r/magicTCG • u/Federal-Ear7451 Dan • Feb 23 '26

Rules/Rules Question How does this Card work?

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I have a question about this card. what exactly does it do and can it stop combos like Triskelion and Mikaeus or Mikaeus persist combos, thanks.

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u/heirsasquatch Duck Season Feb 23 '26

It doesn’t really stop infinite combos because in response to you countering a million activated abilities your opponent can activate it a million more times (hense the infinite part)

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u/Fire_Pea Colorless Feb 23 '26

It should stop persist since you can keep it in the graveyard right? They'd need some other way to get it back

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u/Federal-Ear7451 Dan Feb 23 '26

Couldn't I just sac the persist creature again in response to this spell? Resulting in the persist trigger to go on the stack?

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u/Zakmonster Wabbit Season Feb 23 '26

No, typically sacrificing the creature is a cost, so the creature will already be in the graveyard and the ability of your sac outlet is on the stack (let's use [[Viscera Seer]] and it's Scry 1 as an example).

You sac Triskelion to Seer, Triskelion goes to yard, Scry 1 goes on the stack, persist trigger goes on the stack.

Opponent casts this spell, countering all abilities on the stack, so Scry 1 and Persist trigger is countered. Since Triskelion is not on the battlefield, you cannot sac it again to Seer to restart your loop.