Hey so I was playing standard on xMage. I build a Simic Combo-ish deck with Tamiyo's Journal and Briarbridge Patrol with the assumption that if you sacrificed three clues to Tamiyo's Journal's tutor ability (for Ulamog, The ceaseless hunger, of course) then Briarbridge Patrol's triggered ability would activate on the endstep, and I would cheat in my Ulamog and smash some face; however, when I assembled the combo and attempted to win with it, I was a little confused when Briarbridge Patrol's ability didn't take effect. Essentially, I'm wondering if I've just misunderstood what Patrol does, or if it was a bug in xMage's system.
If someone with a little bit more insight into MTG rulings could weigh in here, that would be great.
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It is a bug in that case. Briarbridge Patrol does not care how the clues are sacrificed, just that they are, so it will trigger off of Tamiyo's Journal.
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Note that Briarbridge Patrol's 2nd ability has an 'intervening if' clause. What that means is that if you go to the end step before activating Tamiyo's Journal, the Briarbridge ability won't even trigger (since you haven't yet sacrificed 3 clues this turn), and if you *then* activate the journal, you'll tutor but won't get the cheat-into-play.
So you need to make sure you use the Journal in the 2nd main phase (or earlier) in order for this combo to work.
Thank you all for your input. That's exactly what I suspected. Glad that I got confirmation.
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This combo won't trigger any abilities of creatures that state "When you cast", like Ulamog says. You are not "casting" that spell, it is only "entering the battlefield". You need to use other creatures that have "enters the battlefield" effects like Greenwarden of Murasa for example.
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If someone with a little bit more insight into MTG rulings could weigh in here, that would be great.
I assumed that it would work, because all instances, both on Tamiyo's Journal and Briarbridge Patrol, it says "sacrifice."
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So you need to make sure you use the Journal in the 2nd main phase (or earlier) in order for this combo to work.
Mono-Black 8-Rack - Casual Modern B
Mono-Green Aggro - Casual Modern G
Mono-Black Aggro - Casual Modern B
Rainbow Dredge - Legacy R G B W U