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Creature — Human Cleric

Legions

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, Exile this creature: Exile all creatures. At the beginning of the next end step, return those cards to the battlefield under their owners' control.

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Gather Specimens

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Shards of Alara

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If a creature would enter the battlefield under an opponent's control this turn, it enters under your control instead.

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Date Posted: Mon Jun/07/10 at 1:33 am

shakii23

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Joined: 08-Sep-09

Not more specimens... I meant all specimens...

Date Posted: Mon Jun/07/10 at 3:21am

Ephemerance

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Joined: 18-Jun-09

Holy smokes

Date Posted: Tue Oct/19/10 at 4:29am

shakii23

Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

Question, would this really work?

EDIT:

I'll just answer my question:

Of course it would work...
Ending phase
From the Comprehensive Rules
312. End Phase
312.1. The end phase consists of two steps: end of turn and cleanup.
From the Comprehensive Rules
313. End of Turn Step
313.1. As the end of turn step begins, all abilities that trigger "at end of turn" go on the stack. (See rule 410, "Handling Triggered Abilities.") Then the active player gets priority and players may play spells and abilities.
313.2. If "at end of turn"-triggered abilities are created or if cards with "at end of turn"-triggered abilities come into play after preexisting ones have already gone on the stack at the beginning of the end of turn step, those abilities won't go on the stack until the next turn's end phase. In other words, the step doesn't "back up" so new "at end of turn"-triggered abilities can go on the stack. This only applies to triggered abilities that say "at end of turn." It doesn't apply to continuous effects whose durations say "until end of turn" or "this turn." (See rule 314, "Cleanup Step.")
From the Comprehensive Rules
314. Cleanup Step
314.1. If the active player’s hand contains more cards than his or her maximum hand size (normally seven), he or she discards enough cards to reduce the hand size to that number (this game action doesn’t use the stack).
314.2. After discarding, the following actions happen simultaneously: all damage is removed from permanents and all “until end of turn” and “this turn” effects end (this game action doesn’t use the stack).
314.3. If the conditions for any state-based effects exist or if any triggered abilities are waiting to be put onto the stack, the active player gets priority and players may play spells and abilities. Once the stack is empty and all players pass, another cleanup step begins. Otherwise, no player receives priority and the step ends.

As explained on the Comprehensive Rules from MtGSalvation under Turn Structure, the creatures will return at end of turn step... way before the Gather Specimen effect wears off at cleanup step...

[Edited by shakii23 on 19/Oct/10 at 4:35AM]

Date Posted: Tue Oct/19/10 at 1:03pm

Ally Cyber Nar

Posts: 73
Joined: 19-Oct-10

lol its almost like my mana steal combo

Date Posted: Tue Oct/19/10 at 3:23pm

Turbine

Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

If only Gather Specimens didn't have such annoying mana requirements.