Let's say I control [[unnatural selection]] and [[coalition honor guard]].

My opponent casts a targeted spell. Can I respond to that spell by paying mana into unnatural selection and forcing them to target their own creature?

Thanks in advance.

Would Thalakos Seer trigger its draw ability if bounced to hand for Ninjutsu? if it does/doesn't can you explain why just so i know for future how to apply this ruling.

"When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card."

Thanks :)

Just as I wrote in the title. Wondering if the trample counter needs to be done for the rest of the ability to resolve.

I'm not sure but If I use Nethroi to bring back loot, since hes -2 power does that mean it adds 2 to the to total I can bring back bringing it to power 12 or less? Or does it stay 10 and loot is basically free?

I control a Clone that's a copy of grizzly bear.

If i cast eldritch evolution sacrificing this clone, is the value of X calculated from the cmc of the card (ie X=6) or from the cmc of the permanent on the battlefield (ie X=4) ?

I have the same question if i sacrifice a shifted woodland that copied a grizzly bear (but I guess it should be the same answer as the previous situation anyway).

In EDH, if I hit PlayerA for 10 with [[Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor]], then Varchild dies (gaining control of all survivors), then PlayerA dies on a future turn, do the 10 tokens I gathered from that player leave the game? I assume that since that player created the token they are owned by that player.

Example 4 of 800.4a seems to state that they do:

Example: Alex controls [[Genesis Chamber]], which reads, “Whenever a nontoken creature enters, if Genesis Chamber is untapped, that creature’s controller creates a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token.” If Alex leaves the game, all such Myr tokens that entered the battlefield under Alex’s control leave the game, and all such Myr tokens that entered the battlefield under any other player’s control remain in the game.

I assume that I'll need to keep (up to) three seperate piles of survivor tokens, so I can correctly remove the correct number from the game once a specific player is removed.

If I have [[Zirda, the Dawnmaker]] and [[Mutagen Man, Living Ooze]] will I be able to make stuff like my clues cost zero. As Zirda can’t reduce to zero but mutagen man can do I have to play them in a specific order for layer shenanigans?

If I turn [[Yurlok of Scorch Thrash]] into a land with something like [[Ashaya, Soul of the Wild]], do cards like [[Overabundance]] work for Yurlok's 3 mana ability? I.e., does activating his printed ability count as tapping a land for mana even if I don't use the "forest" ability?

Hi friends, I’ve been trying to research this, but I’m just getting confused. When a card has a triggered ability like [[Social Climber]], unless it says “one or more”, I currently think it triggers for each individual one. In that case, imagine you play [[Hop to it]]. Do you gain 3 or one life?

Then, with [[Starscape Cleric]]. Does my opponent lose 1 life per life point I gain? Or just one per instance?

Would very much appreciate any help, thanks so much ! 🌸

Hey, I’m uncertain about the interaction of [[Nexus of Fate]] and [[Discovery // Dispersal]], despite existing discussions on this topic.

Let’s say I cast Discovery and the two cards I look at are Nexus of Fate and card B, and I decide to surveil Nexus into grave and leave card B on top. From what I’ve heard, these two events should happen simultaneously, but at the same time this isn’t possible (you either shuffle Nexus into library as given by the replacement effect, and then put card B on top and draw it, or you put card B on top, then shuffle Nexus, and then draw). Which of these scenarios happens and why?

Thanks

[[Panoptic mirror]] states you may play the exiled card is this counted as being cast

Hello, the Situation is: There is Teysa, Orzhov Scion + Darkest hour + Painters Servant (played after Darkest hour - saying colour white) + three other creatures on my board. The opponent has one creature on the board, which i want to exile with Teysas first ability.

The question is, can i do infinity ETB Triggers? I sacrifice my other three creatures targeting the opponents creature to exile. This ability should go onto the stack. Then Teysas second Ability triggers ( goes onto the stack) and i get again three creatures. When this resolves i want to do the sacrifing again and want to target again the same opponents creature (holding priority?)

Is this correct? :)

I am attacking with several creatures with lifelink and there is a player with [[Sulfuric Vortex]] which prevents life gain. The player with SV is dying during the attack. I would assume because it's a replacement effect that it would still block them from gaining life even if the player dies but I am not sure. Could I get some explanation of how this interaction would work?

