Activated and static ability

[raudo]

Sorry this newbie question, but I'm really confused when playing with Goblins against annoying Burning Tree Shaman.

Is activated same as triggered? So I take damage basically from all Goblins like Matron, Lackey, Pyromancer and Ringleader? How about Piledriver?

So many years without playing.. :cry:

[Locutus]

no, they are different. Acivated abilities have the form [cost]:[effect], while triggered abilities have the form 'when'/'whenever'/'at' [condition], [effect]. Activated abilities in Goblins are for example Wasteland, Rishadan Port and Vial (putting a creature into play). Matron, Lackey etc. are triggered, so BTS won't deal damage to you. In fact, BTS itself has a triggered ability, so he would kill its controller instantly if he would trigger on triggered abilities *g*

Also note that triggered abilities aren't 'played', they are put on the stack when the condition is met