#heartless summoning

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Heartless Summoning

"They won't be winning any beauty pageants, but they'll do the trick." —Enslow, ghoulcaller of Nephalia

Artist: Anthony Palumbo TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[magicjudge]

Probably a dumb question to ask, but it really caused a stir in my EDH playgroup recently. The Meren player had a Heartless summoning on the field and cast himself a Reclaimation Sage. Now we all ended up agreeing that it gets it's ETB trigger, and I'd like to know if we were right there. The real concerns came up when he resolved a Fleshbag Marauder. We again agreed that he got the ETB trigger, but then he tried to sac the Fleshbag. Is that possible? Would state based actions not kill it first?

The triggers happen, but the creatures are in the graveyard before those triggers ever go on the stack. Your opponent can’t sacrifice the Fleshbag Marauder to its own trigger since it’s not on the battlefield when the trigger resolves.

[magicjudge]

Heartless Summoning - My first T2 build around me card turned into a deck.

There was a fun standard deck built around Heartless Summoning and Myr Superion. I never played it, but it looked like a lot of fun. (It also played Perilous Myrs as free sorcery-speed Shocks.)

[magicjudge]

If I control Heartless Summoning, and I play Fleshbag Marauder, will I be able to sacrifice Fleshbag Marauder to its own ETB trigger when it resolves?

Sadly no.

State-based actions are checked before Fleshbag Marauder’s trigger goes on the stack, and it has 0 toughness at that time and thus dies a horrible death long before its trigger even thinks about resolving.

[magicjudge]

What happens when I summon a 1/1 creature with undying and I have heartless summoning out?

It dies then comes back with a counter and survives as a 1/1.

[magicjudge]

If I have heartless summoning out, and play a 1/1 creature (for free), can my opponent respond with a path to exile on the creature before it is moved to the graveyard as a state based action?

No.

No one gets priority between the creature resolving and it going to the graveyard due to state-based actions.

[mtgtutorials]

How does Heartless Summoning affect X costs for creatures like Savageborn Hydra or Protean Hydra?Do I get two extra counters or would I just get what I tap for?

When casting a spell, including one with X in the cost, you determine the value of X before you decide how to pay for it.

So: If you decide you want to cast Protean Hydra for X = 5, and you control Heartless Summoning, the cost you must pay is 3G.

[delta-hexagon]

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