[[Opal Palace]] lets [[The Great Goblin]] enter with a +1/+1 counter. The Great Goblin deals 2 damage to target opponent when a counter is put on a Goblin I control. Does it see the +1/+1 counter being put on itself?

If I have a [[Myojin of Cryptic Dreams]] that copies [[Millicent, Restless Revenant]], do I get 3 spirits, or 12? I'm a little confused about the part that refers to himself. Would they see eachother in this case, or is it simply referring to "this card"?

{Jacob Hauken, Inspector} I feel like a fool, reading this card. I draw a card, exile a card from my hand, then I may look at that card for as long as it remains exiled? Can I play that exiled card? Or play them after I transform it into {Hauken's Insight}?

Sorry the wording of "You may look at that card for as long as it remains exiled" is just throwing me off

If I have Nils, Discipline Enforcer on the battlefield and my opponent has Ob Nixilis, the Fallen with a bunch of counters he put on him from the beginning of the game. My question is can he attack me without paying the mana cost with Ob Nixilis, the Fallen (+12/+12) even though I didn't put those counters on. The way Nils, Discipline Enforcer reads it doesn't say it has to be my counters placed on a creature it just says counters. So he should need to pay 12 in order to attack me correct?

Thanks in advance!

What my question boils down to: Can a defending creature do combat damage to a player?

The process is as follows:

- I have [[Jade Monolith]] on the field

- I have [[Time Reaper]] on the field

- Opponent attacks with a creature of their choice that I am eligible to block

- I block using Time Reaper

- I activate Jade Monolith's ability at a corresponding time to have Time Reaper deal the damage it would normally do in retaliation to the attack player's creature, to me instead.

Question: Does this count as combat damage?

Context: [[Pir, imaginative rascal]], [[doubling season]] on field.
I cast a planeswalker, lets say [[garruk wildspeaker]]. I know i get to order the replacement effects of its loyalty counters as it enters so he would enter with 8 counters. but! when i activate his +1 ability, i know pir's replacement applies and i would add 2 counters. but does that count as an ability adding the counters so that doubling season gets to apply as well? does rule 614.6: "If an event is replaced, it never happens. A modified event occurs instead, which may in turn trigger abilities. Note that the modified event may contain instructions that can’t be carried out, in which case the impossible instruction is simply ignored." impact the situation?

If I control both [[Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor]] and [[Jace, Multiversal Archetect]]:

1. Does Ertha's second ability copy Jace's -3 to exile a creature and polymorph as an activated ability that targets a creature?

2. If Ertha Jo does copy the ability, does the copied ability need to exile a second creature, or does it consider the first exiled creature good enough?

So I have [[High Perfect Morcant]], [[Maskwood Nexus]], and [[Necroskitter]] on my board.

If an opponents' creature dies (it had a -1/-1 counter on it) and I gain control of it with Necroskitter, does Maskwood Nexus cause that dying creature to enter under my control as every creature type (including elf)?

And if it does, does it trigger High Perfect Morcant's elf ETB ability?

Hi all,

I've wanted to build a Dack Fayden, Helping Hand deck since he was spoiled, but I didn't want to include a lot of the convoluted lines with the blink creatures. I decided to just give everyone bunnies with Hare Apparent and include lots of ways to lock up every creature that wasn't a rabbit. As I was gold fishing, I ran into a question I could use some help with.

Let's say Dack flips over three Hare Apparents. They enter, are goaded, given away, then their triggers are placed on the stack. Will I get 6 rabbits, since each Hare saw two others when they entered, or 0 because I no longer control them when the triggers resolve? Hoping it's the first but have a feeling it's the second. Thanks for the help.

Hi, quick question:

Let's say I have a Sower of Temptation on the field controlling an opponent's creature.

In a later turn Swords to Plowshards is cast on the Sower of Temptation.

In response Dress Down is cast.

What happens to the controlled creature after Swords to Plowshards resolves? Is it returned? If so, when exactly?

Hello!

I just wanted to check on this interaction as i'm considering running obosh as a companion in a deck.

Would he double the damage of Delirium or Backlash? Since the text on the card says the creature deals the damage, my thinking is that it's not the spell dealing the damage so it doesn't get the damage doubling replacement effect.

If someone knows how this works, please let me know! Thanks. :)

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?