Whenever a creature that has been targeted by deals combat damage to a player or a planeswalker the players that cast Hunter’s Insight will draw cards equal to the damage dealt by this creature. When Hunter’s Insight resolves a delayed triggered ability is generated that will ‘wait’ around until the end of the turn. (This […]
Category: Triggered Abilities
Aegis Angel’s ability uses the stack and can be responded to.
‘protects’ another permanent in play by making it indestructible for as long as the Angel remains in play. This ability is an enters the battlefield (ETB) triggered ability. Because it is a triggered ability is uses the stack and therefore can be responded to. Once a player chooses a target for this ability, others can […]
Creatures are attacking until the combat phase ends.
When a creature is declared as an attacker or a blocker, they remain an attacking or blocking creature until one of there things happens. The first is that they are removed from the battlefield in some way. The second is that the creature would be destroyed but is regenerated. (In this instance it will remain […]
Angelic Destiny only returns to when it was in play.
has a triggered ability that causes Angelic Destiny to return to your hand when the creature that it was enchanting goes to the graveyard (or, using the new keyword dies.) It is important to note that this only happens once the Angelic Destiny is in play. If the Angelic Destiny is a spell on the […]
Phyrexian Ingester uses the printed values of the exiled card.
has an enters the battlefield ability that exiles a targeted nontoken creature. The Ingester then gets a ‘boost’ to its power and toughness based on the power and toughness of the removed card. It is important to note that the printed values on the card are what the Ingester looks at when calculating the increase […]
When you gain life with Engulfing Slagwurm’s ability.
‘s ability triggers whenever it blocks or becomes blocked by a creature. (As mentioned in a previous rules tip, this ability will trigger once for each individual creature that blocks it or for each creature it blocks.) When this ability resolves, the specific blocked or blocking creature is destroyed and the controller of the Slagwurm […]
You sacrifice Impaler Shrike when its trigger resolves.
has a triggered ability that triggers when it deals combat damage to a player. It is important to note that this is a trigger condition and not the condition for playing an ability. This means that you choose whether or not to sacrifice the Shrike when this triggered ability resolves. This is the only time […]
Quest for the Holy Relic and a Living Weapon; where does the equipment end up?
and any living weapon equipment, like , have what appears to be a contradictory interaction regarding where the searched for equipment end up. When a Quest for the holy Relic has five quest counters on it, the controller of the Relic can sacrifice the Relic to search through his library for an equipment card and […]
Torpor Orb’s ability prevents ALL creature entering the battlefield triggered abilities.
‘s ability prevents any abilities from triggering when a creatures enters the battlefield. At first look this seems to be pretty basic and straightforward, but there are a few things to be aware of. First of all, the easy part, when a creature enters the battlefield its enters the battlefield ability will not trigger. These […]