Does "for as long as you control Willbreaker" mean "any Willbreaker"? What happens if I play first Willbreaker, gain control of opponent's creature(s), play another Willbreaker, and then my first Willbreaker is removed? Do I retain control of those creatures?
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You'll only retain control of them as long as you control that Willbreaker, not any Willbreaker (when a card uses its name in its text box, it's referring only to itself, not to any other card with the same name). If you have Willbreaker A that's stole some creatures and Willbreaker B that's stolen some creatures, and Willbreaker A dies, you'll lose control of any creatures stolen by Willbreaker A, but you'll retain control of any creatures stolen by Willbreaker B.
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Scientists have calculated that the chance of anything so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
Whenever a card refers to its own name (without something like "a card named xyz"), it always means "this particular object". So, Willbreaker saying "as long as you control Willbreaker" really means "as long as you control this particular Willbreaker".
However, once you have two Willbreakers and then cast a spell that targets an opponent's creature, both Willbreakers trigger, and both triggers will resolves. This will result in two creature-stealing effects, and in this case both Willbreakers will need to die before the stolen creature goes back to your opponent. But that is not because either Willbreaker cares about the presence of the other, but rather because each Willbreaker created an effect that gives you control of the creature. When one Willbreaker dies, the effect created by that particular Willbreaker ends, but the one created by the second Willbreaker is still there, so you still control the creature.
However, once you have two Willbreakers and then cast a spell that targets an opponent's creature, both Willbreakers trigger, and both triggers will resolves. This will result in two creature-stealing effects, and in this case both Willbreakers will need to die before the stolen creature goes back to your opponent. But that is not because either Willbreaker cares about the presence of the other, but rather because each Willbreaker created an effect that gives you control of the creature. When one Willbreaker dies, the effect created by that particular Willbreaker ends, but the one created by the second Willbreaker is still there, so you still control the creature.
Ah, that's an important point, cheers. I did not realise every Willbreaker card would trigger.
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GR Tron - hardcasting Emrakuls and playing Forest in the sideboard
URB Grixis Delver - Bolt-Snap-Bolt
Scientists have calculated that the chance of anything so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
Whenever a card refers to its own name (without something like "a card named xyz"), it always means "this particular object". So, Willbreaker saying "as long as you control Willbreaker" really means "as long as you control this particular Willbreaker".
However, once you have two Willbreakers and then cast a spell that targets an opponent's creature, both Willbreakers trigger, and both triggers will resolves. This will result in two creature-stealing effects, and in this case both Willbreakers will need to die before the stolen creature goes back to your opponent. But that is not because either Willbreaker cares about the presence of the other, but rather because each Willbreaker created an effect that gives you control of the creature. When one Willbreaker dies, the effect created by that particular Willbreaker ends, but the one created by the second Willbreaker is still there, so you still control the creature.
Ah, that's an important point, cheers. I did not realise every Willbreaker card would trigger.
GR Tron - hardcasting Emrakuls and playing Forest in the sideboard
URB Grixis Delver - Bolt-Snap-Bolt