Hi. I'm about to go to a large Modern tournament in a few days, and I hope to get some info on this.
question: I have a Ghost Quarter on my side of the field, an opponent sacrifice 7 lands for Scapeshift, placing 6 mountain and a Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle into play. Can I use ghost Quarter to destroy one of the mountains so that I only take 3 damage from Valakut? I've seen this discussed on another website as a way to deal with the scapeshift combo. But of course, I need to know if it's really possible by asking here. Thanks.
This will work only if they don't have a basic mountains to fetch, if they do then they can search it up and still have the trigger see five other mountains when they go to resolve. If they don't then yes it will work the only trigger that can see 5 other mountains will be the one you blew up.
Oh, I see.. so it's possible for the scapeshift player to fetch a basic mountain from GQ. Thanks for pointing that out. I guess Tectonic Edge is better for the purpose.
Anyway, just one more question. When exactly do I announce that I'm destroying one of their mountains? Do I announce just immediately after Scapeshift finish placing the lands?
You cannot react to placing a land. So you do it in response to the Valakut-trigger. Because it has an intervening if-clause, it checks if the condition is met when it triggers and then again when it resolves. So, if there are only five mountains left, the ability checks for five other mountains, can only find four and does nothing.
question: I have a Ghost Quarter on my side of the field, an opponent sacrifice 7 lands for Scapeshift, placing 6 mountain and a Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle into play. Can I use ghost Quarter to destroy one of the mountains so that I only take 3 damage from Valakut? I've seen this discussed on another website as a way to deal with the scapeshift combo. But of course, I need to know if it's really possible by asking here. Thanks.
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Oh, I see.. so it's possible for the scapeshift player to fetch a basic mountain from GQ. Thanks for pointing that out. I guess Tectonic Edge is better for the purpose.
Anyway, just one more question. When exactly do I announce that I'm destroying one of their mountains? Do I announce just immediately after Scapeshift finish placing the lands?
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Thanks for the info.
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