Does {Twinflame} and {Scourge of Valkas} do what I think it does?
Casting it and targeting the dragon would cause both abilities to trigger, dealing 4 total damage. For each 3 mana you pay on top of that it would increase exponentially (4, 9, 16, 25...). Well, I THINK you can declare the dragon as your target more than once...
Quote from: mtdewaddict on May 09, 2014, 02:43:32 AM
Casting it and targeting the dragon would cause both abilities to trigger, dealing 4 total damage. For each 3 mana you pay on top of that it would increase exponentially (4, 9, 16, 25...). Well, I THINK you can declare the dragon as your target more than once...
Unless there are multiple instances of the word target on there, a spell can usually only target a permanent once (Only exception off the top of my head is {Seeds of Strength})
{Twinflame}
{Scourge of Valkas}
Three other dragons
You cast {Twinflame} and target 4 creatures.
Mana cost will be {1}{R} + 3x{2}{R} = 7{R}{R}{R}{R}.
4 dragons enter the battlefield.
There are now 8 dragons.
Each {Scourge of Valkas} triggers 4x, for a total of 8 triggers.
Total damage = 8 triggers x 8 dragons = 64 damage.
yea all the dragons will etb at the same time so they will do the same dmg.
edit: through seperate triggers though.
All the strive cards have the rulings posted on Gather about choosing targets, including one about choosing a target multiple times.
4/26/2014 You choose how many targets each spell with a strive ability has and what those targets are as you cast it. It's legal to cast such a spell with no targets, although this is rarely a good idea. You can't choose the same target more than once for a single strive spell.
4/26/2014 Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.
4/26/2014 The tokens see each other enter the battlefield. If any of them have a triggered ability that triggers whenever a creature enters the battlefield, they'll trigger for one another.
Those two other rulings clarify a bit IMO.