Interesting, so I can attack with my 4/4 trampler, and if my opponent blocks with a 1/1 I can choose to assign 2 damage to the blocker and 2 to the defending player to trigger this instead of defaulting to 1 damage to kill the blocker and 3 to the player.
This is really good with anything that makes a bunch of tokens on etb. Reddit comments pointed out that master of waves fits the bill nicely. As I believe token copies contribute to devotion, this plus 2 devotion plus master of waves is 4 masters plus 18 elementals for a total of 98 power.
edit: with 0 devotion it is 10 power over 4 bodies, and 1 devotion it is 38 power over 11 bodies. That’s still probably good enough to win.
You aren't cheating in a Dreadnought, you're causing your opponent to sacrifice 12 power worth of creatures because of the Dreadnought trigger. You can even be tricky about it by hiding a Dreadnought under a manifested card from Scroll of Fate, flip it and then get a Terminus-like effect against your opponent. The likelihood of them having more than 12 power is going to be rare. EDIT: I feel like this has value against Emrakul.
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There isn't a separate copy; the creature enters as a copy, so the creature that enters will have a Dreadnought trigger. EDIT: Yes, this means they can sacrifice what they just played. I was wrong on this account.
EDIT: also, this applies to PLANESWALKERS. You can now, apparently, make an Oko come in as a copy of any creature with this (regardless of Dreadnought triggers.) Because of this, I'm wary of the goldfish translation. It might be different.
Brainstorm Realist
I close my eyes and sink within myself, relive the gift of precious memories, in need of a fix called innocence. - Chuck Shuldiner
Brainstorm Realist
I close my eyes and sink within myself, relive the gift of precious memories, in need of a fix called innocence. - Chuck Shuldiner
It won't be terminus, as each creature beyond the first will have something else it can target and you'll be giving your opponent dreadnoughts. (Like, if they entreat the angels for 4, and you target your dreadnought, they'll have 4 12/12s in play and only need to sacrifice two of them)
The real play here is to cast it on your Eater of Days, or Leveler.
If the translation is correct, this isn't just a lowly copy effect. You now have a blue card that can make Oko enter as a creature, with no abilities. This is, to put it mildly, *weird*.
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They can just sacrifice the creature that enters as a Dreadnought to satisfy the trigger, no additional creatures need to be sacrificed. However, in the case of Entreat the Angels, if they get 4 dreadnoughts, they would have 4 dreadnought triggers. They would have to sacrifice 48 power worth of creatures or lose their dreadnoughts. Each copy would have it's own trigger to sacrifice.
Brainstorm Realist
I close my eyes and sink within myself, relive the gift of precious memories, in need of a fix called innocence. - Chuck Shuldiner
This is confusing, but straight from gatherer: “If the dreadnought is no longer on the battlefield, you may still choose either option” and “if you are unable to sac 12 power, you cannot choose that option”
This is still a force of despair plus stifle on any creature, token generator, OR planeswalker, including Marit Lage, so maybe that’s good enough.
Good catch, I guess Vapor Snag is still a non-bo. Card is confusing AF with Dreadnought, lol.
Brainstorm Realist
I close my eyes and sink within myself, relive the gift of precious memories, in need of a fix called innocence. - Chuck Shuldiner
Brainstorm Realist
I close my eyes and sink within myself, relive the gift of precious memories, in need of a fix called innocence. - Chuck Shuldiner
Dreadnought token A chooses to sacrifice dreadnought token B
Dreadnought token B chooses to sacrifice itself (which is still a legal choice, even if the dreadnought is not on the battlefield)
From gatherer: If the Dreadnought is no longer on the battlefield when the triggered ability resolves, you may still choose either option
So you can keep one half (rounded down) of your dreadnought bananza.
E: I'm behind, sorry.
So the most important thing is that you can turn an opponent's thing into a suicidal permanent, at instant speed, and you can hide this card in a no-discard zone (face-down exile). So more than just "nice Oko, now sac it" it also checks all the boxes vs Marit Lage.
When we're not doing this...if an opponent targets a Dreadnought with a kill spell, we cast this spell from exile targeting Dreadnought. Next we tap Scroll of Fate, dump in a copy-Nought, and sac the one that was going to die anyway.
^note that opponents play cards worth copying, so like oppo plays Dreadhorde, I target it, then cast a Dreadnought; and now I too have a Dreadhorde and ignored the sac clause.
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