Thunderkin Awakener
Asked by hiddengibbons 2 years ago
Here’s the scenario: I have one Thunderkin Awakener on the battlefield with toughness greater than 2 because of something like Increasing Savagery. I have another Thunderkin in the graveyard with a Ball Lightning. I attack with the Thunderkin, use the ability to pull the other Thunderkin from the graveyard and put it into play tapped and attacking. I wouldn’t be able to use the second Thunderkin to pull out the Ball Lightning because the ability triggers upon declaring attackers. Since the second Thunderkin comes into play tapped and attacking, it’s ability won’t trigger, Right?
hiddengibbons says... #2
That’s what I thought. Though boosting Thunderkin still isn’t a bad proposition as it becomes less easy to kill
November 18, 2021 12:17 p.m.
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Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
That's right. "Whenever [something] attacks..." abilities trigger when you declare something as an attacker at the beginning of the Declare Attackers step of combat. They don't trigger if something is brought onto the battlefield attacking by some other effect.
November 18, 2021 12:08 p.m.