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Category: Triggered Abilities

Triggered Abilities

Outpost Siege (Dragons) and Perilous Vault.

February 28, 2015February 27, 2015 | bimmerbot

If Outpost Siege (choosing Dragons) leaves the battlefield at the same time as any of your creatures (e.g., from Perilous Vault), the game looks back to see that it should trigger, and you'll get the 1 damage per creature you were hoping for!

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Tagged Outpost Siege, Perilous Vault
Activated Abilities, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities

An interesting situation with Kira, Mutavault, and Tec Edge.

February 27, 2015February 27, 2015 | bimmerbot

Kira grants an ability to your creatures that triggers when the creature becomes targeted. But if Mutavault is targeted before it actually becomes a creature, it will be too late for the ability to do anything to a spell or ability already on the stack.

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Tagged Kira Great Glass-Spinner, Mutavault, Tectonic Edge
Combat Phase, Copies, Triggered Abilities

Flamerush Rider copying Mardu Hearpiercer

February 21, 2015February 18, 2015 | bimmerbot

Flamerush Rider trigger when it attacks, which means any token copy of a creature with a Raid enters-the-battlefield ability will trigger accordingly when the token is created.

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Tagged Flamerush Rider, Mardu Heartpiercer
Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

Yasova Dragonclaw pays for the trigger only on resolution

February 20, 2015February 18, 2015 | bimmerbot

Yasova Dragonclaw's ability is a little tricky. You can't make the controller pay mana for it while not giving up control of the targeted creature. If you have a response, you have to do so after a target is chosen, but before any mana is paid.

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Tagged Yasova Dragonclaw
Casting / playing a spell or ability, Triggered Abilities

Collateral Damage sacrificing Monastery Mentor

February 19, 2015February 18, 2015 | bimmerbot

Collateral Damage requires the sacrifice as you pay the costs, which is before the game considers it "cast" for trigger purposes. So if you sacrifice Monastery Mentor to pay for it, it won't be around long enough to trigger from the casting, and you won't get a token.

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Tagged Collateral Damage, Monastery Mentor
Characteristics, Triggered Abilities, Type & Subtypes

Manifest and Gift of Immortality

January 22, 2015February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

Gift of Immortality can return any permanent card that it was attached to if the card was a face-down manifest creature when it died. It can't return an instant or sorcery. Details inside!

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Tagged Gift of Immortality
Triggered Abilities, Type & Subtypes

Manifest and Athreos

January 22, 2015February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

Athreos triggers when any of its controller's creatures die, and no matter what they look like in the graveyard, they can still be returned unless 3 life is paid.

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Tagged Athreos God of Passage
Prevention and Replacement Effects, Triggered Abilities

Containment Priest vs. Flickerwisp

December 26, 2014February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

A creature that "flickers" under the purveyance of Containment Priest is not going to be able to come back to the battlefield.

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Tagged Containment Priest, Flickerwisp
Casting / playing a spell or ability, Triggered Abilities

Casting a god doesn’t trigger prowess (but a bestowed card will).

November 20, 2014February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

A god spell will always be a creature, and thus can't trigger prowess. But a bestow card cast as an aura is indeed a noncreature spell, and can trigger prowess.

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