A player can trigger the Initiative mechanic by “enter the battlefield” triggers or from combat damage to an opponent who has Initiative. Only one player can have Initiative at a time. If a player has Initiative and they play a card that takes Initiative, that player will still get to ...
When a Vehicle becomes a creature, that doesn’t count as having a creature enter the battlefield. The permanent was already on the battlefield; it only changed its types. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield won’t trigger. ...
A player attempting to remove your face-down card can be potentially countered by paying the mana cost of the face-down creature and flipping it in response. Turing a face-down card up doesn’t trigger enter-the-battlefield abilities. Any face-down card that attacked or was tapped will rem...
When a Vehicle becomes a creature, that doesn’t count as having a creature enter the battlefield. The permanent was already on the battlefield; it only changed its types. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield won’t trigger. ...
The effects that prevent creature abilities are already widely played, and the addition ofartifactsto that makes Doorkeeper Thrull so good. There are many artifacts with strong abilities that trigger when they enter the battlefield, such as The One Ring’s protection effect among many others. ...
If it has an enter the battlefield trigger, draw a card. This makes sense. I remember in the days when Rishadan Port was the game ruiner and then in Invasion block they printed Tsabo's Web and Teferi's Response as a way to nullify it. Not sure how well it worked but it was ...
Putting a creature into play with Quicksilver Amulet means you don’t get any cast triggers they may have, and Eldrazi creatures come with some good ones. Even then, you still get any enter the battlefield triggers, as well as having a massive creature in play for free. ...
When this enchantment enters the battlefield, you gain 7 life. This site is unaffiliated. You get to control all your draws for 1 turn. Keep some heavy counterspells in hand to prevent your opponent from killing your Felidar Sovereign as soon as it hits the battlefield, and the game is...
and in the worst possible way from a PR perspective. We just had what was by all accounts anawesome Pro Tour with eight different archetypes in a Top 8 for the ages, agreat documentary by the Walking the Planes guys Nate and Shawn(seriously, check out “Enter the Battlefield” on Netfl...