Phyrexian Dreadnought + Phantasmal Image + Æther Vial

[Hanzalot]

Hi,

I want to ask if this is correct:

I have an Æther Vial on 2 in play and a land. I tap the land to play a Phyrexian Dreadnought. The "sac 12 power" trigger is placed on the stack and in response I vial in a Phantasmal Image copying the dreadnought. The "dreadnought image's" sac 12 power trigger is now placed on the stack and when it resolves I sac the dreadnought and I'm left with a dreadnought image since the trigger from the original dreadnought fizzles since the dreadnought has been sacrificed.

Is it? :)

Thanks for your help!

Hans

[Julian23]

Hi,

I want to ask if this is correct:

I have an Æther Vial on 2 in play and a land. I tap the land to play a Phyrexian Dreadnought. The "sac 12 power" trigger is placed on the stack and in response I vial in a Phantasmal Image copying the dreadnought. The "dreadnought image's" sac 12 power trigger is now placed on the stack and when it resolves I sac the dreadnought and I'm left with a dreadnought image since the trigger from the original dreadnought fizzles since the dreadnought has been sacrificed.

Is it? :)

Thanks for your help!

Hans

Correct. Works. Although the original trigger doesn't "fizzle" as you just regularly resolve it and choose not to sacrifice creatures with 12 power. That being said "fizzle" isn't even an official term so I will just shut up here ;-)

[Linqed]

Fizzled is indeed not a term in M:tG, you shouldn't use it imo. What happens is that the effect is 'countered by gamestate'.

[Hanzalot]

Thanks! And yes, I had a feeling I was on thin ice with that fizzling of mine :)

[Mister M.]

Fizzled is indeed not a term in M:tG, you shouldn't use it imo. What happens is that the effect is 'countered by gamestate'.

Well, at least "fizzles" used to be a mtg term. I remember reading it in the little rules advisor book that came with my first revised starter pack. Everybody used that term. "Countered by gamestate" wasn't a mtg term back then :)

[cdr]

The problem with "fizzle" is that it's somewhat vague. It's fine for casual conversation, but when discussing rules and the like you want to use more precise language.