Scapeshift, amulet of vigor, and bounce lands
Asked by Thatcardartist7 6 years ago
I'm trying to build a deck that abuses Amulet of Vigor by playing cards like Scapeshift and bounce lands such as Simic Growth Chamber. My question for now is what happens if you play a scapeshift and grabbed say two forests and a growth chamber while I have an amulet on the field? Would I still have time to tap the basics before bouncing them? Would the bouncelands be forced to bounce themselves? So many questions!
You can also choose to untap the Simic Growth Chamber, tap it for mana, then have it return itself to your hand, so you can later replay it for a similar effect.
July 21, 2017 2:29 a.m.
Thatcardartist7 says... #3
I figured due to similar rulings on other cards, but wanted clarification. Thanks for the help!
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
You have time to tap the basics before bouncing anything, and you get to choose what gets bounced and when.
When multiple triggered abilities (something that starts with the word "when", "whenever", or "at") controlled by the same player are trying to go onto the stack at the same time, that player gets to choose what order to put them onto the stack. Whatever is put onto the top of the stack will end up resolving first.
In this example you're going to want to put the Simic Growth Chamber bounce triggers on the bottom of the stack and the Amulet of Vigor triggers on top of the stack. After the Amulet triggers resolve and untap the Chambers, you'll get a chance to respond again before the bounce triggers start resolving. You can tap lands for mana as part of your response. When the bounce triggers finally resolve you can choose any lands currently on the battlefield.
July 20, 2017 3:45 p.m.