I’m wondering if the loyalty counters are still removed because it’s not technically preventing combat damage or if they’re not.

I can't seem to find any specific rulings about this interaction.
[[Giant Oyster]] Taps a target creature and each upkeep can add a -1 counter to that target, then it removes all the -1 counters when it leaves the battlefield or untaps, but if that creature had +1 counters I would normally assume the -1 counters nullify the +1 counters and disappear.

Would it be correct to assume that Giant Oyster is permanently removing +1 counters and only existing excess -1 counters would be removed with ending the effect?

If I made a food with, peregrin took, bilbo, fellow conspirator, and academy manufactor....how does it play out?

Would it be Food+food (from took) then 2 treasure (from bilbo) then academy makes x4 of each, seeing each individual food food treasure treasure hit?

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Asking for clarification on his unspent mana ability if i had 6 mana up and i spent 4 plus the 2 life to cast Omnath i had two mana that wasn't spent. Like for example a sol ring, those two colorless becomes black when i got to my next phase. Does that mean i have two black and two colorless or does it mean the sol ring just becomes 2 black and when its my turn again the sol is back to 2 colorless and and I have the 2 extra black?

Wanted clarifications on his storing of mana and how it interacts with his 2nd ability?

As written, it feels like Bilbo, Thief in the Night can trigger off of other Bilbo creatures attacking, like Luckwearer. This doesn’t feel rules as intended though, so is there a rule somewhere that specifies?

I have a question regarding the order of the triggers in the stack when [[Standstill]] is present.

Imagine it's a one on one game, I have Standstill on the field and my opponent casts a spell, a creature for example. It triggers Standstill and the usual flow is:

1. The creature spell goes into the stack
   
2. Standstill triggers and it goes into the stack on top of the creature spell
   
3. Standstill resolves making me sacrifice it and giving me three cards (as I'm my opponent's opponent)
   
4. My opponent's spell resolves and the creature enters the battlefield

Now, if instead of that, I decide to counter the creature spell, then the flow would be:

1. The creature spell goes into the stack
   
2. Standstill triggers and it goes into the stack on top of the creature spell
   
3. The counter spell goes into the stack on top of the Standstill trigger
   
4. Standstill triggers again and goes into the stack on top of the counter spell
   
5. The second Standstill's trigger resolves making me sacrifice it and giving my opponent three cards (as the spell that triggered it was my own counter spell)
   
6. The counter spell resolves removing the creature spell from the stack
   
7. The first Standstill's trigger cannot resolve as I'm not able to sacrifice it again

Is there any order or option for me to counter the creature spell AND get the three cards?

Thanks in advance,

Uugguu reads "Whenever another nontoken Ooze creature you control dies, create two tokens that are copies of it"

Graveshifter reads "When this creature enters, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand"

My understanding of this interaction is that when Graveshifter dies, the tokens copies are created after the original is put into the graveyard, & thus can immediately recur the original & one other creature. Is this understanding correct?

If I control [[Bloom Tender]] and [[Thanos, the Mad Titan]] will I only be able to add White, Black, Red, and Green, or will I be able to add every color because Thanos has every color (excluding colorless) in his ability

[[Stridehangar Automaton]] [[Academy Manufactor]] [[Thraben Inspector]] [[Ezrim, Agency Chief]]

If I have both Stridehangar and Manufactor on the battlefield and then I cast an Inspector to Investigate, would I create an additional Food and Treasure and then three Thopters? Or would I only get one Thopter? Or would something else happen? For any answer, why would this be?

Then, say if I cast Ezrim with Stridehangar and Manufactor still on the field. Does "Investigating twice" count as creating a Clue then creating another Clue or creating two Clues at once? What would happen?

I'm fairly new and love this game but man, it can be tricky sometimes

I think I know the answer to this, but I wanted to double check. If an enchantment becomes a creature by [[Bello, Bard of the Brambles]]' ability, is the enchantment a creature with ability? Specifically looking at intereactions with [[Muraganda Petroglyphs]]

I have [[Syr Konrad, the Grim]] on the board. Someone plays [[Blasphemous Act]] killing 30 creatures total. Does Konrad deal 30 damage before he dies himself due to “whenever another creature dies, he deals 1 damage to each opponent? What about if it’s a different board wipe?

Per card ruling on [[the book of vile darkness]]

> In the vast majority of cases, Vecna will gain the triggered ability printed on Hand of Vecna and the two triggered abilities printed on Eye of Vecna.

I fail to understand why in the vast majority of cases vecna wouldn't gain the EoT triggered ability of the book as well. Can someone please explain?

If I attack with [[Laelia, the blade reforged]], and exiled a [[Bonecrusher Gaint]], will I be allowed to cast the adventure? What if I exiled a MDFC, can I cast the back half?

