Can someone please clarify on first two triggered abilities triggering at once, giving you two times two knights? Rules say
714.2b “{rN} — [Effect]” means “When one or more lore counters are put onto this Saga, if the number of lore counters on it was less than N and became at least N, [effect].”
and this made me go and do a search for a rule which says counters are placed one at a time (like card draws), but I wasn't able to get one from there. Then, "or more" part made my concerns even stronger (like why it would even be there if counters are placed one at a time). So now I'm in believe that counters are placed in numbers at once. Saga had 0 then it had 2. 0 is less than 2 - so get your (II) effect and thats it.
Then I realized that each Saga just have multiple triggers which will trigger separately. Case closed
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2. Definitely, yes (but there can be some other cards with "you may search" worded such "if you did (search your library this way), ... shuffle...")
3. You search in a zone, no matter how much cards are in it.
4.
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If searching a zone is replaced with searching a portion of that zone, any other instructions that refer to searching the zone still apply. Any abilities that trigger on a library being searched will trigger.
All creatures deal combat damage simultaneously. Only two exceptions are first strike and double strike, where whole new combat step is created to deal with those creatures, their damage and all the triggers
Unless you give Mirko Vosk first strike/double strike, your Nighthowler/Phantasm will deal unaltered damage this combat
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"directly" is "immediately" if you want to name it this way. In this scenario, Krovikan Horror will not trigger
PS. you can try some take-out-target-card-from-middle-of-graveyard cards like Deathrite Shaman (to take out swamp in your example and make Horror happy)
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Don't use proxy, as their text may differ from oracle text. Use oracle printouts instead
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An activated ability is a mana ability if it meets three criteria: it doesn’t have a target, it could put mana into a player’s mana pool when it resolves, and it’s not a loyalty ability.
Both permanents mentioned above do have mana abilities, opponent will not be able to break mana-generating process (have no priority to do so)
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An activated mana ability doesn’t go on the stack, so it can’t be targeted, countered, or otherwise responded to. Rather, it resolves immediately after it is activated.
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Endless Whispers must be on the battlefield for it to trigger when Phage dies, after that point its existence on the battlefield changes nothing: your opponent will get his Phage surprise at end of turn.
He should consider Erasing Endless Whispers before destroying Phage
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Exactly. "Up to one" pretty much includes zero, so there you can activate it just to get loyalty. For some reason (maybe Extort ability of other permanent you have) you can cast Launch the Fleet without targeting anything(choosing to make zero targets for "any number of target..."), but in case of Venser, the Sojourner, alas, you have to choose exactly one legal target
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1. You can morph Cavern in the decklare blockers step. It will not deal any damage and will be removed from combat
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Any time you have priority, you may turn a face-down permanent you control face up. This is a special action; it doesn’t use the stack (see rule 115). To do this, show all players what the permanent’s morph cost would be if it were face up, pay that cost, then turn the permanent face up. (If the permanent wouldn’t have a morph cost if it were face up, it can’t be turned face up this way.)
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A permanent is removed from combat if it leaves the battlefield, if its controller changes, if it phases out, if an effect specifically removes it from combat, if it’s a planeswalker that’s being attacked and stops being a planeswalker, or if it’s an attacking or blocking creature that regenerates (see rule 701.12) or stops being a creature.
2. Counters are placed on an object, morphing creature don't make it new object(this just changes some object's characteristics), counters remain
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Rules about abilities activating are referencing part of rules about casting spells, so read "(activating) ability" instead of "(casting) spell"
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The player determines the total cost of the spell. Usually this is just the mana cost. Some spells have additional or alternative costs. Some effects may increase or reduce the cost to pay, or may provide other alternative costs. Costs may include paying mana, tapping permanents, sacrificing permanents, discarding cards, and so on. The total cost is the mana cost or alternative cost (as determined in rule 601.2b), plus all additional costs and cost increases, and minus all cost reductions. If the mana component of the total cost is reduced to nothing by cost reduction effects, it is considered to be . It can’t be reduced to less than . Once the total cost is determined, any effects that directly affect the total cost are applied. Then the resulting total cost becomes "locked in." If effects would change the total cost after this time, they have no effect.
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If the total cost includes a mana payment, the player then has a chance to activate mana abilities (see rule 605, "Mana Abilities"). Mana abilities must be activated before costs are paid.
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The player pays the total cost in any order. Partial payments are not allowed. Unpayable costs can’t be paid.
So your total cost for Birthing Pod ability will be "Pay 2 life, , sacrifice a creature". Folowing 601.2f you will be able to activate mana ability of Wall of Roots. You place -0/-1 counter on Wall of roots, which ads you (now wall of roots is 0/0 but it is still on the battlefield until before a player gains priority, no player have priority during casting spell/activating ability process).
Now you pay your total cost in any order: "Pay 2 life", " ", "sacrifice a creature". As you can see, Sacrificing wall of roots is legal
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They all enter the battlefield at the same time so Kunoros static ability wouldn't apply until after they are all here, right?
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Can someone please clarify on first two triggered abilities triggering at once, giving you two times two knights? Rules say
and this made me go and do a search for a rule which says counters are placed one at a time (like card draws), but I wasn't able to get one from there. Then, "or more" part made my concerns even stronger (like why it would even be there if counters are placed one at a time). So now I'm in believe that counters are placed in numbers at once. Saga had 0 then it had 2. 0 is less than 2 - so get your (II) effect and thats it.
Then I realized that each Saga just have multiple triggers which will trigger separately. Case closed
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3. You search in a zone, no matter how much cards are in it.
4. (somehow thought about Aven Mindcensor not Mindlock Orb or Leonin Arbiter, so read other answers about them)
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Unless you give Mirko Vosk first strike/double strike, your Nighthowler/Phantasm will deal unaltered damage this combat
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"directly" is "immediately" if you want to name it this way. In this scenario, Krovikan Horror will not trigger
PS. you can try some take-out-target-card-from-middle-of-graveyard cards like Deathrite Shaman (to take out swamp in your example and make Horror happy)
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Both permanents mentioned above do have mana abilities, opponent will not be able to break mana-generating process (have no priority to do so)
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He should consider Erasing Endless Whispers before destroying Phage
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2. Counters are placed on an object, morphing creature don't make it new object(this just changes some object's characteristics), counters remain
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Rules about abilities activating are referencing part of rules about casting spells, so read "(activating) ability" instead of "(casting) spell"
So your total cost for Birthing Pod ability will be "Pay 2 life,
Now you pay your total cost in any order: "Pay 2 life", "
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Circle of Flame will not trigger on flying Phyrexian Obliterator attack
If you turn to frog before attack, he will opt not to attack with it
I see no way here that leads him into loosing his Flying monstrosity
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