If both Nether Spirit and Undead Gladiator are in my graveyard and my upkeep begins, I would like to use Undead Gladiator's ability in response to Nether Spirit's upkeep trigger to bring him back to my hand, making the graveyard clean enough for the Spirit to return to play when his upkeep trigger resolves.
Can I do this, or does Nether Spirit's trigger never go on the stack in the first place, or some third thing I haven't thought of?
Nether Spirit has an intervening "if" clause. This means that:
1) If the condition is not met at the time the ability would trigger, the ability never triggers and doesn't go on the stack in the first place.
2) If the condition stops being met at the time the ability would resolve, it is instead removed from the stack.
As such, Nether Spirit will not even trigger and go on the stack. Using Undead Gladiator's ability at this point will not do anything to change this.
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Can I do this, or does Nether Spirit's trigger never go on the stack in the first place, or some third thing I haven't thought of?
Overall record: 139-98-15
Total number of matches: 252
Win percentage ignoring draws: 58.649789
Win percentage including draws: 55.158730
1) If the condition is not met at the time the ability would trigger, the ability never triggers and doesn't go on the stack in the first place.
2) If the condition stops being met at the time the ability would resolve, it is instead removed from the stack.
As such, Nether Spirit will not even trigger and go on the stack. Using Undead Gladiator's ability at this point will not do anything to change this.
Went to a new shop from a friend's recommendation, DQ'ed for willful violation of CR 100.6b.
Have played duals? I have PucaPoints for them!
(Credit to DarkNightCavalier)
$tandard: Too poor.
Modern:
- GW Birthing Pod(?)
Legacy:
- UWR Delver
I suppose these two cards don't play so well together in that case... slowing down the already sluggish Nether Spirit can't be wise.
Overall record: 139-98-15
Total number of matches: 252
Win percentage ignoring draws: 58.649789
Win percentage including draws: 55.158730