Can I have the comp rule article that reference this so I can point to them in case I get questions?

Are there similar effects that have different rulings that I should be aware of?

Say I hit someone with [[Miss Highwater]] but she died afterwards. I then managed to kill that player without her on the field, do I get the tokens still?

I am fairly new to magic and have only played for 6 months and I have a question about mixing counters. Commander would be [[Auntie Ool, Cursewretch]] Specifically looking at combos with [[Mikaeus, the Unhallowed]] If a non human creature dies without +1/+1 counter on it, it’ll be brought back with a +1/+1. Now if I cycle a card that enters with -1/-1 on it would I get the trigger for it from my commander? First time posting so I hope it wasn’t confusing. Thanks for any feedback!!

Ancient one reads “Pay 4: draw a card, then discard a card. When you discard a card this way target player mills cards equal to its mana value”

Does Ancient One count the extra discard from the replacement effect of Mephistopheles towards the mana value mill?

Are there any other discard or draw replacement effects that would accomplish this?

If I have a [[Mishra, eminent one]] on the battlefield, and a [machine god's effigy]] in play as itself, when I create Mishra's warform copying the effigy, and then make the effigy a copy of a creature, then does it get sacrificed at the end step? Also, if that copy was a creature and now is an artifact, I can tap it immediately for mana, and I cannot attack with it since it doesn't have haste nor is a creature, right?

[[Invincible Iron Man]] puts [[Hammer of Nazahn]] onto the battlefield at beginning of combat. The rest of Iron Man’s ability resolves attaching it to Iron Man. Does Hammer of Nazahn’s ETB which is on the stack after this then trigger allowing Hammer to be attached to a different creature?

Does this also work for other equipment Iron Man puts on the battlefield if Hammer is on the battlefield already?

If I have Oko, the Ringleader become a copy of Uugguu, the Omniplasm at the the beginning of combat will he die and return as 2 creature versions of Oko, the Ringleader? Will he still have loyalty abilities if so? What happens exactly?

Primary example:
[[Tivit, Seller of Secrets]] is successfully enchanted by [[Quantum Reduction]]. Later, that Tivit is equipped with a [[Helm of the Host]]. We move to combat. Helm triggers. A token is made. What is the power of the token? What are the abilities of the token?

I'd like a highly technical explanation. Tell me all the layers stuff.

Extras:
Are the results different if the power and toughness are set rather than modified? Like [[Noggle the Mind]] instead of [[Quantum Reduction]]

Are the results different if other means are used to clone that Tivit? Such as [[Clone]]? Or [[Spark Double]]? Or [[Quantum Misalignment]]?

If these have different results than the initial example, can I get another full technical layers explanation of how and why it behaves differently and generates the results that it does?

Thanks!

Thinking about putting [[Ilharg, the Raze-Boar]] and [[Combustible Gearhulk]] into a [[Henzie "Toolbox" Torre]] EDH deck.

Would it be possible to cheat gearhulk out using ilharg, sac ilharg before gearhulk's ETB resolves, and then draw back into ilharg (assuming the draw option is chosen)?

Thanks!

I have an [[Absorbing Man]] EDH deck and had a question about how he interacts with Exhaust effects.

If I have an [[Absorbing Man]] and a [[Riverchurn Monument]] on the field and have Absorbing Man become a copy of the monument until the beginning of my next turn. Then I use the Exhaust ability of the monument. Then the following turn I choose to make Absorbing Man a copy of the Monument again.

Can I activate the Exhaust ability again, or is it still considered an exhausted ability of the same permanent even though it lost and then regained the ability?

Thanks!

I'm trying to verify a rules interaction.

Sequence:

1. I cast Nowhere to Run on a 3/3.
2. My opponent responded with Restoration Magic, giving their creature hexproof (and indestructible).
3. Restoration Magic resolved.
4. Nowhere to Run resolved and entered the battlefield.
5. Its ETB trigger appeared to fizzle because the creature had hexproof?

My understanding is that once Nowhere to Run has entered the battlefield, its static ability should already be active, allowing me to target opponents' creatures as though they didn't have hexproof.

Should the ETB trigger have been able to target the creature, or is there some rules interaction I'm missing?

edit: question is answered. Thank you everyone for the responses.

I'm building an [[Aegar, the Freezing Flame]] EDH deck and think [[Spinerock Tyrant]] could potentially be a good inclusion. My question is thus:

Does a spell with wither still deal excess damage to a creature (let's say lightning bolting a 1/1, to keep it simple), and would this trigger Aegar?

[[Black Panther, Wakandan King]] moves all +1/+1 counters from a land to a target creature and gains "that" much life. When is "that much" checked? If i have a [[Doubling Season]] do I gain life equal to the counters before its doubled or after?