Hey guys, first post here. Just wondering if cards like Mistcutter Hydra or other similar 0/0 creatures trigger Tribute to the World Tree when they enter the battlefield.
Edit: Tribute to the World Tree just got spoiled so tagging it doesn’t work yet. It’s an enchantment that reads “Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card if its power is 3 or greater. Otherwise, put two +1/+1 counters on it.”
Both effects are ‘enters the battlefield’ so I don’t know which goes off first. Thanks everybody!
Tribute to the World Tree's ability checks the creature's power when it resolves, not when it triggers or goes on the stack (C.R. 603.8h). Thus, the ability will trigger if "a creature enters the battlefield under your control", regardless of its power. The ability doesn't say, "...under your control, if its power is 3 or greater, draw..." (review C.R. 603.4).
Also, compare Tribute to the World Tree with Elemental Bond.
Also, note that Mistcutter Hydra's last ability is not a triggered ability. An ability that starts with "when", "at", or "whenever" is a triggered ability (C.R. 603.1). An ability that starts with "As", "If", "You may have", or "[Something] enters the battlefield" is not a triggered ability.
Every creature you get triggers Tribute to the World Tree. If you want to know what happens with Mistcutter Hydra, you have to ask what its power is.
If you had that hydra enter as a 0/0, then Tribute to the World Tree triggers but the hydra dies, and the trigger goes only to put counters on a thing that doesn't exist.
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Edit: Tribute to the World Tree just got spoiled so tagging it doesn’t work yet. It’s an enchantment that reads “Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card if its power is 3 or greater. Otherwise, put two +1/+1 counters on it.”
Both effects are ‘enters the battlefield’ so I don’t know which goes off first. Thanks everybody!
Also, compare Tribute to the World Tree with Elemental Bond.
Also, note that Mistcutter Hydra's last ability is not a triggered ability. An ability that starts with "when", "at", or "whenever" is a triggered ability (C.R. 603.1). An ability that starts with "As", "If", "You may have", or "[Something] enters the battlefield" is not a triggered ability.
If you had that hydra enter as a 0/0, then Tribute to the World Tree triggers but the hydra dies, and the trigger goes only to put counters on a thing that doesn't exist.
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