Category: Activated Abilities

Abilities, Activated Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Effects, One-Shot Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, State-Based Actions, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities, Zones

Tournament Tuesday: Kalitas and Anointed Procession

| tnunez

EDIT: With the release of Ixalan, the rules regarding this interaction have changed. As of that set's release, effects like Anointed Procession will also apply if a replacement effect  (such as Kalitas' effect) is creating tokens, no matter why. Even if Kalitas' ability is replacing a state-based action rather than the effect of a spell or ability, Procession will still apply. The original post below will remain for posterity, but it is no longer applicable. Buckle up, because today's

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Abilities, Activated Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Keywords, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

Archfiend of Ifrit And Cycling

| tnunez

And welcome back! Amonkhet gave us back an old favorite ability in Cycling, letting you discard cards you don't currently need to dig for cards you do. On top of that, there's cards that synergize well with it, like letting you cycle for free if you have a hand of 7 cards, or letting you pay a little extra for a 2/2 Drake on top of your cycling. But, you may notice that Drake Haven triggers whenever you cycle OR discard a card- so does it trigger twice, once for the activation of Cycling, and once

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