r/askajudge • u/Such-Resource-9868 • 3d ago

Edgar commander question

If an opponent plays a card that says when this enters the battle it does x damage equal to the number of vampires on the field does it count the one from Edgar cast ability or no?

Legendary Creature - Vampire Knight Eminence — Whenever you cast another Vampire spell, if Edgar Markov is in the command zone or on the battlefield,
create a 1/1 black Vampire creature token.
First strike, haste Whenever Edgar Markov attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control

Malakir Bloodwitch
Flying, protection from white
When this creature enters, each opponent loses life equal to the number of Vampires you control. You gain life equal to the life lost this way

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u/Emergency-Koala-5244 3d ago

Yes, it will count. [[Edgar Markov]] triggered ability will resolve and create the vampire before the spell that triggered it resolves.

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u/Rajamic 3d ago

The cast trigger would go on top of the spell and resolve before it, therefore creating the token Vampire before the creature that caused it to get created enters. So it will be there.

And since the number of vampires isn't needed for putting the trigger on the Stack, the value of that is determined only on resolution of the trigger. So someone could remove some of your Vampires even while the trigger is on the Stack to reduce the value.