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Magic (The Gathering) => Rules => Topic started by: ducttapetitan on October 22, 2012, 11:00:18 PM

Title: Detaining
Post by: ducttapetitan on October 22, 2012, 11:00:18 PM
Can you detain an enchantment aura?
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: scarsabrex on October 22, 2012, 11:01:41 PM
Yes though it won't particularly be helpful most of the time.
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: ducttapetitan on October 22, 2012, 11:26:55 PM
Quote from: scarsabrex on October 22, 2012, 11:01:41 PM
Yes though it won't particularly be helpful most of the time.
Can you detain stab wound?
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: ChrisRodriguez on October 22, 2012, 11:41:05 PM
Quote from: ducttapetitan on October 22, 2012, 11:26:55 PM
Quote from: scarsabrex on October 22, 2012, 11:01:41 PM
Yes though it won't particularly be helpful most of the time.
Can you detain stab wound?
No because that's a triggered ability not an activated ability.
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: scarsabrex on October 23, 2012, 12:42:18 AM
Quote from: ChrisRodriguez on October 22, 2012, 11:41:05 PM
Quote from: ducttapetitan on October 22, 2012, 11:26:55 PM
Quote from: scarsabrex on October 22, 2012, 11:01:41 PM
Yes though it won't particularly be helpful most of the time.
Can you detain stab wound?
No because that's a triggered ability not an activated ability.

Rather yes he can but it won't stop any of stab wounds abilities.
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: ducttapetitan on October 23, 2012, 12:46:29 AM
Quote from: ChrisRodriguez on October 22, 2012, 11:41:05 PM
Quote from: ducttapetitan on October 22, 2012, 11:26:55 PM
Quote from: scarsabrex on October 22, 2012, 11:01:41 PM
Yes though it won't particularly be helpful most of the time.
Can you detain stab wound?
No because that's a triggered ability not an activated ability.
What's the difference?
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: Jroch314 on October 23, 2012, 03:28:05 AM
Quote from: ducttapetitan on October 23, 2012, 12:46:29 AM
Quote from: ChrisRodriguez on October 22, 2012, 11:41:05 PM
Quote from: ducttapetitan on October 22, 2012, 11:26:55 PM
Quote from: scarsabrex on October 22, 2012, 11:01:41 PM
Yes though it won't particularly be helpful most of the time.
Can you detain stab wound?
No because that's a triggered ability not an activated ability.
What's the difference?
An activated ability is COST:EFFECT and the colon is present on the card. See {Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage}. A triggered ability is When this happens, then that happens. See {Worldspine Wurm}.
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: Wally on October 23, 2012, 03:32:58 AM
I think the question was more, what's the difference of being able to target it and it won't do anything, and not being able to target it.

If you can target a permanent and if it is a valid target, you can indeed target it. Whether I will do anything or not as a result of being targeted is a totally different matter. :)
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: Maximo on October 23, 2012, 03:56:10 AM
Well we can answer the question he asked, or we can answer the question he meant to ask.
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: scarsabrex on October 23, 2012, 10:43:12 AM
Or we can answer both.
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: ducttapetitan on October 23, 2012, 06:28:57 PM
Both plaese😄
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: Greg54js on October 23, 2012, 06:43:55 PM
Detaining an o ring does nothing right?
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: scarsabrex on October 23, 2012, 06:58:27 PM
Correct
Title: Re: Detaining
Post by: Greg54js on October 23, 2012, 07:56:16 PM
Quote from: scarsabrex on October 23, 2012, 06:58:27 PM
Correct
Dammit. Detain why couldn't you be more broken....