The Quicksilver Elemental copies Rubinia's ability and proceeds to tap to gain control of target creature until Quicksilver Elemental becomes untapped. At the end of the turn, the elemental loses this ability, and later untaps.
Because the untap is a delayed trigger from the activation, you would still lose control of the target creature, correct?
However, it is not a delayed trigger, it is just the duration of the effect. A delayed trigger is still a trigger so you can find an "at", "when" or "whenever" on the ability to show that; Rubinia's ability doesn't have any of them. "As long as" denotes duration.
The effect starts when you activate the Elemental's ability (copied from Rubinia), and stays until the Elemental becomes untapped, even if the Elemental doesn't have the ability at this point.
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The Quicksilver Elemental copies Rubinia's ability and proceeds to tap to gain control of target creature until Quicksilver Elemental becomes untapped. At the end of the turn, the elemental loses this ability, and later untaps.
Because the untap is a delayed trigger from the activation, you would still lose control of the target creature, correct?
However, it is not a delayed trigger, it is just the duration of the effect. A delayed trigger is still a trigger so you can find an "at", "when" or "whenever" on the ability to show that; Rubinia's ability doesn't have any of them. "As long as" denotes duration.
The effect starts when you activate the Elemental's ability (copied from Rubinia), and stays until the Elemental becomes untapped, even if the Elemental doesn't have the ability at this point.