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Tag: Thassa God of the Sea

Triggered Abilities, Turn Structure

Arbiter of the Ideal and Thassa – Stacking triggers for value.

February 7, 2014February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

The Inspired abilities might trigger during your untap step, but triggers can't go on the stack in that step. In essence, they will work like an upkeep trigger and you can order them along with any other upkeep triggers you need to put on the stack at the same time!

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Tagged Arbiter of the Ideal, Thassa God of the Sea
Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

Gods, 4 devotion, and evolve.

December 11, 2013February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

Gods that enter while you have 4 devotion will be a creature when they enter, even though they aren't entering "as a creature." This is confusing, but we explain how that difference matters for enter-the-battlefield triggered abilities!

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Tagged Evolve, Thassa God of the Sea
Uncategorized

Gods, 4 devotion, and entering the battlefield.

October 21, 2013February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

We delve into a tricky rules interaction with gods entering the battlefield while devotion to their color is exactly 4 before they enter.

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Tagged Erebos God of the Dead, Imposing Sovereign, Thassa God of the Sea

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Tip Categories

  • Abilities (873)
    • Activated Abilities (216)
    • Mana Abilities (27)
    • Static Abilities (243)
    • Triggered Abilities (512)
  • Casting / playing a spell or ability (378)
  • Characteristics (168)
  • Combat Phase (132)
  • Control / Controller (48)
  • Copies (48)
  • Costs (87)
  • Effects (244)
    • Continuous Effects (78)
    • Interaction of Continuous Effects (14)
    • One-Shot Effects (23)
    • Prevention and Replacement Effects (143)
  • Keywords (102)
  • Multiplayer (40)
  • Planeswalkers (30)
  • Priority (43)
  • Resolving spells and abilities (440)
  • Source (11)
  • State-Based Actions (47)
  • Tournament Rules (244)
    • Communication Policy (20)
    • Missed Triggers (16)
    • Shortcuts (27)
  • Turn Structure (43)
  • Type & Subtypes (44)
  • Type Changing (27)
  • Uncategorized (112)
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