Lifeline again
Phear Factor
If I have Lifeline and Overburden in play do I lose a land when a creature
comes back from the Graveyard? Can I choose not to put a creature back in
play to prevent losing a land?
Do I get to put one creature back at everyone of my end of turn phases until
my graveyard has no creatures? I am kinda confused about that.
If I sacrifice Wintermoon Mesa to Tap two target lands does my opponent get
any mana from the lands?
Thanks
David DeLaney
>If I have Lifeline and Overburden in play do I lose a land when a creature
>comes back from the Graveyard?
OVERBURDEN 1U Enchantment
Whenever a player puts a creature card into play, that player returns a land
he or she controls to its owner's hand.
LIFELINE 5 Artifact
Whenever a creature is put into a graveyard and another creature is in play,
return the first creature from that graveyard to play under its owner's
control at end of turn.
...Well, a technicality pops up here. Yes, you have to bounce a land whenever
your Lifeline pops a creature card out of the graveyard ... because, although
the creature appears under its owner's control, Lifeline says -you- are
returning it to play (putting it into play). (Note that Overburden won't
trigger if Lifeline returns a noncreature card, which was a creature when it
died, to play...)
>Can I choose not to put a creature back in
>play to prevent losing a land?
No. Lifeline's ability is -not- optional in any way.
>Do I get to put one creature back at everyone of my end of turn phases until
>my graveyard has no creatures? I am kinda confused about that.
?? Lifeline only triggers when a creature -goes to- the graveyard from play.
It creates a delayed triggered ability; that ability waits to go onto the
stack until the next time an end-of-turn step starts. So, each time an
end-of-turn step starts, _all_ the Lifeline delayed triggered abilities for
creatures that died when they weren't the only creature in play will go
on the stack that have accumulated since the -last- time an end-of-turn
step started. You're not limited in any way to 'only one such card can
reappear each turn'.
But Lifeline won't trigger for creatures that die when they're the only
creature in play ... and it won't trigger for creatures that went to
your graveyard -before- Lifeline came into play, and won't trigger for
creature cards that go to your graveyard from somewhere -other than- in-play.
>If I sacrifice Wintermoon Mesa to Tap two target lands does my opponent get
>any mana from the lands?
No, not if the Mesa's effect taps them. Opponent can tap them for mana in
response to the Mesa' ability, of course ... but the Mesa's ability's effect
does NOT say it's tapping them -for mana-. So if that effect taps them, they
simply fall over sideways.
Dave
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> If I have Lifeline and Overburden in play do I lose a land when a creature
> comes back from the Graveyard?
Yes. (Note that this applies even if Lifeline brings back creatures
under your opponent's control, since it was _your_ Lifeline that put it
into play.)
> Can I choose not to put a creature back in
> play to prevent losing a land?
No. Lifeline's triggered ability is not optional. (You could try to
remove the creature from the game before the delayed effect resolves,
though.)
> Do I get to put one creature back at everyone of my end of turn phases until
> my graveyard has no creatures?
No. Lifeline triggers whenever a creature is put into a graveyard and
another creature was in play. (The ability will trigger even if that
other creature was put into the graveyard at the same time.) That card
will then be brought back into play during the end step.
Lifeline won't do anything about creature cards in your graveyard that
didn't trigger the artifact's ability. For example, if there's only one
single creature in play and that creature dies, Lifeline won't return
that creature to play - neither this turn nor during any other turn.
Also, Lifeline won't bring back creature cards that were put into the
graveyard before Lifeline came into play.
> If I sacrifice Wintermoon Mesa to Tap two target lands does my opponent get
> any mana from the lands?
Only if that opponent decides to tap the lands for mana before your
ability resolves. (Tapping something with an effect never pays any
costs.)
Ingo Kemper
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tracy lenz
>
> Phear Factor <dont...@me.com> wrote:
> >If I have Lifeline and Overburden in play do I lose a land when a creature
> >comes back from the Graveyard?
>
> Whenever a player puts a creature card into play, that player returns a land
> he or she controls to its owner's hand.
> LIFELINE 5 Artifact
> Whenever a creature is put into a graveyard and another creature is in play,
> return the first creature from that graveyard to play under its owner's
> control at end of turn.
>
> ...Well, a technicality pops up here. Yes, you have to bounce a land whenever
> your Lifeline pops a creature card out of the graveyard ... because, although
> the creature appears under its owner's control, Lifeline says -you- are
> returning it to play (putting it into play). (Note that Overburden won't
> trigger if Lifeline returns a noncreature card, which was a creature when it
> died, to play...)
>
Tracy
Steve Lord
I'm assuming this is your question, Tracy. Yes, as long as there was
another creature in play when the Opalescenced enchantment left play, the
Lifeline triggered for it and you will return it to play at the end of the
turn.
Steve L
Michael Kastberg
> Will Lifeline return Opalesenced Enchantments to play?<
Yes, provided they were creatures when they left play.
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Phear Factor
David DeLaney
>David DeLaney wrote:
>> LIFELINE 5 Artifact
>> Whenever a creature is put into a graveyard and another creature is in play,
>> return the first creature from that graveyard to play under its owner's
>> control at end of turn.
>>
>> trigger if Lifeline returns a noncreature card, which was a creature when it
>> died, to play...)
>>
If they were creatures as they died, and if there was another creature in
play, then sure. _Lifeline_ just checks whether it was a creature that was
put into the graveyard ... not whether it was a creature -card-. The
"the first creature" is shorthand for "the first-mentioned card, which was
a creature when it was previously mentioned" ... much like "Target creature
gets +3/+3. Destroy that creature at end of turn".
Dave
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