can an opponent use Asceticism to tap my creatures?
Asked by BiggRedd54 13 years ago
can an opponent use asceticism to tap my creatures? sorry for the misspelling
for a better understanding read the care Regeneration
December 18, 2010 12:39 a.m.
MagnorCriol says... Accepted answer #3
Not certain if I'm understanding you right, but I think you're asking if an opponent can use an Asceticism on their side of the field to regenerate your creature and cause it to be tapped?
The answer is no, because regenerate doesn't work that way. Regenerate doesn't automatically tap a creature; it only taps it if they would be destroyed, at which points it taps and removes them from combat. If a creature wouldn't be destroyed, they won't be regenerated, and won't be tapped.
They CAN regenerate a creature of yours...though the situations in which it'd be beneficial for them to do so are pretty narrow.
December 18, 2010 12:40 a.m.
hmmm, nice enlightment about regeneration
i have another question which is can you regenerate a creature that you are asked to be sacrificed? example: opponent put a kickered gatekeeper of malakir to play,and i have asceticsm, could i regenerate the creature?
thanks
December 18, 2010 10 a.m.
I would say no. In the same way that being indestructible doesn't protect a creature from being sacrificed, regenerate won't either. Regenerate cars about destroy effects or lethal damage. Sacrificing isn't a destroy effect and can't be regenerated.
December 18, 2010 11:08 a.m.
MagnorCriol says... #6
alblaster's correct. Regenerate is a replacement effect that protects against a creature being destroyed. However, "sacrificed" is a different thing then "destroyed" in Magic terms. Yes, both end up with the creature in the graveyard, but as far as terminology - and effects like regenerate - go they're two separate things.
This is why, for instance, sacrificing an indestructible creature still works.
December 18, 2010 12:33 p.m.
From rule 701.13a: "Sacrificing a permanent doesnt destroy it, so regeneration or other effects that replace destruction cant affect this action."
Delkus says... #1
Asceticism regenerates creatures not tap them. In order for them to tap they would have to be destroyed first and then regenerated with Asceticism , and in that case yes it can, but why would you want to do that when your opponents creatures would be dead anyway?
December 18, 2010 12:38 a.m.