanthus on Strionic Resonator + Search tor …
4 weeks ago
CloudKillerJay: Since it's clear you got a satisfactory answer to your question and there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the most helpful answer to your question.