Luminous broodmoth and undying or persist

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Post by densePenguin » 4 years ago

Hello everyone

let's say I have a luminous broodmoth, a sac outlet such as viscera seer and a card with undying or persist such as kitchen finks

If my understanding is correct, I can sac kitchen finks, and can then choose to put the persist trigger above the luminous broodmoth trigger on the stack. kitchen finks then would come back with a -1/-1 counter and no flying counter. Then I can sac finks again this time only triggering luminous broodmoth. kitchen finks then comes back with a flying counter and no -1/-1 counter. this can be repeated for infinite life and scry

Is my understanding of this interaction correct?

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by Mookie » 4 years ago
This understanding is correct.

When Kitchen Finks dies for the first time (with no counters on it), you'll have two triggered abilities go on the stack: Persist and Luminous Broodmoth's recursion ability. Either way, Finks will return to the battlefield with a counter on it, depending on which trigger you decide to resolve first. If you sacrifice Finks again, either a -1/-1 or flying counter is missing, so the ability you didn't choose will trigger and return Finks to the battlefield again.
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Post by Mookie » 4 years ago

This understanding is correct.

When Kitchen Finks dies for the first time (with no counters on it), you'll have two triggered abilities go on the stack: Persist and Luminous Broodmoth's recursion ability. Either way, Finks will return to the battlefield with a counter on it, depending on which trigger you decide to resolve first. If you sacrifice Finks again, either a -1/-1 or flying counter is missing, so the ability you didn't choose will trigger and return Finks to the battlefield again.

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Post by densePenguin » 4 years ago

Thank you!

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Post by DementedKirby » 4 years ago

Sorry to hijack the thread, but would this same process also work with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed?
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Post by Mookie » 4 years ago

DementedKirby wrote:
4 years ago
Sorry to hijack the thread, but would this same process also work with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed?
Yes. Persist and undying are effectively interchangeable here.

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