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Miss trigger on Angrath, the Flame-Chained

Jan. 29, 2018 10:57:18 AM

Chengji Wang
Judge (Uncertified)

Australia and New Zealand

Miss trigger on Angrath, the Flame-Chained

NAP Controls a Grizzly Bears.
AP activated his Angrath, the Flame-Chained second ability targeting the bear.
Then AP missed the delay trigger of Angrath's ability and return the bear back to NAP and pass the turn.
Now they notice the issue on NAP's upkeep.
Then what will happen?

My thinking:
According to IPG, the missing of delay trigger ability from Angrath's second ability should be added back to stack and resolve at upkeep or beginning of draw step depending on the choice of NAP.
However, because the Angrath's delay trigger ability is controlled by AP and now the bear is controlled by NAP, so resolving the delay trigger cannot let AP sacrifice NAP's bear.
And nothing will happen.

Is this IPG trully wants in this situation?

More thinking:
If NAP controls a 4 covered mana cost creature instead of a bear, and after AP gained control of the creature , he let it became a copy of a Grizzly Bear until end of turn, then missed the delay trigger.
Since in NAP's upkeep, the creature is 4 covered mana cost, so resolving the delay trigger cannot sacrifice it.

Thanks for your thoughts:)

Jan. 29, 2018 12:31:41 PM

Francesco Scialpi
Judge (Level 2 (International Judge Program))

Italy and Malta

Miss trigger on Angrath, the Flame-Chained

Originally posted by Chengji Wang:

NAP Controls a Grizzly Bears.
AP activated his Angrath, the Flame-Chained second ability targeting the bear.
Then AP missed the delay trigger of Angrath's ability and return the bear back to NAP and pass the turn.
Now they notice the issue on NAP's upkeep.
Then what will happen?

What if players don't notice, and we do? Should we intervene?
Is the sacrifice ability generally detrimental, as all sacrifice abilities are, or is this a special case?

For reference: https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rules/mtg/standard-detrimental/

Jan. 29, 2018 02:40:14 PM

Scott Marshall
Forum Moderator
Judge (Level 4 (Judge Foundry)), Hall of Fame

USA - Southwest

Miss trigger on Angrath, the Flame-Chained

I'll add this much, for now: the trigger is not detrimental to its controller.

d:^D

Jan. 29, 2018 08:31:13 PM

Scott Marshall
Forum Moderator
Judge (Level 4 (Judge Foundry)), Hall of Fame

USA - Southwest

Miss trigger on Angrath, the Flame-Chained

Originally posted by Chengji Wang:

My thinking:
According to IPG, the missing of delay trigger ability from Angrath's second ability should be added back to stack and resolve at upkeep or beginning of draw step depending on the choice of NAP.
However, because the Angrath's delay trigger ability is controlled by AP and now the bear is controlled by NAP, so resolving the delay trigger cannot let AP sacrifice NAP's bear.
And nothing will happen.

Is this IPG trully wants in this situation?
Chengji, you are interpreting the IPG correctly.

And, yes, the guiding philosophy of Missed Triggers that gives the opponent some control over the remedy for missed triggers, is served quite well by the outcome you described - after all, AP had an opportunity to get rid of that pesky Bear, and they missed their chance by missing the trigger.

d:^D

Jan. 31, 2018 10:21:26 PM

Isaac King
Judge (Level 1 (Judge Foundry))

Barriere, British Columbia, Canada

Miss trigger on Angrath, the Flame-Chained

Scott, can you expand on why this trigger isn't considered detrimental? I was under the impression that we didn't take into account separate factors that might change the player's opinion towards the trigger, such as the existence of a control-changing effect that may end later on.

Feb. 2, 2018 04:21:29 PM

Scott Marshall
Forum Moderator
Judge (Level 4 (Judge Foundry)), Hall of Fame

USA - Southwest

Miss trigger on Angrath, the Flame-Chained

Originally posted by Isaac King:

can you expand on why this trigger isn't considered detrimental?
Sacrificing your opponent's creature is not detrimental. Forgetting to return it would be - but I'm pretty sure the opponent's going to remind you of that one!

d:^D