On cards like Y'shtola, Night's Blessed and Vivi Ornitier they mention triggers that deal 2 and 1 damage to opponents. Are these damages blockable with defenders if the opponents chooses to do so or does it directly affect their life?

Hey folks. I just wanted to make absolutely sure: Do cost reducing effects like [[Green Goblin]] affect [[Baleful Mastery]] if you are casting it for 1B using its text? Thanks!

I had [[Zurgo Stormrender]] and [[Legion Loyalty]] on the battlefield and attacked an opponent with [[Ainok Strike Leader]], then made the myriad copies attacking my two other opponents. The copies were not killed during combat. My question was because myriad says "exile the token at the end of combat", will them leaving the battlefield trigger Zurgos ping each opponent for one (because they're no longer attacking) or draw a card (if theyre still considered attacking at the end of combat?).

If I have a 10/10 creature with doublestrike and lifelink which attacks and is then blocked by a 1/1 creature how much life would I gain? I know the first hit would heal for 10 but then would the hit after when the 1/1 is already dead heal for anything?

[[Astrid Peth]]’s second ability triggers “Whenever you sacrifice a clue or food”. If I sacrifice a clue token to a [[Crark-Clan Ironworks]], for example, would Astrid trigger? Or does it only work with the clue’s activated ability {2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.”? And would other cards with similar/the same wording (Ex: [[Jenny Flint]]) also work this way?

on [[Excava, the Risen Past]], for example, it says "It’s a 1/1 Spirit creature with flying in addition to its other types." Does this make it 1/1 only if it wasn't a creature before, or does it become base power and toughness 1/1 even if it already was a creature and had some other base power and toughness?

Hello, putting together a monoblack deck and was wondering if I still lose the cards to exile with necropotence if library of leng is on the battlefield? and do I still have to discard to handsize in the cleanup step for necro or because I skip that phase i just keep the cards in hand?

If I cast [[Kinetic Ooze]] with X=5, can I choose extra creatures to target with the last bit? This would be helpful to ensure I draw even if the artifact/enchantment gets hexproof, for example.

I have a [[Tiger-Dillo]] and an [[Intrepid Ace]] on the battlefield.

At the beginning of combat, Tiger-Dillo is able to attack because Intrepid Ace has 4 power. But what happens if I declare both creatures as attackers? Am I somehow able to declare the Tiger first while it still sees the 4 power, and then the ace after so she doesn't lose two power until the tiger is already an attacker? Or does it not work like that?

Sorry if I’m just being dumb, pretty new player;

Azula copying cards when they are played during her attacking, will this happen when encoded with Hidden Strings?

For reference, I swing with Azula already encoded and she hits my opponent, is she no longer attacking? Or will her ability trigger copy the copy cast of Hidden Strings?

Many thanks for any response

Hey I feel like this is a dumb question but gonna ask anyway.

Say I have [[Belladonna Took]] and [[Delney, Streetwise Lookout]] on the field. Then I make a token of some kind for the first time this turn.

Belladonna triggers, and Delney has her trigger an additional time. Am I gaining 2 life with Belladonna, or am I getting 1 life and drawing a card? I think it's the latter but figured I'd ask the experts.

I recently bought the new mono blue Foundations commander deck and while playing it, I came across the interaction between [[Grazz, Unstopable Juggernaut]] And [[Darksteel Juggernaut]]. I think it just sets the darksteels p/t to 5/3, but I am not 100% sure And couldn't find the answer anywhere. Thanks

I played a game last night where someone used [[Shaman en-Kor]] and activated their 0 ability multiple times to redirect damage pointed at it. At first I was confused since I didn't think you could stack the ability, but a quick google search says that this is how it works. But my brain and (I guess) limited understanding of the rules makes me not get how it works. I would think that it's a replacement effect, and it's the "The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn" all only care about the next moment - meanwhile damage happens all at once. So it would always just redirect the first one and the rest go through. Can someone explain and point to the rules please?

Hi! I had a question about the new [[Elda, Conjurer of Spectacle]]. If I had Elda out and demonstrated something like a craterhoof and someone counters the craterhoof, would Elda still make a copy while the original craterhoof goes to the graveyard? How would that interaction work? Thank you!

