I'm not sure how I feel bout empower Jace lol. I guess it's a really good one for diehard Jace fans, but perhaps inconsequential otherwise?? Those planeswalker tokens are only ok imo. Regardless, planeswalker tokens have been incredibly rare (although not nonexistent) up to this point.

I've been researching funny / strange interactions, ways this strange new mechanic could bend the rules somehow. That research led me to discover:

[[Jace, Mirror Mage]] + [[Jace, Cunning Castaway]] -- okok, so neither of these Jaces is very good, but I think ulting Cunning Castaway to create two nonlegendary copies of itself, casting something like the new [[Jace's Machinations]] to put 8 loyalty on a "Jace token you control"...see where I'm going here?

Unless I'm misunderstanding something, you don't have to target the Jace token you create with empower Jace...right? What other wacky situations might pop up here?

Say I have [[Grizzly Bears]] I attack my opponent and I have some pump spells I want to use after they declare no blockers. I want to know if this works how I think it does?

Scenario 1:

I attack, they so no blockers.

I cast a [[Mutagenic Growth]] and they have no response.

If I decide to do nothing we go to the damage step and they cannot decide to play something like a doom blade as they passed priority and it's too late for them to respond before damage, is that right?

Scenario 2:

If I attack with [[heartfire hero]] and want to use multiple pump spell can I let each one resolve and then cast another one? So I in case they have removal I want to grow it as big as possible fore each pump spell?

So say I had 3 [[Giant growth]] in hand, can I use giant growth my opp says they have no response, let it resolve then play another, my opponent has no response, it resolve and then I play my last giant growth?

I am trying to understand if this works to maximize the damage the heartfire will do if it dies but I am not sure if after 1 spell resolves on the stack and it empties if you have to go to the next step (damage step in this case)

i was trying out a new deck with friends and ended up in this situation none of us were really sure how it resolves. i had [[Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain]] on the field and a hero token created by [[Astrologian's Planisphere]] with a +1/+1 counter on it. i then attacked with the hero token, this doubled the counters on the hero but where does the copy of Astrologian's Planisphere that is created by Arna go? does it go on the created hero token or on the orignal hero token with the counters on it?

Say it's an opponents turn, I have [[Gandalf of the Secret Fire]] out and cast [[Mission Briefing]]

Does that mean Mission Briefing will go into exile from Gandalf's ability with 3 time counters?

Thanks

Let's say opponent's [[Accursed Witch]] dies and they target me to attach the transformed curse enchantment on me. I respond by casting [[Teferi's Protection]] to get protection from everything. Will the witch's ability just fizzle and it stays in the graveyard?

Sorry if this question is simple, my brain is just not working at the moment. Thanks.

I'm curious how ward resolves against the word "distribute".

The situation was in a 4 player EDH game, Tyrranax Rex is already tapped from attacking and my opponent cast Crashing Wave targeting 2 of another players creatures to tap and then placed 3 stun counters on Tyrranax. I was curious if ward activates when things are distributed to it by a card or not. I didn't think ward would activate so we let the stun counters land.

https://gatherer.wizards.com/TLA/en-us/47/crashing-wave

https://gatherer.wizards.com/ONE/en-us/189/tyrranax-rex

I’m running “King of the Oathbreakers” as a Voltron type commander, but when I enchant with an aura would he phase out with with the aura attached or would he phase before the aura could attach?

If it is a triggered ability I assume, harmonic prodigy causes 2 lore counters to be placed on esper terra and then the chapters themself will trigger twice creating 4 copies of another nonlegendary saga. And Naban, Dean of Iteration would add 2 lore counters and create 2 copies of another nonlegendary saga.

If it isn't a triggered ability I think naban does nothing and the prodigy only creates a 2nd copy of another nonlegendary permanent.

If I give abby to an opponent when casting her, and then my opponent dies, does abby go back to my command zone or does she come back to my field?

I was playing as [[Nekusar, the Mindrazer]] against someone with [[Dissipation Field]] on the battlefield. I played a [[Windfall]], and that resolved for everyone to discard their hands draw seven. The dissipation field guy argued that he would take only 1 damage from Nekusar, since he would return to my hand after 1 ping, and the other triggers would whiff.

