Sacred Mesa Ruling

Kikin · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 63

Can you make a Pegasus token during the upkeep? Or does "Sacred Mesa" get destroyed?

(Ex.My opp. has everything tap,and it's my turn.I untap,it's the begginning of my upkeep...Can I make a token? Legal or not?)

MTGFAN911 · Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Posts: 162

sure just make sure u make the token before sacred mesas effect resolves.

aldaryn · Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 440

You can make a token and sacrifice it for the effect during the same upkeep. Apart from just keeping the Mesa alive, it's also important to note that this way, when you make your end-of-their-turn tokens, you don't have to sac any of them and instead make a new one, and this way, you can swing with all of the tokens made at end-of-their-turn. I think it was actually different the first time this card was printed (old rules).

_Circa_ · Joined: 26 Dec 2005 Posts: 169

Yeah, The Mesa's ability is put on the stack, and on top of that, you can make a token. So by the time the Mesag ability is ready to resolve, you have a Pegasus to feed it.

Onkel420 · Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 144

Yup, that's correct. At the beginning of your upkeep Sacred Mesa's ability triggers and goes on the stack, but before it resolves you can make a token you can sacrifice for it.

This was different the first time Sacred Mesa was legal because back then you weren't allowed to use a card's abilities until all upkeep costs for it were paid.

Apos · Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 731