Zndrsplt Ruling
Asked by builderboy7 7 months ago
When activating Frenetic Sliver's ability while holding priority with Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom on the battlefield with no other cards on the battlefield, my opponent cannot simply "wish to draw their entire library" right? Since they have to select a quantity of activations of Frenetic Sliver, naming a number like 2000 will most likely result in them decking themselves assuming they win at least half their coin flips with Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom on the battlefield forcing them to draw their deck.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #2
There's a big problem with what your opponent is trying to do. Frenetic Sliver's ability specifically says you only flip the coin and start doing the rest "if this permanent is on the battlefield" (current Oracle text). After a single one of the activations resolves, the creature is either dead or in exile, so the rest of the activations still on the stack will do nothing.
Let's say your opponent is using Frenetic Efreet instead, whose current Oracle text has the exploit that the Sliver was specifically written to disallow. In that case, what your opponent is trying to do still doesn't work. The result of the coin flip is applied as part of the resolution of the ability, in which case the Efreet will either be dead or phased out and can't be activated any more this turn. If your opponent wants to add multiple activations to the stack in this example, they have to do it all at once and they have to specify exactly how many. Also, game shortcuts can only be used to skip through repeated events with definite outcomes, not chance-based ones, so your opponent will need to handle the resolution of each activation individually and abide by the results.
wallisface says... #1
They can add any number of this activated ability to the stack, but their opponents still get priority to respond before any if these resolve.
I’m not sure what you mean by ”holding priority with Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom” - that card has no abilities that you could activate to hold priority. And in any case holding priority doesn’t prevent your opponents from being able to interact before ability/spell resolution
July 10, 2024 3:04 p.m.