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More info?)
thnx for the answer
"Andy Jakcsy" <djaxmann@aol.computer> schreef in bericht
news:20040519001436.21890.00001245@mb-m23.aol.com...
> BS sez:
>
> <<
> >Avarice Totem -
> >Artifact
> >: Exchange control of Avarice Totem and target nonland permanent.
> >Souls and steel, the essence of Mirrodin. Memnach lacks one, but has an
> >abundance of the other.
> >Uncommon
> >
> >>
>
> Mana and tap symbols don't work well on Usenet...and since this hasn't
been
> "proven" to be in the set yet, we'll keep it "hypothetical"...
>
> <<
> >
> >What happens if i use the exchange ability to exchange avarice totem with
a
> >permanent my opponent controls and then in response sacrifice avarice
totem?
> >
> >>
>
> That is covered by the "exchange" entry in the Glossary of the
Comprehensive
> Rules.
>
> <<
> 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.
> >>
>
> So, if you sacrifice the Totem, you don't get the permanent that you
> targeted...
>
>
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