Say I have a Baleful Strix on the field and nothing else. I cast Animate Dead targeting my Worldgorger Dragon in the graveyard. When the loop happens, can I stack the triggers so that I only draw an amount of cards I wish from Baleful Strix's etb ability even if the loop goes on infinitely?
Not unless you have another creature card in your graveyard.
When Animate Dead is not on the battlefield, it has "enchant creature card in a graveyard". When Worldgorger Dragon's third ability resolves and returns all the permanent cards exiled by the second ability to the battlefield, Animate Dead can only return to the battlefield if there is a creature card in your graveyard to attach it to. If there isn't, Animate Dead will have to return attached to Worldgorger Dragon, which starts the loop all over again. You'll eventually lose the game thanks to Baleful Strix's ability.
If you do have another creature card in your graveyard, then you can draw as many cards as you want before having Animate Dead return attached to that creature card instead.
6/8/2016 If Animate Dead is put onto the battlefield enchanting Worldgorger Dragon, Worldgorger Dragon’s enters-the-battlefield trigger will exile Animate Dead, which causes you to sacrifice Worldgorger Dragon, which causes Animate Dead to return to the battlefield attached to a creature card in a graveyard of your choice. If you can choose a creature card other than Worldgorger Dragon, you must do so after as many iterations of this loop as you’d like. If you can’t choose a different card, and no player chooses to break the loop, the game ends in a draw.
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Not unless you have another creature card in your graveyard.
When Animate Dead is not on the battlefield, it has "enchant creature card in a graveyard". When Worldgorger Dragon's third ability resolves and returns all the permanent cards exiled by the second ability to the battlefield, Animate Dead can only return to the battlefield if there is a creature card in your graveyard to attach it to. If there isn't, Animate Dead will have to return attached to Worldgorger Dragon, which starts the loop all over again. You'll eventually lose the game thanks to Baleful Strix's ability.
If you do have another creature card in your graveyard, then you can draw as many cards as you want before having Animate Dead return attached to that creature card instead.
6/8/2016 If Animate Dead is put onto the battlefield enchanting Worldgorger Dragon, Worldgorger Dragon’s enters-the-battlefield trigger will exile Animate Dead, which causes you to sacrifice Worldgorger Dragon, which causes Animate Dead to return to the battlefield attached to a creature card in a graveyard of your choice. If you can choose a creature card other than Worldgorger Dragon, you must do so after as many iterations of this loop as you’d like. If you can’t choose a different card, and no player chooses to break the loop, the game ends in a draw.
Hey thanks for the clarification, please humor me because I want this to work the other way (cos I play the deck) lol.
Wouldn't the animate dead trigger and the strix trigger happen at the same time? Therefore I should be able to choose which resolves first, allowing me to draw from the strix to resolve the animate dead to loop again?
You can choose which resolves first, yes. But if there is no second creature card in the graveyard for Animate Dead to enchant when it returns, you have to choose the Dragon, which will cause another iteration. Since you have a choice to make which trigger goes on top of the stack, you will eventually lose for trying to draw from an empty library, because the choice of trigger order is part of the loop and a way to end it. So the Strix makes it so, that you can't get a draw even, only a loss.
Of course, if you have something like Stroke of Genius in your deck, you can keep drawing until you find one, then keep looping without drawing until you have enough mana, and then play it for lethal. Is that what you meant?
Of course, if you have something like Stroke of Genius in your deck, you can keep drawing until you find one, then keep looping without drawing until you have enough mana, and then play it for lethal. Is that what you meant?
Hi yes, thats exactly what I meant. Being able to draw your library then continue the loop indefinitely for mana or whatever else. So it sounds like there's no forced draw option in this scenario but the loop works the way I think it does.
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When Animate Dead is not on the battlefield, it has "enchant creature card in a graveyard". When Worldgorger Dragon's third ability resolves and returns all the permanent cards exiled by the second ability to the battlefield, Animate Dead can only return to the battlefield if there is a creature card in your graveyard to attach it to. If there isn't, Animate Dead will have to return attached to Worldgorger Dragon, which starts the loop all over again. You'll eventually lose the game thanks to Baleful Strix's ability.
If you do have another creature card in your graveyard, then you can draw as many cards as you want before having Animate Dead return attached to that creature card instead.
6/8/2016 If Animate Dead is put onto the battlefield enchanting Worldgorger Dragon, Worldgorger Dragon’s enters-the-battlefield trigger will exile Animate Dead, which causes you to sacrifice Worldgorger Dragon, which causes Animate Dead to return to the battlefield attached to a creature card in a graveyard of your choice. If you can choose a creature card other than Worldgorger Dragon, you must do so after as many iterations of this loop as you’d like. If you can’t choose a different card, and no player chooses to break the loop, the game ends in a draw.
Hey thanks for the clarification, please humor me because I want this to work the other way (cos I play the deck) lol.
Wouldn't the animate dead trigger and the strix trigger happen at the same time? Therefore I should be able to choose which resolves first, allowing me to draw from the strix to resolve the animate dead to loop again?
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Hi yes, thats exactly what I meant. Being able to draw your library then continue the loop indefinitely for mana or whatever else. So it sounds like there's no forced draw option in this scenario but the loop works the way I think it does.
Cheers,