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Official Glimmerpost ruling
Hello guys and gals,
What is the official ruling for the Glimmerpost land? I've seen some disagreements about the actual function of this card due to weird wording.
This is the way the card is worded:
When Glimmerpost enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each locus on the battlefield
That mean that the first time a Glimmerpost is played, it's controller gains one life, but if that player plays a second Glimmerpost, do they gain two life or four? When the second Glimmerpost comes into play, it's own ability activates, but does the ability of the first Glimmerpost activate as well?
Additionally, if one player drops a Glimmerpost and a second player drops one too, do both Glimmerposts activate their abilities simultaneously? Technically "Glimmerpost" is entering the battlefield...
Leviathan62089
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Posted 03 December 2010 at 17:31
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Aneximines
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201.4. Text that refers to the object it’s on by name means just that particular object and not any other objects with that name, regardless of any name changes caused by game effects.
[QUOTE=Leviathan62089]That mean that the first time a Glimmerpost is played, it's controller gains one life, but if that player plays a second Glimmerpost, do they gain two life or four?[/quote]
Two, because that's how many Loci there are.
[QUOTE]When the second Glimmerpost comes into play, it's own ability activates, but does the ability of the first Glimmerpost activate as well?[/QUOTE]
No. A Glimmerpost's ability only triggers when that particular Glimmerpost enters the battlefield.
[quote]Additionally, if one player drops a Glimmerpost and a second player drops one too, do both Glimmerposts activate their abilities simultaneously? Technically "Glimmerpost" is entering the battlefield...[/QUOTE]
If two Glimmerposts enter the battlefield simultaneously, they will both be on the battlefield by the time their abilities resolve, so each ability will grant two life (or more, if there were already Loci on the battlefield).
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Posted 03 December 2010 at 17:53
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Leviathan62089
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That is what I thought and that is how we ruled it,
Thanks.
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Posted 03 December 2010 at 18:12
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