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More info?)
Jimmy Wong <j4389130@telus.net> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Can an Avarice Totem be activated a second time in response to the first in
> order to take control of 2 of the opponents permanents and giving control of
> the Avarice Totem to that opponent?
Not as such.
After the first ability resolves, the Avarice Totem will be controlled
by the opponent. If the other target is also controlled by the
opponent, that resolution will do nothing.
Exchange
A spell or ability may instruct two players to exchange something (for
example, life totals or control of two permanents) as part of its
resolution. When such a spell or ability resolves, if it can't exchange
the chosen things, it has no effect on them.
Example: If a spell attempts to exchange control of two target creatures
but one of those creatures is destroyed before the spell resolves, the
spell does nothing to the other creature. Or if a spell attempts to
exchange control of two target creatures but both of those creatures are
controlled by the same player, the spell does nothing to the two
creatures.
When control of two permanents is exchanged, each player
simultaneously gains control of the permanent that was controlled by the
other player.
When life totals are exchanged, each player gains or loses the
amount of life necessary to equal the other player's previous life
total. Replacement effects may modify these gains and losses, and
triggered abilities may trigger on them.
Some spells or abilities may instruct a player to exchange cards in
one zone with cards in a different zone (for example, cards removed from
the game and cards in a player's hand). These spells and abilities work
the same as other "exchange" spells and abilities, except they can
exchange the cards only if all the cards are owned by the same player.
If a spell or ability instructs a player to simply exchange two
zones, and one of the zones is empty, the cards in the zones are still
exchanged.
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Daniel W. Johnson
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http://members.iquest.net/~panoptes/
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