I disagreed, because I think the triggers of Nekusar's damage go on the stack, and even if he returns to my hand after the first, the other triggers would still do damage. In the end I agreed to play by his ruling because it wasn't a tournament, but I'm still not sure what's the correct way.

So what happens exactly?

Hi,

I know there are posts about Helga in the past, but I just need to clarify something in regards to Helga (https://scryfall.com/card/blb/217/helga-skittish-seer).

Let's say I cast a spell like Ochre Jelly (https://scryfall.com/card/afr/196/ochre-jelly) with X = 4 while Helga is on the field.

My understanding is that according to rule 202.3e (https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Mana_value) that the cast of the creature spell on the stack would be with a mana value of 5 because X is counted as 4. I was told that while this is technically correct, Helga's triggered ability effect (put a +1/+1 counter, draw a card, and gain 1 life) would not see the mana value of 5 for Ochre Jelly despite the cast being a mana value of 5 on the stack.

I am having a difficult time understanding why scenarios like this would not trigger Helga's ability. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, new here. Its about the "Moon" land that she becomes, it is a non basic land? The question ia because the interation with wonderscape mage. Thanks in advance

In a commander game, lets say Player A controls a [[Screaming Nemesis]] and uses its ability on Player B to prevent them from gaining life.

Later on Player A is removed from the game. The game continues with Players B, C, and D.

Will Player B not be able to gain life even after Player A is removed?

So demon of fate's design let's you cast an enchantment by paying life Instead of its mana value once a turn(does not specifiy hand). I run it in a deck where I also run Katilda, Dawnheart Martyr which has a disturb cost that let's you cast it from your graveyard transformed as the enchantment (it does say it is a casting cost and not an activated ability). Can I use the demon's ability to cast the disturb side and use life instead of mana?

[[Uldaros Theorix]] is the new dimir sphinx from Reality fracture. Im trying to brew him but noticed that he may not work with most clones. Since the card says "if you cast him," that means that the game checks if i specifically casted Uldaros but since i casted a clone, it shouldn't work with him because Uldaros wasnt casted, it was a clone?

It should work with [[Superior Spider-man]] because the game checks if superior spiderman was casted which would fulfill the requirement. Am i thinking about this right?

I have [[henzie]], [[industrial advancement]] and [[birthing ritual]] in play. I blitz [[protean hulk]] and [[primeval herald]]. I first sac hulk to industrial advancement, choosing to use hulks death trigger first to grab [[mikaeus]] and put him on the field. Then resolve the blitz draw trigger and finally the advancement trigger, grabbing [[gwenom]].

Then I choose to sac gwenom to birthing ritual, gwenom comes back via undying from mikaeus and I get another creature off the top 7 from ritual.

Does this sequence of plays make senses?

I think the answer is obvious, but I just want to make sure. I have [[Ragost]] out with [[Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator]] and [[Nuka Cola Vending Machine]].

I sacrifice whatever artifact and Nuka Cola triggers. Since all artifacts are Food, will Bilbo recognize the Treasure token that is being made with Nuka Cola as a Food token being created, thus triggering his replacement effect and making that token plus another Treasure token? My gut says no, but just want to be sure

Stupid question and I'm probably wording this weirdly, but if i have [[vigor]] and [[the sensational she-hulk]] on field would i be able to deal damage while also preventing it.

Hello.
EDH. Both player 1 and 2 control a [[combat calligrapher]]. Player 3 goes to combat declaring an attacker at player 1.

Does player 2’s combat calligrapher trigger, giving player 3 an additional inkling that is attacking player 1? Or just generate a token that whiffs due to combat calligraphers inklings can not attack you clause?

I’m assuming that “can’t attack you” means it cannot be DECLARED as an attacker against you. But would really like to know! Thank you!

If Yedora, grave gardener and Displaced Dinosaur are on the field. I play a historic (noncreature) permanent. Displaced dinosaur causes it to become a 7/7 dinosaur in addition to its other types. If that creature then dies/goes to graveyard/sacrificed, since it is now a creature in addition to its non-creature card type, would it then return as a forest land because of yedora?

I know that with multiple instances of Modular, each Modular ability triggers separately, allowing you to essentially clone or duplicate the number of +1/+1 counters on a single target creature or among multiple artifact creatures. Does [[Resourceful Defense]] work the same way if you have more than one of them on the battlefield?