How does a Wheel work with Captain Howler?

Asked by builderboy7 2 weeks ago

I've been looking at the creatures coming out in Aetherdrift and I can't help but notice how Captain Howler, Sea Scourge is templated. My question is if I cast Reforge the Soul discarding 4 cards and target Invisible Stalker with Captain Howler, Sea Scourge and attacked with a 9/1 Invisible Stalker would it only have 1 draw trigger when it deals combat damage?

If we change the scenario and replace Invisible Stalker with Ghostly Pilferer and activate its ability instead of casting Reforge the Soul, would that put multiple draw-a-card triggers on the Ghostly Pilferer?

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

Yes, you have the right idea about both situations.

As Captain Howler's trigger resolves, it sets up one instance of the "Whenever that creature deals combat damage this turn..." triggered ability. Because the Captain's trigger condition is discarding "one or more" cards, the discard event from Reforge the Soul will only trigger the Captain once. Discarding multiple cards to Ghostly Pilferer has to happen in separate, distinct activations of the last ability, and the Captain will trigger after each time you pay the activation cost.

February 5, 2025 12:09 p.m.