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Poor puppy. . .

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Isochron ScepterEnlarge

Isochron Scepter

{2}

Artifact

Mirrodin

Read rules for Isochron Scepter
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand. {2}, {T}: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

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Date Posted: Sun Sep/05/10 at 4:36 pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

Prevent damage.
Date Posted: Sun Sep/05/10 at 8:35pm

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

Poor thing...
Date Posted: Sun Sep/05/10 at 10:40pm

psyche
Posts: 1250
Joined: 31-Aug-09

This is a Michael Vick! Peta will come after magic for this and bomb the card manufacturing plant to put a stop to such cruelty.
Date Posted: Sun Sep/05/10 at 10:50pm

Gregorius
Posts: 412
Joined: 01-Aug-10

Haven't you just created an infinite loop? Jackal Pup takes a point of damage, so you take a point of damage... but that point of damage is redirected to Jackal Pup and it deals another point of damage to you... but that point of damage is redirected to Jackal Pup and it deals another point of damage to you... but that point of damage is redirected to Jackal Pup and it deals another point of damage to you... see where I''m going with this?

And Reverse Polarity only affects you if you take damage. If it's redirected, would it not trigger Reverse Polarity's life-gaining effect when you cast the instant?
Date Posted: Sun Sep/05/10 at 10:53pm

Mentok
Posts: 202
Joined: 26-Jul-10

Yep


[Edited by Mentok on 5/Sep/10 at 10:54PM]
Date Posted: Sun Sep/05/10 at 11:05pm

Gregorius
Posts: 412
Joined: 01-Aug-10

"Yep"?

Yep, he's created an infinite loop?
Yep, you see what I mean?
Yep, you still gain life from Reverse Polarity this way?

Also, it's gonna die the minute it takes and damage. Needs Indestructibility or Shield of Kaldra.
Date Posted: Sun Sep/05/10 at 11:07pm

Mentok
Posts: 202
Joined: 26-Jul-10

well the pup will die with the first 1 dmg dealt to it and because its a trigger it will loop and same if it becomes indestructable gg you have just made the game a draw so yes you are correct gregorius for the reverse to work dmg must be taken not redirected





[Edited by Mentok on 5/Sep/10 at 11:11PM]
Date Posted: Mon Sep/06/10 at 5:25am

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

Yep...
Date Posted: Mon Sep/06/10 at 9:45am

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

I'm confused. What's this all about?
Date Posted: Mon Sep/06/10 at 6:59pm

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

The Jackal Pup dealing damage and making an infinite loop and using reverse polarity on him...
Date Posted: Mon Sep/06/10 at 7:05pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

The only thing that is needed is Indestructibility.
Date Posted: Mon Sep/06/10 at 7:54pm

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

Yup... Or maybe Vigor... or not...
Date Posted: Mon Sep/06/10 at 7:55pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

Vigor wouldn't work.
Date Posted: Mon Sep/06/10 at 9:00pm

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

i know... i said "or not"... i realized that you need the damage...
Date Posted: Mon Sep/06/10 at 10:38pm

gericault5
Posts: 2788
Joined: 13-Oct-09

right now the polarity, scepter, and forge are useless since you don;t get the life from polarity as long as pariah is attached.  and all indestructibility will do as it stands is force the draw. 

I think to really take advantage of this combo add indestructibiliy to jackel and you also need to lose phariah and replace it with entangler, also look at replacing the forge with asnods transmogrant it is cheaper and you don't pay the 2 each turn
Date Posted: Mon Sep/06/10 at 10:59pm

shakii23
Posts: 5711
Joined: 08-Sep-09

how about pariah enchanted to Triskelion and vigor in play and that's something...
almost like stuffy doll...




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