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Title: Double Taskmaster
Post by: Wally on August 27, 2012, 07:39:28 PM
Does that mean when you have two {demonic taskmaster}s out they have to sac each other?

In fact yes! The rulings in the card state this is so.
Title: Re: Double Taskmaster
Post by: BlackJester on August 27, 2012, 08:03:12 PM
Quote from: Wally on August 27, 2012, 07:39:28 PM
Does that mean when you have two {demonic taskmaster}s out they have to sac each other?
Dude, that just sounds wrong. 😂
Title: Re: Double Taskmaster
Post by: Inconnu on August 27, 2012, 08:07:59 PM
Quote from: BlackJester on August 27, 2012, 08:03:12 PM
Quote from: Wally on August 27, 2012, 07:39:28 PM
Does that mean when you have two {demonic taskmaster}s out they have to sac each other?
Dude, that just sounds wrong. 😂
Thanks Jester. While that made me laugh I could really go without the mental image.
Must find a pipe cleaner and scrub my brain now.
:)
Title: Re: Double Taskmaster
Post by: Greg54js on August 27, 2012, 09:17:24 PM
Quote from: Inconnu on August 27, 2012, 08:07:59 PM
Quote from: BlackJester on August 27, 2012, 08:03:12 PM
Quote from: Wally on August 27, 2012, 07:39:28 PM
Does that mean when you have two {demonic taskmaster}s out they have to sac each other?
Dude, that just sounds wrong. 😂
Thanks Jester. While that made me laugh I could really go without the mental image.
Must find a pipe cleaner and scrub my brain now.
:)
OMG my face hurts from laughing!! Inconnu that's a Bret mental image. I can see your pipe cleaner going in one ear and out the other...
Title: Re: Double Taskmaster
Post by: Inconnu on August 28, 2012, 01:04:55 AM
Quote from: Greg54js on August 27, 2012, 09:17:24 PM
Quote from: Inconnu on August 27, 2012, 08:07:59 PM
Quote from: BlackJester on August 27, 2012, 08:03:12 PM
Quote from: Wally on August 27, 2012, 07:39:28 PM
Does that mean when you have two {demonic taskmaster}s out they have to sac each other?
Dude, that just sounds wrong. 😂
Thanks Jester. While that made me laugh I could really go without the mental image.
Must find a pipe cleaner and scrub my brain now.
:)
OMG my face hurts from laughing!! Inconnu that's a Bret mental image. I can see your pipe cleaner going in one ear and out the other...
What I can't hear you right now!?! I'm cleaning my brain.
Title: Re: Double Taskmaster
Post by: BlackJester on August 28, 2012, 01:06:40 AM
Mental floss.
Title: Re: Double Taskmaster
Post by: Ghebert on August 28, 2012, 02:40:21 PM
With the {Demonic Taskmaster} issue.

Wouldn't both abilities hit the stack, then you sac one of them, then the other ability wilfive ignored bc there is no legal target?

Or do they happen simultaneously?
Title: Re: Double Taskmaster
Post by: BlackJester on August 28, 2012, 02:46:56 PM
Quote from: Ghebert on August 28, 2012, 02:40:21 PM
With the {Demonic Taskmaster} issue.

Wouldn't both abilities hit the stack, then you sac one of them, then the other ability wilfive ignored bc there is no legal target?

Or do they happen simultaneously?
They both go on the stack.  Once something is on the stack, it exists separate from the object that made it.  Since the card doesn't use targets, you'll have to sac a dude in each case.
Title: Re: Double Taskmaster
Post by: Ghebert on August 28, 2012, 02:50:17 PM
Gotcha! Bc it doesn't target. If it said "Sac target creature other than Demonic Taskmaster" it wouldn't happen, eh?
Title: Re: Double Taskmaster
Post by: BlackJester on August 28, 2012, 02:51:52 PM
No, because each one targets the other. 
Title: Re: Double Taskmaster
Post by: Ghebert on August 28, 2012, 02:53:19 PM
Ah I see! Thanks BJ.

Magic are confusing! 😲
Title: Re: Double Taskmaster
Post by: BlackJester on August 28, 2012, 02:58:04 PM
Now, if you had that wording...
Quote from: Ghebert on August 28, 2012, 02:50:17 PM
Gotcha! Bc it doesn't target. If it said "Sac target creature other than Demonic Taskmaster" it wouldn't happen, eh?
... and a third creature on the field, you could have both 'masters target that one.  After the first trigger made you sac it, the second one would "fizzle fo' shizzle".

But, with the current wording, you'll ALWAYS have to choose a creature as it resolves, so you'd have to sac the other dude and a 'master.

Magic's not too bad, once you get certain fundamentals.  It can get complex in a hurry.  The trick is to break it down one thing at a time and look at each piece.