I love when wizards make cards like these that they have never done before. Looking forward to using this to copy Storm, Cascade, Imprint, ETB, LTB, and all other triggered abilities.
SyntheticDreamer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
Behold, the source of many hundreds of rules headaches for years to come!
I personally have wanted a card that lets your creatures' triggered abilities trigger from the graveyard. But this...this will definitely do for now! Let the combos begin!
infernox10
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
You kids and your doubling shenanigans. Back in my day, Thragtusk only gained you 5 life and when he left the battlefield, he only made 1 3/3 token! Get off mah lawn!
Nucleon
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(5 votes)
I think Johnnies everywhere started drooling when this was spoiled. Of course, the silly way to use this is to animate it and then equip Illusionist's Bracers to it.
smokyyuwe
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
CMC isn't 0, requires you to pay 2 for the copy AND makes you tap it, meaning it's only one use unless you untap it through other means or at next turn. 0/5
NARFNra
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(5 votes)
Well shit. I just realized this gives our lovable(read: power creeped) murderfriend Wurmcoil Engine FOUR pieces after he dies. That's... somewhat terrifying. Don't even get me started on the concept of multiple resonators.
MostlyLost
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Just to clear it up ahead of time, this will NOT work with Doubling Season and other similar cards, because those are replacement effects. It will, however, work with stuff like Kalonian Hydra.
Knightaru
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
As somebody who is actually building a Kozilek, Butcher of Truth EDH deck, I pretty much lost it when I realized what this card could do.
Yeah, I'll draw 8 for 12. From abilities. In Colorless. Because why not.
Well, and hundreds of other good combo targets. This card should be mythic. It has a unique interesting effect. It's not just some regular card we already had a dozen times slightly beefed up and turned mythic.
Sabisent
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I cannot believe that no-one has mentioned Riku yet.
Continue
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Allow me to complete the cycle. As someone who has already made a Kozilek EDH deck, the moment I saw this spoiled I knew it was right for me. I've tried it out on Cockatrice and dear lord is it incredible. Auto-include in all manner of EDH decks.
(According the updated comprehensive rules (607.3) you can cast both copies when you activate the scepter)
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Um. What happens if you copy, say, Oblivion Ring? Will one of the cards stay permanently exiled if it then leaves the battlefield? If so, how do you decide which one?
GlassJoetheChamp
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I feel like there's one guy in charge of rulings and they make stuff like this just to keep him working.
"Oh, you finally got Sundial of the Infinite and squared away? Here's a new project for you"
@darkterrorblade: Then you copy Final Fortune's trigger and lose the game twice, just for shiggles ;)
This is a card with so many possibiliteis that I couldn't possibly build a deck around it. Evoke, Wurmcoils, Hatchlings, EtB triggers, end step triggers, casting triggers... The possibiliteis are almost endless. It's a Possibility Storm!
jvillene
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I absolutely love this card, it plus Young Pyromancer is so sweet. I do have a questions if someone can answer it. Chandra, the Firebrand's -2 ability is a "when" you cast your next instant or sorcery you may copy it and choose new targets for the copy. Can you copy it twice with this card?
Odee
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Guttersnipe just got echoed.
Vakyoom
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Jvillene - At first glance, yes... you should be able to copy that spell twice. Since the active you mentioned on Chandra sets up a Triggered effect you simply have to wait until you cast your next instant/sorcery and while it's on the stack, the triggered ability goes on the stack after it. You then Copy the triggered ability with the resonator card(putting it on top of the others spells on the stack) and it all resolves backwards like normal, netting you 3 casts total for however much you paid for the original cast.
PopcornBunni
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Activated this in a casual game to win with Laboratory Maniac twice in the same game.
Joke was on me when my friend played Gus the next game.
Gamma_Guy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
IT'S HAPPENING!
Mode
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Strionic Resonator.
Legends had it that one day you would reveal yourself. And they were true.
Until this day, your name was unbeknownst among the people. Yet ever since the early days of Alpha, the visionaries would fortell your existence.
They told about the new ways you would open for us, and some would passionately imagine the abundance acquired through your unthinkable power, while others would scold the heresy and deny their words.
