Cycle + Storm?

Delicious · Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 425

does cycling go on the stack and would it count towards something like storm?

PhyrePhox · Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 38

cycling uses the stack, but it is not playing a spell

Thorns · Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 820 Location: Rath

Cycling doesn't count as a spell because it is an ability. Channel, Morph and Suspend(when you suspend it) work in the same manner. Also note that the storm copies don't count towards your storm count because they aren't play, they are put directly on the stack.

ant900 · Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 2474 Location: somewhere

Thorns · Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 820 Location: Rath

True true. I was thinking about abilities that let you play stuff alternatively but for got the wording on morph.

Hardtrack · Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 272

The storm count is only increased when spells gets played, abilities are not spells and thus don't increase it.

Cycling is an activated ability that uses the stack normally.

Channel is an activated ability too and uses the stack.

Suspend is a whole bunch of abilities. Suspending a card (removing it from the game with time counters) is a special action that doesn't use the stack. But when the last counter is removed it is played and does increase the storm count.

Playing a creature face-down is still playing a creature spell, so that increases the storm count too.

LEYENDA · Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 8

Storm counts spells played before it and not abilities

iamFrankie · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 24

does elvish pipers ability count toard storm?

metroman722 · Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 73

reread what you just said....

elvish pipers _____ability_______[/b]