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Hello, All!
There were a few posts asking about what happens if Quicksilver
Elemental gains all abilities of, say, Heartseeker-equipped creature.
The explanation was always that once QE has copied the ability it can
use it, unattaching the Heartseeker in question from that creature as a
cost.
Let's suppose I control a creature (say, a Silver Myr) with a
Heartseeker on it and a Quicksilver Elemental, and controlled both
creatures since the beginning of my last turn. Is the following
sequence of events legal?
1. Play QE's ability targeting the Silver Myr.
2. Tap Silver Myr, unattach Heartseeker: destroy target creature.
3. Tap Quicksilver Elemental, unattach Heartseeker (which is not
attached, but does "unattach" require it to be attached? After all, I
can untap an untapped creature...): destroy another target creature.
Quicksilver Elemental
{3}{U}{U}
Creature -- Elemental
3/4
{U}: Quicksilver Elemental gains all activated abilities of target
creature until end of turn. (If any of the abilities use that creature's
name, use this creature's name instead.)
You may spend blue mana as though it were mana of any color to pay the
activation costs of Quicksilver Elemental's abilities.
Heartseeker
{4}
Artifact -- Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+1 and has "{T}, Unattach Heartseeker: Destroy
target creature."
Equip {5} ({5}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a
sorcery. This card comes into play unattached and stays in play if the
creature leaves play.)
Regards,
Arkady.
Hello, All!
There were a few posts asking about what happens if Quicksilver
Elemental gains all abilities of, say, Heartseeker-equipped creature.
The explanation was always that once QE has copied the ability it can
use it, unattaching the Heartseeker in question from that creature as a
cost.
Let's suppose I control a creature (say, a Silver Myr) with a
Heartseeker on it and a Quicksilver Elemental, and controlled both
creatures since the beginning of my last turn. Is the following
sequence of events legal?
1. Play QE's ability targeting the Silver Myr.
2. Tap Silver Myr, unattach Heartseeker: destroy target creature.
3. Tap Quicksilver Elemental, unattach Heartseeker (which is not
attached, but does "unattach" require it to be attached? After all, I
can untap an untapped creature...): destroy another target creature.
Quicksilver Elemental
{3}{U}{U}
Creature -- Elemental
3/4
{U}: Quicksilver Elemental gains all activated abilities of target
creature until end of turn. (If any of the abilities use that creature's
name, use this creature's name instead.)
You may spend blue mana as though it were mana of any color to pay the
activation costs of Quicksilver Elemental's abilities.
Heartseeker
{4}
Artifact -- Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+1 and has "{T}, Unattach Heartseeker: Destroy
target creature."
Equip {5} ({5}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a
sorcery. This card comes into play unattached and stays in play if the
creature leaves play.)
Regards,
Arkady.