Would i Be able to run ulalek as a commander for a colourless eldrazi deck?

I think I figured this out but just want to clarify. If I cast Dance of the Manse and my graveyard is full of Room enchantments, X has to be equal or greater than both rooms CMC combined? For example I'd have to pay at least 7 for Dazzling Theatre / Prop Room.

Also when the Room enters from the Graveyard, both rooms would be locked?

[[Darksteel Angel]] states "Creatures you control can't have -1/-1 counters put on them"

[[Everlasting Torment]] states "Damage can't be prevented" and "All damage is dealt as though its source had wither".

Does everlasting torment ignore darksteel angels -1 counter rule as damage can't be prevented and all damage is in the form of -1 counters? Where can I find this in the rules?

[[Mirage mirror]] copies a creature, and then gets phased out until next turn after the ability resolves, missing its end step trigger due to being phased out. What happens? Is it now permanently that creature?

Say I'm using [[Aang, Swift Savior]] to save one of my creatures with his airbend ETB. Can I respond to the trigger with Aang's waterbend ability to utilize that creature as part of Aang's transformation (effectively saving mana) before it gets exiled?

I have a Superior Spider-man deck with Consuming Aberration in it, I was wondering what would Superior Spider-mans p/t be if I have it enter as Consuming Aberration.
When i play the deck in forge it makes it a 4/4.
But i saw that when two effects would apply to the same layer at the same time, the ability of the effected object gets the earlier time stamp.
So how I understand it: Superior Spider-mans ability, making it a 4/4, gets time stamp 1 and the ability it copied from Consuming Aberration, making it a */*, gets time stamp 2, so it is the last to apply.

I would love an explanation of what would happen and why.

Just wanting to know if I sequenced this correctly and if it’s legal.

I play [[aurora awakener]] vivid =3 and it reveals [[disciple of freyalise]], [[metamorphosis fanatic]] and a land. I have an untapped [[phyrexian tower]] out. I proceed to put both creatures and the land from awakener on the battlefield with their triggers on the stack. I respond to the triggers by tapping the tower to sacrifice the awakener. I then resolve the fanatic to bring awakener back to the battlefield, and resolving its ETB. I then move to resolve the disciple targeting the newly resurrected awakener to draw 7 cards.

Was this a valid play?

Probably a stupid question, but when [[Vraska, the Silencer]] returns a card to the battlefield tapped. When it becomes a treasure artifact, loses its types and gains “sac for 1 mana of any colour.”

It doesn’t say any of this replaces the cards current textbox. So could I take someone’s Sheoldred for 1 mana and have it keep its textbox?

If I would cast [[Blasphemous Act]] with [[Hexhaven Invigorator]] and [[Hazezon Shaper of Sands]] (or another creature with an effect that triggers when a land enters) on the field, does Hazezon see the lands entering or is it dead before this happens?

I'm building a [[Lagrella, the Magpie]] deck and want to add [[Threefold Signal]] to it, but I'm unsure as to how this cards would interact.

My gut instinct says that:

1. the copy of Lagrella would be "on top of" the main spell and thus resolve first
2. the copy would resolve and the ETB ability of the copy would be put on the stack on top of the original Lagrella spell
3. the ETB ability would resolve before the original Lagrella spell, exileing some creatures
4. the main Lagrella spell resolves, and state based actions kill (remove due to state based actions?) the copy
5. The copy's "leave" trigger goes on the stack
6. the main Lagrellas ETB goes on the stack on top of the copy's leave trigger, and resolves before the copy's trigger

So basically I would get an instant use of Lagrella's full ability and another ETB (granted that the second ETB could not target the targets of the copy's triggers becuase it would be put on the stack before the copy's leave trigger resolves).

Is this correct or am I missing something?

(edited to remove confusion with state based actions "killing" the copy as it does not trigger ondeath effects)

[[Goldlust Triad]] & [[Swashbuckler Extraordinaire]] on battlefield. Can I sacrifice a treasure to give Goldlust Triad doublestrike and do the copies have double strike aswell then or are the copies created and then I could sac 3 treasures to give each doublestrike? Also will doublestrike make it so Goldlust Triad's last ability triggers twice?