But your followers were faithful, and they grew with every new set given to us. We knew the day of your arrival would come, and even the nonbelievers could no longer foolishly deny it ever since Rings of Brighthearth adumbrated your prospective arrival.
Since then, our wise leader enthusiastically initiated a glorious reception to adequately prepare for your arrival.
Today, we shall welcome you with reverent dignity, and eagerly present worthy decks where you shall find great and honoring use, to unleash the hidden power of the multitude of triggered abilities.
Flyheight
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Just because I can, I'm going to shove this into a prototype portal, then animate the first one I poop out (possibly with Karn, Silver Golem), then equip it with Illusionist's Bracers. Then I'm going to voltaic key the Portal and copy the voltaic key ability with Rings of Brighthearth, then I'm going to use this resonator to copy the Rings' ability and the Bracers' ability will double up the resonator's ability. Once I have then allowed the resonator and prototype portal to untap once I will activate the portal again, and then copy the portal creation ability with the Rings, and copy the rings with the untapped resonator, which will in turn have it's ability doubled by the bracers.
I will continue to do this until I run out of mana.
Yeah, there's a large number of options for this card obviously.
- One of the most overlooked: Cantripping noninstant nonsorcery cards (such as Elvish Visionary) can be milked for card advantage. Double points for evoked Mulldrifters. - This is a must have in any flicker deck, letting you abuse ETB/LTB triggers - What the hell happens if you target Oblivion Ring's ETB trigger? Does the copied trigger get affected by the ring's LTB trigger as well? Does the universe implode because said LTB trigger says "THE removed card" and there isn't only one?? - Landfall! - If you duplicate Persist/Undying triggers, you end up with two copies of "return it to the battlefield". If you sacrifice it between the resolution of those, does it come back again? - Celestial Mantle, heh.
Silverosx
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'll be using this in my Kaalia of the Vast EDH deck and cackle maniacally with each of her attacks.
This is very, very interesting. I hope to see someone break this.
FurnaceOfRath
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Something about the fact that this has an activate ability that copies triggered abilities while Rings of Brighthearth has a triggered ability that copies activated abilities... well it just seems right to me.
It makes me want to activate an ability, copy it with the rings, have this copy the rings' ability, and then copy this thing's ability with the rings.
valisgm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
@majinara
Actually it does combo with Tresserhorn. Copy the trigger to an opponent and Stifle the one directed at you. Or copy Wound Reflection's trigger. Combo with a lot of cards in my build. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/lord-of-tresserhorn-18-07-13-1/
Strionic Resonator i an autoinclude in almost all of my EDH-decks.
Quincy_Robinson
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
What would happen?...
I have this and a Blood Artist on my field. I Damnation the table. My opponent has 3 creatures going to die, along with my Blood Artist. ...I copy the Blood Artists Triggered ability. How much life would I gain?
Thanks, Quincy
Landmine
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage/Trostani anyone?
almalong
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
pay 1, cast oblivion ring, while the triggered ETB effect is on the stack, pay 2, tap the tuning fork of doom, exile a second card, I love it!
S733L
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I want to use this with the flash hulk combo.
MrShinyObject
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Great with a lot of the stuff in RTR. Make Tajic a 12/12 indestructable? Double your value on gatekeepers? Sure. Crazy ramp with Assemble the Legion? You bet.
Hell, even if you don't have any of your good combo pieces out, pay 2 for an extra +2/+2 on your viashino firstblade or another counter on your evolve creatures.
beleren2012
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How would this work with Clone? Would Clone enter the battlefield as a copy of 2 creatures molded together like some sick Frankenstein Monster?
Lockwert
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Next step: copy target state based action
NoobOfLore
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's a brilliant combo piece, and it costs so little. I'm blown away.
Ascandu
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Does this work with Scourge of Valkas because that would make Cloudshift on another dragon you own pretty awesome.
Ferlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Meh...Illusionist's Bracers does it better. I mean, when it comes to activa-... Wait, trig... TRIGGERED?!"
Prepare your collective bodies for Doubled Kokusho's
BobbySinclair
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The only problem with this card is that you now have to actively search for cards in your deck to take OUT to put this beauty IN! So many combos, so little time... 5/5
Salient
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Someone in design wanted to give the rules manager a lot more to do.
