Topic: Protean Hulk and Purphoros

Rules Question.  The setup is fairly easy:

1. Protean Hulk dies
2. I go searching for 4 Ornithopter and a Purphoros, God of the Forge
3. They enter play

The question is...does Purphoros trigger off those ornithopters? 

Thanks for the help everyone.

Last edited by rlnj83 (2014-07-26 16:20:16)

Re: Protean Hulk and Purphoros

The way I understand it is that you can order your triggers in whatever order you want.  So resolve Purphoros first, then the ornithopters, then you get 4 nuke everyone triggers.

Re: Protean Hulk and Purphoros

I know your order the triggers, but don't they all still enter play at the same time? 

His ability isn't an enters play ability, like Wall of Blossoms or Augury Owl is.   If those two were entering play at the same time you would pick which effect you wanted to trigger first, but again, Purphoros seems different to me.

Re: Protean Hulk and Purphoros

rlnj83 wrote:

I know your order the triggers, but don't they all still enter play at the same time? 

His ability isn't an enters play ability, like Wall of Blossoms or Augury Owl is.   If those two were entering play at the same time you would pick which effect you wanted to trigger first, but again, Purphoros seems different to me.

Isnt this exactly how scapeshift works with Valakut? Im not good enough with these minute rules to help but you could look there.

Re: Protean Hulk and Purphoros

To the best of my understanding, all of the creatures will enter the battlefield at one time.  Because of this, there will be no triggers for Purphoros' ability.

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Re: Protean Hulk and Purphoros

TRZ wrote:

Isnt this exactly how scapeshift works with Valakut? Im not good enough with these minute rules to help but you could look there.

A quick google search yielded this thread.  Would like there to be more "hard evidence," but is this right???

http://tappedout.net/mtg-forum/modern/s … kut-combo/

Re: Protean Hulk and Purphoros

Purphoros will trigger for each Ornithopter that enters the battlefield at the same time as it, per 603.6a.

603.6a. Enters-the-battlefield abilities trigger when a permanent enters the battlefield. These are written, "When [this object] enters the battlefield, . . . " or "Whenever a [type] enters the battlefield, . . ." Each time an event puts one or more permanents onto the battlefield, all permanents on the battlefield (including the newcomers) are checked for any enters-the-battlefield triggers that match the event.

[emphasis mine]

So all the permanents, including Purphoros, are checked for any ETB triggers that match the event. Purphoros's ETB trigger therefore goes off, since creatures were put onto the battlefield. It will trigger 4 times (since it doesn't trigger for itself, the ability reading "Whenever another creature...").

All the permanents DO enter the battlefield at the same time; the order has no effect on triggering abilities, since triggers are essentially checked once all the permanents are on the battlefield.

Also, @Nighthawk: you're not "resolving" any of these creatures. You're resolving Protean Hulk's triggered ability. As part of the resolution of that ability, the Ornithopters and Purp enter the battlefield.

Re: Protean Hulk and Purphoros

Woo, thanks for the depth!

Re: Protean Hulk and Purphoros

may as well search for those two elvish mystics too or whatever 1CMC crreatures are still hiding in your deck.

Re: Protean Hulk and Purphoros

To the best of my knowledge, no it will not work.

Source: Reading the comprehensive rulebook a few times through

Last edited by Chaim (2014-09-03 05:34:25)

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Re: Protean Hulk and Purphoros

Chaim wrote:

To the best of my knowledge, no it will not work.

Source: Reading the comprehensive rulebook a few times through

What about the actual comprehensive rule I cited? Explain why that doesn't apply.

http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magi … attlefield

http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magi … d-triggers

http://community.wizards.com/forum/rule … ds/3949536

http://community.wizards.com/content/fo … ic/2766956

http://community.wizards.com/content/fo … ic/3471041

Sorry, but I don't understand why you'd bump a month-old thread with a Comprehensive Rules cite with unsupported misinformation.

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Last edited by yearofglad (2014-09-03 13:49:36)

Re: Protean Hulk and Purphoros

This works. If this wasn't the way that it worked then Scapeshift wouldn't be a deck. All creatures searched up with the Protean Hulk death trigger will ETB at the same time and will "see" each other ETB. Purphoros triggers when another creature enters the battlefield and since all of the creatures "see" each other ETB, each of the other creatures will trigger Purphoros's 3rd ability.