When attacks its ability triggers, goes on the stack and you choose a target Equipment controlled by an opponent. When this ability resolves you gain control of the targeted equipment and attach it to the Geargrabber. This change in control only lasts until the end of the current turn. When the control effect wears off […]
Category: Triggered Abilities
How to use Thrummingbird’s Proliferate triggered ability to your advantage.
‘s ability triggers when it deals combat damage to a player. When this ability resolves you choose any number of permanents or players with at least one counter and add another counter of that type. Because this ability triggers when combat damage is dealt you can use the timing of when this ability resolves to […]
When Argentum Armor’s ability triggers and how it works.
When the creature that is equipped by attacks, the triggered ability of Argentum Armor will trigger and go on the stack. This triggered ability will resolve before the blocking creatures are declared. This means that the triggered ability can destroy a creature in order to prevent it from blocking. (Yeah, its that good.)
When does Argent Sphinx come back into the battlefield?
When ’s activated ability resolves the Sphinx is exiled and a delayed triggered ability is put on the stack. This trigger will wait around until the next end of turn step begins. If this ability is activated in an end of turn step, then the Sphinx will not return to play until the next end […]
When multiple objects enter the battlefield…
When multiple permanents enter the battlefield at the same time the game will check all permanents in play, including those that just entered the battlefield, to see if any relevant enters-the-battlefield abilities triggered. For example; if and an were to enter the battlefield under your control at the same time, the Archon’s ability will trigger […]
Creature spells never target.
Many creature cards have triggered abilities that do something when the creature enters the battlefield. And many of these abilities do target. However you do not choose a target when you cast the creature spell. The target(s) for these types of triggered abilities are chosen when the creature enters the battlefield and the triggered ability […]
Horizon Spellbomb – Draw BEFORE you search!
When activating a , the triggered ability to draw a card goes on the stack on top of the activated ability to search; this means you pay to draw BEFORE searching for a land!
Turn to Slag stops a Sylvok Lifestaff from Gaining Life
If you have a creature equipped with a , and I cast a lethal on it, you won’t gain any life. While the damage is dealt first, the creature doesn’t actually get destroyed until the spell finishes resolving – when State Based Actions are checked. By this time, the is no longer around.