VDZx
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@PopcornBunni I'm afraid that's actually incorrect according to the rules. Laboratory Maniac is a replacement effect, not a triggered ability (so it can't be copied with this), and even if you manged to copy a game-winning effect, as long as the two win effects are parts of different abilities (so in the case of a normal copy, but things like splice are an exception), one would resolve before the other, winning (and ending) the game, meaning the other ability could never resolve.
RyuujinV
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Melek so far. It may be a bit mana costly, but three copies of something like Blast of Genius? That will get very devastating very fast.
I love how many possibilities there are for a card like this. And I can't wait to start exploring them.
SpaceMagic
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sen Triplets in multiplayer. Not the most effective use of the resonator, but still funny. Also, the flavor text author should be notified that the "magic of great power" necessary to use the tines could just as easily produce (but not so much as fire) a Cyclopean Snare.
It's been a while since I've seen a card that I could ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING with :3
A lot of the 'for Johnny' cards seem to be "Silly Spells with Johnny- the part of the show where Johnny comes out and casts, a Silly Spell".
I love Knowledge Pool and how NUTS it gets. But what I REALLY loved was PUSHING the Boundaries of what appeared to be Knowledge Pool's "Purpose". I Gathered EVERY card that looked kinda Silly like that card.
HERE is a card I can do Another Such Trick With! THIS card does not specifically want to be "Silly". Instead, this card VERY much wants to be "Copy-y".
So first of all, to PUSH Strionic Resonator's BOUNDARIES, you just Have to always Combine it with Rings of Brightheart!
After that, I think you can probably just take a glance at Knowledge Pool lists, take a look at those two cards and just start thinking "COPY ALL THE THINGS!!!!"
You may want instead to use Magus of the Mirror. You may also want Chandra, the Firebrand. And WHILE we're Copying Stupid Things, why don't we bring out Big Ol' Bolas and try getting DOUBLE CRUEL ULTIMATUMS?! >:D
I actually like this card a lot more than Knowledge Pool, because I think there's a chance to bring back some Actual Johnniness. Johnnies almost lost their way with Knowledge Pool. Y'all need to work harder and realize that the only reason we wanted to Make the Game About Being Silly was because Knowledge Pool ASKED us too.
THIS card is asking us to do something DIFFERENT that we can probably actually win some games with! :D
To a Johnny, Each Card Asks a Question. The Question is-- What Will We Do Today? Its like Each Card is a Whole Color unto itself. When you want to BREAK something, make it BONKERS, you have to align yourself to THAT CARD. Just because Knowledge Fool was fun to align to, doesn't mean the answer is always "Align to Knowledge Pool". Wizards was MAINLY giving me cards that looked like More Knowledge Pool, though! LoL....
for the Core Set Rares, I mean. The Blocks have done better of course...but few had such POTENTIAL as this one!
Paedric
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
So if I play boldwyr heavyweight and copy its ability choosing me as a target to give myself a free creature would that work? If so Emrakul and two extra turns for 8 mana, and two resonators.
DonMcDuff
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Time for my stupid question of the week. Show if you copy a triggered ability that effects "each" player you don't get to narrow the copy to only effect one player do you??
Beyond.Malachi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love cards that fiddle with activated abilities.
Drool. As a long-time Johnny Combo Deck player, I'll take them with some Elite Arcanist and Illusionist's Bracers and literally any number of awesome instants in standard, maybe some Hidden Strings for twiddling the Arcanist. I was looking for some place to slam some Indestructibility. Oh hey there, Banisher Priest and Azor's Elecutors. Almost forgot about you guys. That Sin Collector just got a bit more annoying. Better be packing enchant removal for Assemble the Legion since it's going to be moving even faster now. Even Fathom Mage seems cool with Strionic on the board. Archaeomancer -- yes please. That Liliana's Reaver just got uglier. This is broken in standard JCD. AND I'LL TAKE THEM ALL IN FOIL, SIR.
Sironos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
omg, omg, OMFG!!! :D There are so many things this can do, it is incredible! One of the most dramatic is avenger of zendikar. However, the general that is most fond of this in EDH I believe is Kaalia, oh boy, gonna be brutal.
