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Two Banisher Priests leaving the battlefield at the same time.

June 23, 2016 09:53:37 AM

Florian Horn
Judge (Level 5 (International Judge Program)), Scorekeeper

France

Two Banisher Priests leaving the battlefield at the same time.

What does happen when two Banisher Priests leave the battlefield during a single event (say, during the resolution of a Wrath of God)? Or if a Banisher Priest ends up exiling two cards thanks to a Strionic Resonator? Or if two creatures were exiled by a single trigger of a single Banisher Priest, thanks to meld?

Is there a single event where the two creatures return, or two separate events? In the latter case, who decides the order in which the creatures will return? This can be important if one of the banished creatures is a Clone, for example.

(Edited for Strionic Resonator case and reason why the question might be important.)
(Edited for melded cards)

Edited Florian Horn (June 29, 2016 07:02:48 AM)

Aug. 26, 2016 01:09:00 PM

Nathan Long
Forum Moderator
Judge (Level 2 (Judge Foundry))

USA - Southwest

Two Banisher Priests leaving the battlefield at the same time.

Hi,

If two or more one-shot effects are created simultaneously, they'll occur simultaneously. In all cases here, the creatures that will be returning due to the one-shot effects from the Priests leaving the battlefield will return all of the creatures at the same time, not one at a time (whether it's from 2 Priests dying at the same time, or one Priest that has exiled multiple creatures). This will likely get a rule in the future to make this clearer.

Nathan Long
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