Hey guys. I was wondering, can boonweaver giant tutor up a necromancy or animate dead and place it onto him? I'm wondering because I wanted to see if you can set up an infinite loop with a sac out let (eg goblin bombardment) by stacking triggers. Eg with his trigger on the stack, sacrifice him and when necromancy or animate dead enters target him then with the new trigger sac him again. I think it works with Sun Titan but I'm not sure about the giant...
Notes: Card tags added for Goblin Bombardment and Sun Titan.
EDH:ShatterStax, Only The Strong Survive
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir Mono-U Control
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Sen Triplets
Mizzix of the Izmagnus
Derevi Stax
VolThrun
Marchesa, The Black Rose
Olivia Voldaren, Vampire Tribal
Necromancy, no. It is not an aura. It will become an aura when its ETB trigger resolves, but the card is not an aura card until then.
Animate Dead, in part. Yes, you can search for it, since it is an aura. But no, you cannot attach it to the Giant, because it is not a creature card in a graveyard. You won't be able to put the card on the battlefield, and so it remains in its previous zone.
From the giant's gatherer rulings:
The Aura card must be able to legally enchant Boonweaver Giant. For example, you can’t put an Aura with enchant land onto the battlefield this way.
No to both. Necromancy is not an Aura so is not a legal choice for Boonweaver Giant's ability. Animate Dead, while an aura, has the "enchant creature card in a graveyard" text. Since Boonweaver Giant is not a creature card in a graveyard while he is on the battlefield, he cannot be legally enchanted with Animate Dead. And, if you are thinking of sacrificing Boonweaver Giant before his ability resolves in order to get Animate Dead, that doesn't work either since the trigger is referring to the permanent on the battlefield.
The last Gatherer Ruling clarifies this last scenario:
7/18/2014 If Boonweaver Giant isn’t on the battlefield when its ability resolves, you can’t put any Aura onto the battlefield. You may still search the appropriate zones and shuffle your library, if applicable.
Will it work with sun Titan? (Also thanks for your responses guys)
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EDH:ShatterStax, Only The Strong Survive
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir Mono-U Control
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Sen Triplets
Mizzix of the Izmagnus
Derevi Stax
VolThrun
Marchesa, The Black Rose
Olivia Voldaren, Vampire Tribal
Will it work with sun Titan? (Also thanks for your responses guys)
No, it won't work either, unless you have two of either Animate Dead or Necromancy at your disposal. At the time you choose the target for Sun Titan's ability, which is right after Animate Dead or Necromancy's reanimation's trigger is done resolving and before you get priority to do anything to sacrifice the Titan, the Animate Dead or Necromancy that brought him back to the battlefield cannot be in the graveyard yet. If you have an additional copy of either, you can loop them. You would sacrifice the Titan with his trigger on the stack, then the trigger resolves and brings back the second AD / Necromancy, which brings back Titan, rinse and repeat targeting the AD / Necromancy that brought him back previously.
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Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir Mono-U Control
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Sen Triplets
Mizzix of the Izmagnus
Derevi Stax
VolThrun
Marchesa, The Black Rose
Olivia Voldaren, Vampire Tribal
Modern: Fish, JUND/Junk
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RIP Twin
Animate Dead, in part. Yes, you can search for it, since it is an aura. But no, you cannot attach it to the Giant, because it is not a creature card in a graveyard. You won't be able to put the card on the battlefield, and so it remains in its previous zone.
From the giant's gatherer rulings:
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"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
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The last Gatherer Ruling clarifies this last scenario:
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir Mono-U Control
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Sen Triplets
Mizzix of the Izmagnus
Derevi Stax
VolThrun
Marchesa, The Black Rose
Olivia Voldaren, Vampire Tribal
Modern: Fish, JUND/Junk
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RIP Twin