Toes_of_Krosa
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Am I the only one who giggles at the thought of using this with cards like Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant?
zipec
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of my favourite plays with this is double exile with Detention Sphere or Journey to Nowhere. Really powerfull in my Venser control. And of course copying Stonehorn Dignitary and Mulldrifter ETB also feels good ... but why bother pointing out some synergies, the possibilities of this card are endless!
durryquill
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is now an absolute MUST for Archenemy games. Potentially doubling every Scheme effect for just two mana each turn
DarkSquirrel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This + possibility storm = FUN!!!!!!!
JaxsonBateman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Omg, could this be the card that finally allows me to get Archmage Ascension to level up consistently within a deck?!?
Probably not, but in any case, lets you speed up the process to get the Ascensions online.
RebornMage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I give this a 3/5 because my friend claims he can keep using it to activate his Diluvian Primordial ability even after it has been played he can use it to activate it the turn he summons it but after that its just total bs. (Ps he usually traumatize 's me before summoning it and since I use a orzhov lifelink archangel of thune deck it can get pretty nasty). If he can't do that then I give it 5/5 cause now I can add 2 +1/+1 counters or hit twice as hard with my sanguine bond + debt to the debtless combo all protected with silence . :P
SilentOppressor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Beginning of my upkeep, Panoptic Mirror triggers, I'll copy the trigger, Rings of Brighhearth that activation and Mirari each one for good measure. Sure, I'm out of mana, but with twelve extra turns, who cares.
Pair this with Primordial Hydra, Kalonian Hydra, Progenitor Mimic.... Dear God....
DeFectiveDeity
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh mama... Cipher. You can choose to copy the "whenever so and so creature deals damage", so all of a sudden I'm milling six with my Paranoid Delusions, or crapping 1/1's each turn with Call of the Nightwing. Made a deck with those cards and Mirko Vosk. Things get mighty tasty when I equip a Fireshrieker to him too. How it plays out (in ideal circumstances):
T5: Mirko T6: Play/equip Shrieker to him, swing, they reveal 8 lands and dump everything T7: Resonator, activate it up to two times, he/she reveals 16 lands and dumps everything again
And, if I'm lucky, I'll have a Consuming Aberration out to polish the game off. Fun, fun times.
dbinazeski
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
HELLO Devotion triggers.
CaptainNV
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I put it in a Sanguine Bond deck. Double the lifegain triggers, double the amount your suck out of your opponent.
If you can figure out a way to further activate Strionic Resonator and copy Azor's Elocutors triggered ability, you can win the game in a single upkeep step. Am I wrong?
For example: If you control two Strionic Resonators and enough lands, then a quickened Hidden Strings can untap both of them and copy Azor's Elocutors ability an straggering 4 times
MGKetjak
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How does this work with Wake Thrasher? My thought is the Thrasher gets +1/+1 for each untapped permanent twice.
What about Vorinclex's ability - would I get two extra mana from each land I tap, or two mana only from one land I tap?
Thanks for not flaming me! Just catching up on a few years' missed Magic. (17 of them)
DaJoshMaster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@MGKetjak
Wake Thrasher triggers for each individual permanent untapping so you'll only be able to target one trigger, netting it just +1/+1.
Vorinclex would follow the same logic, but his triggers are mana abilities, so they'll never be on the stack for you to target them.
orzhov20
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
To captinmv I also made a sainguine bond deck. And with the resonator, I've got 3 words for you, ordeal of heliod.
yesennes
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Say I have an oblivian ring on the battlefield and my opponent has this. They destroy the o-ring and use this to copy the leave the battlefield trigger. Then after one of the triggers has resolved the permanent returned is exiled again. Does it return because of the second trigger.
Syrtees
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@yesennes Well for starters they aren't allowed to copy a trigger they don't own. I also fail to see why the permanent would return to exile if the leave effect of Oblivion Ring is what's being copied.
Ataraxiom
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Tossing one or two of these into a deck can create some really cool interactions.
Each of the Ordeals from Theros have two separate triggered abilities, so you can use the Resonator on either of those abilities. Using the Resonator on the first ability will simply get you a bonus +1/+1 counter a turn early, but if you wait for the second ability of any Ordeal to trigger, you can create some very powerful effects.
