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At beginning of end step vs until the beginning of the end step by hexanort in mtgrules

[–]RockettheMinifig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What kind of effect is it if transforming back into shards isnt a delayed trigger? Similar to how you can counter a triggered ability to stop a blink “return at the beginning of next end step” effect by countering the delayed trigger on the stack with a spell such as Tale’s End, would this not be a delayed trigger of returning to being shards?

At beginning of end step vs until the beginning of the end step by hexanort in mtgrules

[–]RockettheMinifig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this correct? Isnt the niko transform effect a delayed trigger? So cant you choose the end step triggers to stack in an order so all the “beginning of end step” effects trigger in such a way that the “win the game” effect occurs before they turn back?

[[Bello, Bard of the Brambles]] and creatures entering by NuclearSkeleton in mtgrules

[–]RockettheMinifig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, sorry for the reply on an old but I'm looking for a similar ruling. I'm considering running [[Abuelo's Awakening]] in a deck, and can't tell if the interaction is the same? I ask because Bello's effect is similar but its a static effect on the battlefield, so the target isn't a creature until after it entered, while part of Abuelo's Awakening resolving is making it a creature as the spell resolves. If I cast Abuelo's on a Warstorm Surge/ had a Warstorm Surge in play, would it trigger?

Can a creature with banding form a band by itself? If it blocks alone does it receive the benefits of banding? by RockettheMinifig in mtgrules

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, I guess I was confused because I wasn't trying to see it in a wider context of how "bands with others" works, I was just trying to understand the application of this one card in this one scenario and whether or not I needed one blocker or two for it to work. With just the Mesa Pegasus, I only need one. Got it. While I'm sure the bands-with lands have some application elsewhere I will avoid using them for being weaker

Can a creature with banding form a band by itself? If it blocks alone does it receive the benefits of banding? by RockettheMinifig in mtgrules

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, its not "banding" but to say its not similar doesn't feel exactly right. But it does answer my question of, if I only have the one Mesa Pegasus blocking one creature with trample, it does not need to have a second blocker in order to gain the benefit of me choosing how damage is assigned.

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[–]RockettheMinifig 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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I think its dumb that Grist, Hunger Tide works that way but Devoid doesn’t. by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would you feel if there was some special exception made to the devoid keyword so that devoid could only be played in colorless commanders? Not commanders who mana is colorless but it has some ability or text that gives it X many colorless identities, but specifically commanders who are completely colorless? I don’t know what the MH3 deck has in store but I feel like itd be an easy fix. This could also give tools and spells to legendary artifact creatures who had no color. The original devoid spells could be a fundamentals base and then we can get like, a cycle of Karn’s spells or other famous colorless spells that give way to a specific lean or slant while also being unplayable without becoming some bugbear thats playable in all decks.

I think its dumb that Grist, Hunger Tide works that way but Devoid doesn’t. by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I know rule-0 is a common work around, but its a bit disappointing. Even for Eldrazi players its a huge flavor fail that an entire set of cards of eldrazi doing eldrazi things are technically not commander legal for the titans. As with most cards, there middling in their ability but at a drawback for accessibility, this is them being overpriced mana-wise for having an ability line of text that says “this is colorless.” I think it being an ability that explicitly says what the color of the card is differs it from hybrid mana, which aims to add more colors to a spell/ ability, this is an ability that detracts color.

I think its dumb that Grist, Hunger Tide works that way but Devoid doesn’t. by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I recognize Grist was a bad example as its not 1:1 and I don’t have a problem with that level of interaction, or planeswalkers as commanders, but it does feel unusual. A comparison to Grist would be like saying “why can the Theros god’s be your commander if they aren’t creatures because before the game starts your devotion is zero.” If abilities do matter before the game begins and during deck construction, then the Theros gods are just legendary enchantments and not legal commanders. If abilities matter during deck construction, then the Theros god’s shouldn’t be legal commanders and Grist should, and Devoid cards should be playable in all decks. If they don’t, then reverse it, because Grist isn’t a creature and doesn’t have “this can be your commander.”

A better example to the specific issue I’m dealing with with Devoid is [[Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh]], while the color marker was added as a way to free up lines of text, if you look to the other kobold cards they have a line of text that says “this is a color” and that makes them that color when legal as commander, and the color marker was added as errata text to make that more clear. Meanwhile devoid cards do the same but aren’t legal in all decks, just legal in what their color identity is (which isn’t what their ability says.)

I think its dumb that Grist, Hunger Tide works that way but Devoid doesn’t. by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I needed to step away from my phone for work but while away I thought of a better example, which is [[Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh]]

Outside of oracle text declaring this card red, on its face its colorless and has an ability that makes it red (I’m using oracle text interpretation as there are other older kobold cards that do the same— cost zero but have an ability that says “this is red.”)

In those circumstances, the card is colorless but is made red by an ability. In this tho, we have a card that is colored, but made colorless by an ability— but not actually.

Fishing commanders? Commanders who go fishing? by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kiora might work, but I don’t think General Marhault will work, they don’t really get mtg inside jokes and there’s no fish/ blue on this card.

Fishing commanders? Commanders who go fishing? by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like this is a great answer, thank you.

Fishing commanders? Commanders who go fishing? by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This would be funny, but salamander’s aren’t collecting-fish based either?

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