How does the ability relate to combat phase ending if the activated ability resolves and the mana is in the mana pool.Does the mana stay till end of turn. Even after he dies?
How does the ability relate to combat phase ending if the activated ability resolves and the mana is in the mana pool.Does the mana stay till end of turn. Even after he dies?
The trigger will resolve in the Declare Attackers Step. Once it has done so, the effect that added the mana that says it doesn't empty still applies. It won't matter if Radha is gone. Even if she dies is combat, you will still have that mana until the end of the turn. And, even if she dies with the trigger on the stack, she will still give you mana when the trigger resolves (though she will no longer count herself in that case).
Also, it is not an activated ability; it is a triggered ability.
And, even if she dies with the trigger on the stack, she will still give you mana when the trigger resolves (though she will no longer count herself in that case).
I'm not sure I agree with you on that part. Care to elaborate?
How does the ability relate to combat phase ending if the activated ability resolves and the mana is in the mana pool.Does the mana stay till end of turn. Even after he dies?
The trigger will resolve in the Declare Attackers Step. Once it has done so, the effect that added the mana that says it doesn't empty still applies. It won't matter if Radha is gone. Even if she dies is combat, you will still have that mana until the end of the turn. And, even if she dies with the trigger on the stack, she will still give you mana when the trigger resolves (though she will no longer count herself in that case).
Also, it is not an activated ability; it is a triggered ability.
Actually, if Grand Warlord Radha leaves the battlefield before the triggered ability resolves, the ability will still count herself when determining how much mana you add when it resolves:
4/27/2018 The amount of mana you’ll add is the number of creatures you attack with. Creatures that are put onto the battlefield attacking before Radha’s triggered ability resolves don’t count, and creatures that attacked but left combat before the triggered ability resolves do count.
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Right. Thanks for the clarification. The wording is the reason she won't count attacking creatures out onto the battlefield attacking, so it stands to reason that she will count whatever creatures were declared as attackers, even if they are not around.
In general, if an ability has the form "Whenever [an event happens involving a number of things or an amount of something],...", and the effect contains "that much" or "that many", the number or amount is locked in at the time the ability triggers, and the "that much" or "that many" refers to that number or amount.
How does the ability relate to combat phase ending if the activated ability resolves and the mana is in the mana pool.Does the mana stay till end of turn. Even after he dies?
Grand Warlord Radha
The trigger will resolve in the Declare Attackers Step. Once it has done so, the effect that added the mana that says it doesn't empty still applies. It won't matter if Radha is gone. Even if she dies is combat, you will still have that mana until the end of the turn. And, even if she dies with the trigger on the stack, she will still give you mana when the trigger resolves (though she will no longer count herself in that case).
Also, it is not an activated ability; it is a triggered ability.
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Actually, if Grand Warlord Radha leaves the battlefield before the triggered ability resolves, the ability will still count herself when determining how much mana you add when it resolves:
4/27/2018 The amount of mana you’ll add is the number of creatures you attack with. Creatures that are put onto the battlefield attacking before Radha’s triggered ability resolves don’t count, and creatures that attacked but left combat before the triggered ability resolves do count.
This applies to Radha as it does to—
This doesn't apply to Barbed Shocker, however, because the "that many" here refers to "all the cards in [a given player's] hand".
Also, compare Radha with Ancestor Dragon, Orim's Prayer, and Rubblebelt Raiders.