Question about hidden strings
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Posted on May 13, 2013, 1:47 a.m. by skitzmaester
So I was just thinking of using a combo dealing with Hidden Strings and Vorel of the Hull Clade . If I activate vorel, then play hidden strings, would i be able to untap vorel, use her ability again, then have hidden strings untap her again, for a total of three activations, if i had the mana base anyway
MagnorCriol says... #3
No. Once you start resolving a spell or ability, it must finish resolving before anything else can be done, so you couldn't activate Vorel's ability while Strings resolves. Besides all that, Strings specifically says "another target permanent," meaning you can't choose Vorel both of them anyhow.
May 13, 2013 2:02 a.m.
ShadowLand says... #4
You could tap Vorel, activating him, then play Hidden Strings untapping him, and say a land card or another permanent with an activated ability such as Chronomaton , then cipher the Hidden Strings onto something like Invisible Stalker , your Vorel could then be tapped again activating his ability, then your battle phase, attack and do combat damage, then untap the Vorel after the battle phase with the ciphered version of Hidden Strings , and another land or permanent you may want to use as a blocker during your second main, and re-activate Vorel again. Three times. But only the first time you casted it. I had a judge rule in on this during my pre-release game. He said it worked.
May 13, 2013 4:18 a.m.
ShadowLand says... #6
Btw, with a Corpsejack Menace on the field, that gets really fun!
May 13, 2013 4:26 a.m.
skitzmaester says... #7
yup all part of the plan mwuahahahahaha Primordial Hydra
May 13, 2013 4:32 a.m.
skitzmaester says... #8
then using Bioshift if they get targeted to something else fun like oh say.. Savageborn Hydra or a Biomancer... plenty of options
Draconos89 says... #2
Because of the wording of Hidden Strings you can only untap her once so only two activations is possible
May 13, 2013 1:59 a.m.