Hey guys, thanks in advance for helping me with this..
So I am trying to cover all of my bases in a confusion in the ranks deck & wanted to be sure I had some artifacts to play to steal others.. and it made me wonder if Mishra's Bauble would work. With confusion out, could I play Mishra's, target an artifact to steal, and then in response tap Mishra's for its effect? Would I still get the targeted artifact while my opponent gets nothing after Mishra's was saced?
You can activate the Bauble in response to the Ranks's trigger, but if not both parties of the exchange are present, then the exchange just won't happen. So you would simply neutralize the trigger. It will still resolve though, it just won't do anything.
701.9a A spell or ability may instruct players to exchange something (for example, life totals or control of two permanents) as part of its resolution. When such a spell or ability resolves, if the entire exchange can’t be completed, no part of the exchange occurs.
So I am trying to cover all of my bases in a confusion in the ranks deck & wanted to be sure I had some artifacts to play to steal others.. and it made me wonder if Mishra's Bauble would work. With confusion out, could I play Mishra's, target an artifact to steal, and then in response tap Mishra's for its effect? Would I still get the targeted artifact while my opponent gets nothing after Mishra's was saced?
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