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Ruling question for MtG...?
Fiend Hunter is a creature with 2 abilities. Its first ability says, "When it enters the battlefield, you may exile another target creature." Its second ability is, "When it leaves play, return the exiled creature to play."
What is the interaction with "blink" effects, such as Cloudshift? I have heard it said that the exiled creature will be gone indefinitely if Fiend Hunter is blinked, because of the way the stack triggers. Something like, the "leaves play" clause doesn't resolve before Fiend Hunter returns, but then would it count as the same creature? I'm a bit confused on the ruling, if somebody could please elaborate.
3 Answers
- WhateversLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
You have heard correctly. The Fiend Hunter when it returns is not the same creature, and the trigger for when it leaves play already went into effect BEFORE the initial creature was even removed.
Fiend Hunter comes into play targeting Creature A
So basically Creature A is about to be removed.
Fiend Hunter is then taken out of play somehow.
Fiend Hunter's leaves play trigger comes into effect, but wait, Creature A is still in play. So it can't be returned.
So when Creature A is finally removed, well, guess what? Nothing can get it back, at least not the new Fiend Hunter's ability.
- MagicianTrentLv 79 years ago
Here's a simpler example: Unsummon.
1) The Fiend hunter enters, and the exile ability goes on the Stack.
2) You then Unsummon the Fiend Hunter.
3) Unsummon resolves, which puts the Fiend Hunter's Return a creature ability on the Stack.
4) The Return a Creature resolves, but no creature has yet to be exiled, so there's nothing to return.
5) The Exile a Creature resolves, exiling the target creature.
After this point, there's no way to get that creature back. Even if you re-cast the same Fiend Hunter card, that Fiend Hunter is seen as a completely different permanent.
The same would hold true for blink effects cast before the initial Blink resolves.
Casting a blink effect on a Fiend Hunter that has already exiled a creature would return that creature and exile a creature. Nothing special going on with this.
- Anonymous9 years ago
The removed creature would return, then Fiend Hunter's ability could be used to target a new creature.
Source(s): obsessing over mtg.
