I'm not sure is this the right place to ask this question. Hopefully it is.
I'm a bit confused when to play what with my newly created deck which consist of Master Biomancer and Corpsejack Menace.
If I play Master Biomancer first, Experiment One will get one +1/+1. Then, when I play Corpsejack Menace, Experiment One will get +2/+2 becoming 4/4 creature. Corpsejack itself will get +2/+2 due Master Biomancer making it a 6/6.
So, I'll have two Experiment One (4/4), Corpsejack Menace (6/6) and Master Biomancer (2/4)
If I play Corpsejack Menace first, Experiment One will get +2/+2 making it a 3/3 creature. Then, when Master Biomancer is played, it would evolve Experiment One to 5/5. Corpsejack would remain as 4/4.
So, I'll have two Experiment One (5/5), Corpsejack Menace (4/4) and Master Biomancer (2/4)
So, now my question is: Which is better to be played first? In current metagame, which would be preferable?
Does Corpsejack not enter play with +2 extra counters from his ability making him an 8/8 in the first scenario?
He should be an 8/8 because he's on the battlefield when the Biomancer triggers so then his replacement effect will kick in giving him 4 counters instead of 2. Least, that's how I'm reading it.
Yeah, you should always play the menace second IMO.
This is what happens
You have a 1/1 experiment one and cast master biomancer. Experiment one is now a 2/2 and you have a 2/4 biomancer. You then cast Corpsejack Menace. It hits the battlefield, triggering both evolve on the experiment and the Biomancer trigger on itself. Since it is on the battlefield when both triggers resolve, its replacement effect will apply. So, Experiment one gets 2 counters, and is a 4/4, and Corpsejack Menace gets 4 counters from the biomancer instead of 2, so he's an 8/8.
Thus, you have a 4/4, a 2/4, and an 8/8.
Playing it the other way, you do get a bigger experiment 1 (5/5, he will get 2 counters from evolve when you play the menace and another 2 from the biomancer), but your menace stays at 4/4.
He should be an 8/8 because he's on the battlefield when the Biomancer triggers so then his replacement effect will kick in giving him 4 counters instead of 2. Least, that's how I'm reading it.
I don't think this is accurate. Biomancer's ability isn't triggered and doesn't use the stack. Corpsejack's ability also doesn't apply to itself when entering the battlefield.
I'm not sure is this the right place to ask this question. Hopefully it is.
I'm a bit confused when to play what with my newly created deck which consist of Master Biomancer and Corpsejack Menace.
Let say,
I have a two Experiment One in play with zero +1/+1 counter. In my hand I have Master Biomancer and Corpsejack Menace with 8 untapped lands enough to cast both.
If I play Master Biomancer first, Experiment One will get one +1/+1. Then, when I play Corpsejack Menace, Experiment One will get +2/+2 becoming 4/4 creature. Corpsejack itself will get +2/+2 due Master Biomancer making it a 6/6.
So, I'll have two Experiment One (4/4), Corpsejack Menace (6/6) and Master Biomancer (2/4)
If I play Corpsejack Menace first, Experiment One will get +2/+2 making it a 3/3 creature. Then, when Master Biomancer is played, it would evolve Experiment One to 5/5. Corpsejack would remain as 4/4.
So, I'll have two Experiment One (5/5), Corpsejack Menace (4/4) and Master Biomancer (2/4)
So, now my question is: Which is better to be played first? In current metagame, which would be preferable?
If you have any comments, or notice any mistakes, please let me know.
He should be an 8/8 because he's on the battlefield when the Biomancer triggers so then his replacement effect will kick in giving him 4 counters instead of 2. Least, that's how I'm reading it.
This is what happens
You have a 1/1 experiment one and cast master biomancer. Experiment one is now a 2/2 and you have a 2/4 biomancer. You then cast Corpsejack Menace. It hits the battlefield, triggering both evolve on the experiment and the Biomancer trigger on itself. Since it is on the battlefield when both triggers resolve, its replacement effect will apply. So, Experiment one gets 2 counters, and is a 4/4, and Corpsejack Menace gets 4 counters from the biomancer instead of 2, so he's an 8/8.
Thus, you have a 4/4, a 2/4, and an 8/8.
Playing it the other way, you do get a bigger experiment 1 (5/5, he will get 2 counters from evolve when you play the menace and another 2 from the biomancer), but your menace stays at 4/4.
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