Quick question: Can you use this in combination with Modemai the Ageless? Is clear from Modemai that you can't make this infinite but can you score an extra turn? If you have two strionic resonators can you score two extra turns?
Thx
car2n
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
For yeas I dreamed of a card like this. Now I want it.
obesechicken13
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@FestingNewt This says that triggered abilities start with whenever http://www.mtgsalvation.com/articles/15667-magic-101-triggered-abilities
So yeah, Medomai would give you two extra turns.
Phelplan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is pretty combo-tastic. I missed the "at" in the reminder text at first. Wow. I think this is a sleeper power card.
Coralus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is the reason why the Tribute ability says "As it enters the battlefield" and not when, or whenever.
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Draw 8 cards is already worth it, but then add in Annihilator 8 and you can just giggle all day at your opponents dismay.
In all seriousness, this will be a great card with a lot of fun interactions. 5/5
Back in my day, Thragtusk only gained you 5 life and when he left the battlefield, he only made 1 3/3 token!
Get off mah lawn!
0/5
Yeah, I'll draw 8 for 12. From abilities. In Colorless. Because why not.
There are a bunch of other fun things to double as well. Apart from practically anything on an Eldrazi, there's Skullclamp, Rings of Brighthearth, Mirrorworks, Spine of Ish Sah . . . though, copying Duplicant's ETB trigger is going to need a ruling . . .
Just kidding. 5 stars from me. Dozens of Commander/EDH decks will love this. Examples:
- Bladewing the Risen
- Hazezon Tamar
- Prime Speaker Zegana
- Sharuum the Hegemon
Well, and hundreds of other good combo targets. This card should be mythic. It has a unique interesting effect. It's not just some regular card we already had a dozen times slightly beefed up and turned mythic.
Step 2: Take infinite turns.
(According the updated comprehensive rules (607.3) you can cast both copies when you activate the scepter)
"Oh, you finally got Sundial of the Infinite and squared away? Here's a new project for you"
This is a card with so many possibiliteis that I couldn't possibly build a deck around it. Evoke, Wurmcoils, Hatchlings, EtB triggers, end step triggers, casting triggers... The possibiliteis are almost endless. It's a Possibility Storm!
Joke was on me when my friend played Gus the next game.
Legends had it that one day you would reveal yourself.
And they were true.
Until this day, your name was unbeknownst among the people.
Yet ever since the early days of Alpha, the visionaries would fortell your existence.
They told about the new ways you would open for us, and some would passionately imagine the abundance acquired through your unthinkable power, while others would scold the heresy and deny their words.
But your followers were faithful, and they grew with every new set given to us.
We knew the day of your arrival would come, and even the nonbelievers could no longer foolishly deny it ever since Rings of Brighthearth adumbrated your prospective arrival.
Since then, our wise leader enthusiastically initiated a glorious reception to adequately prepare for your arrival.
Today, we shall welcome you with reverent dignity, and eagerly present worthy decks where you shall find great and honoring use, to unleash the hidden power of the multitude of triggered abilities.
I will continue to do this until I run out of mana.
Yes it's going to take a crapload of mana.
I don't care.
I'm still going to do it.
- One of the most overlooked: Cantripping noninstant nonsorcery cards (such as Elvish Visionary) can be milked for card advantage. Double points for evoked Mulldrifters.
- This is a must have in any flicker deck, letting you abuse ETB/LTB triggers
- What the hell happens if you target Oblivion Ring's ETB trigger? Does the copied trigger get affected by the ring's LTB trigger as well? Does the universe implode because said LTB trigger says "THE removed card" and there isn't only one??
- Landfall!
- If you duplicate Persist/Undying triggers, you end up with two copies of "return it to the battlefield". If you sacrifice it between the resolution of those, does it come back again?
- Celestial Mantle, heh.
It makes me want to activate an ability, copy it with the rings, have this copy the rings' ability, and then copy this thing's ability with the rings.
Actually it does combo with Tresserhorn. Copy the trigger to an opponent and Stifle the one directed at you. Or copy Wound Reflection's trigger. Combo with a lot of cards in my build. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/lord-of-tresserhorn-18-07-13-1/
Strionic Resonator i an autoinclude in almost all of my EDH-decks.
