I have Tormod, the Desecrator and Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity in play. Scenario 1: Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity is enchanting a 3rd creature, and that creature dies. Journey triggers, returning Journey and that creature to the battlefield, how many zombies do I ...

Suppose I copy Humble Defector X times with Rionya's trigger: if I tap the hasty token copies to activate their ability, thus drawing 2 cards per tapped token and donating them to target opponent(s), will the tokens still exile at the beginning of the next end step since their new controller(s) do ...

I just wanted to check if this uses the stack or not No. It's not a spell, it's not an activated ability, it's not a triggered ability. Replacement effects don't use the stack. 405. Stack 405.1. When a spell is cast, the physical card is put on the stack (see rule 601.2a). When an ability is activa...

I know this is an issue with Layers, and I struggle to think in Layers. These aren't issues with layers, because they don't involve multiple changes to characteristics. For 3) This means we could "attach" Mairsil to a creature an opponent controls using a Licid, and then activate abilitie...

121.5. If an effect moves cards from a player's library to that player's hand without using the word "draw," the player has not drawn those cards . This makes a difference for abilities that trigger on drawing cards and effects that replace card draws, as well as if the player's library i...

There is no prevention effect on Delif's Cone. It will ignore any "can't be prevented" effects like the one on Questing Beast. 615. Prevention Effects 615.1. Some continuous effects are prevention effects. Like replacement effects (see rule 614), prevention effects apply continuously as ev...

If I use Kaya the Inexorable to give Academy Rector or Arena Rector a ghostform counter, will they return to hand if they die and I use their triggers - thus Exiling them - to search for an enchantment? No, that won't work. If you put the ability granted by Kaya on the stack first, the rector's int...

If a legendary permanent becomes a copy of a non-legendary permanent until EOT, does it retain it's legendary type or also copy the other permanent's non-legendary type? Supertypes, or the absence thereof, are included in any copying unless the copy effect says otherwise. Sakashima the Impostor has...

So far so good, but will I be able to tap the legendary copy for mana - which doesn't use the stack - before the legendary rule sends the copy to the graveyard? No. During the limited time that the copy is on the battlefield, you don't get priority, nor does anything ask you for a mana payment. 605...

Hello, I was being curious towards the interaction between Elderfang Venom and Hooded Blightfang , as in does Hooded Blightfang trigger when I attack with elves while Elderfang Venom is on the battlefield? Yes, the "Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch attacks, each opponent loses 1...

Well, Grenzo *does* specify to put the card from the bottom of your library into your graveyard, which you can't do, if it is exiled through Rest in Peace for example. Yet still this works. Rest in Peace just replaces the event. Grenzo says "put it onto the battlefield", not "put it ...

If I have Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern in play and make opponents sacrifice anything, will I get the sacrificed permanents even if there's a Rest in Peace , Leyline of the Void or Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet basically eliminating graveyards. No. The card isn't in a graveyard, so you can...

Sure, why not? The target specification is "target permanent", not "target permanent with a color word or basic land type in its text". Dragon's Maze Frequently Asked Questions Compiled by Matt Tabak, with contributions from Laurie Cheers, Eli Shiffrin, and Thijs van Ommen Docume...

In Commander multiplayer game Scourge of the Skyclaves will have negative values of P/T when it enters the battlefield usually (unless kicked). Am I right these values are the same when Scourge "rots" in graveyard and can account as discount for cards like Nethroi, Apex of Death ? Yes. Th...

I am fairly sure I'm reading this right but, it looks like Cosmic Intervention creates a replacement effect you could choose to apply instead of Rest in Peace . So if you had a bunch of creatures who were going to die with RIP out, you could cast Cosmic Intervention which would exile them and then ...

Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt If I trigger thi cards ability and my opponents have no legal targets do I still gain 4 life? If you can't choose a target, you simply remove the ability from the stack rather than complete the process of putting it on the stack. It will never resolve, so you don't gain 4 ...

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or are you referring to me asking the same question here and on salvation?

That.

I should also point out that there are a number of cards with the phrasing "up to one target ..."; some of them also have official rulings that zero is a valid quantity.

I have this terrible feeling of déjà vu. Dance of the Manse Had a game last night, player cast Dance of the Manse for x=6, but that player had only 5 legal artifact/non-aura enchantments in his graveyard. Half the table said the player can't do it; that if x=6 then he must have 6 legal targets, and ...

Dargo, the Shipwrecker Su-Chi Am I correct in assuming I can pitch Su-Chi to Dargo and use it's cccc to help cast the giant, yes? No. That ability won't go on the stack (let alone resolve) until the next time someone would get priority after you finish casting the spell. 603.2. Whenever a game even...

If one of my opponents has Lord of Extinction in their graveyard when I cast Szat's Will , what does Will "see" when looking for creature's power? Is it the number of cards that were present in graveyards before Lord was exiled, or only the cards still present after (just my graveyard)? T...

What if she's phases out? That's not leaving the battlefield, so the side effect of unearth won't do anything. 702.25d The phasing event doesn't actually cause a permanent to change zones or control, even though it's treated as though it's not on the battlefield and not under its controller's contr...

Can you please give a yes or no answer to this question? I cast Spark Double and copy Kodama of the East Tree . Kodama ability triggers and I put Arcane Signet into play (off that trigger). Will the new Kodama ( Spark Double ) trigger (from the Arcane Signet entering the battlefield), so that anoth...

602.5b If an activated ability has a restriction on its use (for example, "Activate this ability only once each turn"), the restriction continues to apply to that object even if its controller changes. 602.5c If an object acquires an activated ability with a restriction on its use from an...

My question is I assume that they are not activated abilities so cards like Cursed Totem will not effect them? Correct. 602. Activating Activated Abilities 602.1. Activated abilities have a cost and an effect. They are written as "[Cost]: [Effect.] [Activation instructions (if any).]" Als...

Can you change the target of a spell cast with mutate with Deflection ? Yes. A mutating creature spell is a spell with a single target. 702.139. Mutate 702.139a Mutate appears on some creature cards. It represents a static ability that functions while the spell with mutate is on the stack. "Mu...