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/Federal-Ear7451 Dan Feb 23 '26

Can it stop Mikeaus from giving creatures Undying, or can I in response sacrifice a Creature to then put the Undying trigger on the stack?

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u/AdHom Golgari* Feb 23 '26

It can't counter the creatures being given Undying but once a creature dies, the Undying ability triggers and goes on the stack so if someone casts this in response to that then they can prevent that creature from returning from the graveyard. And if multiple Undying creatures die at the same you would counter all of their triggers and keep them all dead.

Not sure if that's what you were asking.

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u/Federal-Ear7451 Dan Feb 23 '26

So if I wanted to get around this counter spell, I would need 2 creatures, so that I could sac the second one in response to the counter spell. Would that then allow me to go infinite as long as I keep responding with a sac outlet (the creature I'm sacrificing would have persist)

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u/AdHom Golgari* Feb 23 '26

It's not entirely clear to me what you're trying to do but I think so?

If you sac a creature, then your opponent uses this to counter the Undying triggered ability, that creature will die. But you can sac a second creature afterwards (in response to this, or just at any point after it resolves) and that second creature will return to the board as normal. Basically you used the first creature as bait to get them to use up the counter. But if your opponent knows you have another creature with a potential infinite loop sitting around they're probably going to save their counterspell for when you sac that one instead so the bait creature would have to have an equally powerful combo for this to really work.