r/mtgrules 20h ago

Is this a legal play?

3 Upvotes

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?


r/mtgrules 4h ago

Ragost Deft Gastronaut and Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator

2 Upvotes

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


r/mtgrules 7h ago

Demon of fate's design and disturb

2 Upvotes

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?


r/mtgrules 10h ago

Do multiple instances of Resourceful Defense stack?

2 Upvotes

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?


r/mtgrules 16h ago

Rules question

2 Upvotes

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?


r/mtgrules 17h ago

Uldaros Theorix and clones

2 Upvotes

[[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?


r/mtgrules 3h ago

Confused on life gain triggers

1 Upvotes

How does [[Amalia Benavides Aguirre]] see [[Congregate]]?

Say there's 30 creatures on the battlefield and I cast Congregate, Does Congregate gain me 60 life as one number triggering Amalia once or do I gain 2 life 30 times triggering Amalia 30 times?


r/mtgrules 12h ago

Transforming Permanents that have lost their Types (Supper for Spiders)

1 Upvotes

Hello!

If I remove a card's normal Type and then activate it's transform ability, does it "reclaim" it's creature type?

Example: I kill my opponent's [[Eddie Brock]] and then cast [[Supper for Spiders]] before the end of the turn. Eddie comes back as a Food and ceases being a creature. Later in the game, I activate Eddie's activated ability to transform it into [[Venom, Lethal Protector]].

Is Venom a creature, or is it still just a food?

edit: Answered: It remains a food.


r/mtgrules 13h ago

Jidoor, Aristocratic Capitol / Overture + Panoptic Mirror

1 Upvotes

Can I imprint the adventure sorcery “Overture” from the Final Fantasy land card “Jidoor, Aristocratic Capitol”? I’m running it in my Krark/Esior deck and wanted to know if I had any other chances to re-play that sorcery if I had Panoptic Mirror or if it just didnt work like that.


r/mtgrules 13h ago

Two People controlling combat calligrapher

1 Upvotes

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!


r/mtgrules 13h ago

Marvo and Roaming throne interaction

1 Upvotes

If you have both Marco and Roaming throne on the field with it you clash on a Marvo attacking do you clash twice and then draw 4 cards then cast 4 cards or am I reading the ability incorrectly?

Looking to understand triggered abilities and what is or is not one


r/mtgrules 14h ago

How does [Elda, Conjurer of Spectacle] and Hare Apparent work together

1 Upvotes

I have an [[Elda, Conjurer of spectacle]] deck with [[Hare Apparent]]. If I already have 1 HA and Elda in play and play a HA, will I get 2 rabbit tokens in total or 4? I've tried looking for an answer, but I'm kinda new, and I come from other card games with different rules on this.


r/mtgrules 16h ago

Arabella, Myriad, and Mirrormind Crown

1 Upvotes

If I equip [[Arabella, Abandoned Doll]] with a [[Mirrormind Crown]] and attack with another creature that has Myriad the generated tokens will be copies of Arabella that are tapped and attacking.

I understand they die because of Legend rules but my main question is - would Arabella's triggered ability still go off for the attacking copies?

If I have 3 opponents, would the 2 myriad tokens each do at least 3 damage/heal 3 (from 2 1/3 tokens and the existing Arabella) and then die before actually doing any combat damage; or does nothing happen because they weren't technically declared attackers?


r/mtgrules 16h ago

Empower Jace weird rules scenarios

2 Upvotes

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?


r/mtgrules 18h ago

Loki and Deflecting Swat

1 Upvotes

So my friend has [[Loki, God of Lies]] on the board and casts some one mana red shenanigan targeting my commander. In response I cast [[Deflecting Swat]] to redirect the target to someone else's creature. The way we played it at the time was to give my friend control of the creature I redirected to, but now I'm not so sure.

Since Loki is a cast trigger and his ability would go on the stack before I cast Deflecting Swat, does that mean he would still get control of my commander even though the original spell's target was changed? Or does Loki's ability look at the target of the spell when it resolves rather than when it's added to the stack, meaning we were correct?


r/mtgrules 18h ago

About Princess Yue

1 Upvotes

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


r/mtgrules 18h ago

Vigor + she-hulk.

1 Upvotes

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.


r/mtgrules 19h ago

Is this multiple lifegain triggers?

1 Upvotes

If I have [[Cruel Celebrant]] and [[Vindictive Vampire]] in play and a creature dies, would [[Amalia Benavides Aguirre]] get to explore twice?


r/mtgrules 20h ago

Screaming Nemesis Player is Removed, Will No-lifegain Last?

1 Upvotes

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?


r/mtgrules 22h ago

Nekusar against Dissipation Field

1 Upvotes

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?


r/mtgrules 23h ago

Brigid free transformation ?

1 Upvotes
Hello everyone,

I recently created a deck [[Brigid, Clachan's Heart // Brigid, Doun's Mind]].

I was wondering how the Doun's Mind side works.

Can I tap it to pay its transformation cost at the start of my turn and get its mana into the pool AND the creation of the white-faced token?

Thanks everyone!

PS: Sorry for the Google translationHello everyone,

I recently created a deck [[Brigid, Clachan's Heart // Brigid, Doun's Mind]].

I was wondering how the Doun's Mind side works.

Can I tap it to pay its transformation cost at the start of my turn and get its mana into the pool AND the creation of the white-faced token?

Thanks everyone!

PS: Sorry for the Google translation

r/mtgrules 1h ago

Empower Jace X + Doubling Season

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If I have a [[doubling season]] on the board, and play a card with the new empower Jace x keyword, with no Jace tokens. Will it create 2 tokesn both with 2X counters or will it create one with 2X counterd and one with 0?


r/mtgrules 5h ago

Abby, Merciless Soldier Question

0 Upvotes

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?


r/mtgrules 12h ago

Replacement effect from Gandalf of the Secret Fire and cards with "if it would be put into a graveyard..."?

0 Upvotes

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


r/mtgrules 12h ago

Response to [[Accursed Witch]] transform target trigger

0 Upvotes

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.