I have this and a Blood Artist on my field. I Damnation the table. My opponent has 3 creatures going to die, along with my Blood Artist. ...I copy the Blood Artists Triggered ability. How much life would I gain?
Thanks, Quincy
Hell, even if you don't have any of your good combo pieces out, pay 2 for an extra +2/+2 on your viashino firstblade or another counter on your evolve creatures.
Prepare your collective bodies for Doubled Kokusho's
I'm afraid that's actually incorrect according to the rules. Laboratory Maniac is a replacement effect, not a triggered ability (so it can't be copied with this), and even if you manged to copy a game-winning effect, as long as the two win effects are parts of different abilities (so in the case of a normal copy, but things like splice are an exception), one would resolve before the other, winning (and ending) the game, meaning the other ability could never resolve.
And there's Talrand, Sky Summoner. With enough spells, especially Talrand's Invocation, you could have an army of drakes within a few turns.
I love how many possibilities there are for a card like this. And I can't wait to start exploring them.
Also, the flavor text author should be notified that the "magic of great power" necessary to use the tines could just as easily produce (but not so much as fire) a Cyclopean Snare.
A lot of the 'for Johnny' cards seem to be "Silly Spells with Johnny- the part of the show where Johnny comes out and casts, a Silly Spell".
I love Knowledge Pool and how NUTS it gets. But what I REALLY loved was PUSHING the Boundaries of what appeared to be Knowledge Pool's "Purpose". I Gathered EVERY card that looked kinda Silly like that card.
HERE is a card I can do Another Such Trick With! THIS card does not specifically want to be "Silly". Instead, this card VERY much wants to be "Copy-y".
So first of all, to PUSH Strionic Resonator's BOUNDARIES, you just Have to always Combine it with Rings of Brightheart!
After that, I think you can probably just take a glance at Knowledge Pool lists, take a look at those two cards and just start thinking "COPY ALL THE THINGS!!!!"
You may want to try Mirror Universe. You may want to try Lich's Mirror. You may want to try Hall of Mirrors with Riku of Two Reflections! :D
You may want instead to use Magus of the Mirror. You may also want Chandra, the Firebrand. And WHILE we're Copying Stupid Things, why don't we bring out Big Ol' Bolas and try getting DOUBLE CRUEL ULTIMATUMS?! >:D
I actually like this card a lot more than Knowledge Pool, because I think there's a chance to bring back some Actual Johnniness. Johnnies almost lost their way with Knowledge Pool. Y'all need to work harder and realize that the only reason we wanted to Make the Game About Being Silly was because Knowledge Pool ASKED us too.
THIS card is asking us to do something DIFFERENT that we can probably actually win some games with! :D
To a Johnny, Each Card Asks a Question. The Question is-- What Will We Do Today? Its like Each Card is a Whole Color unto itself. When you want to BREAK something, make it BONKERS, you have to align yourself to THAT CARD. Just because Knowledge Fool was fun to align to, doesn't mean the answer is always "Align to Knowledge Pool". Wizards was MAINLY giving me cards that looked like More Knowledge Pool, though! LoL....
for the Core Set Rares, I mean. The Blocks have done better of course...but few had such POTENTIAL as this one!
One of the most dramatic is avenger of zendikar.
However, the general that is most fond of this in EDH I believe is Kaalia, oh boy, gonna be brutal.
Probably not, but in any case, lets you speed up the process to get the Ascensions online.
It's derpy, but it's really funny. I wouldn't complain if someone got this off in EDH.
T5: Mirko
T6: Play/equip Shrieker to him, swing, they reveal 8 lands and dump everything
T7: Resonator, activate it up to two times, he/she reveals 16 lands and dumps everything again
And, if I'm lucky, I'll have a Consuming Aberration out to polish the game off. Fun, fun times.
ALL.
THE.
THINGS.
If you can figure out a way to further activate Strionic Resonator and copy Azor's Elocutors triggered ability, you can win the game in a single upkeep step.
Am I wrong?
For example:
If you control two Strionic Resonators and enough lands, then a quickened Hidden Strings can untap both of them and copy Azor's Elocutors ability an straggering 4 times
What about Vorinclex's ability - would I get two extra mana from each land I tap, or two mana only from one land I tap?
Thanks for not flaming me! Just catching up on a few years' missed Magic. (17 of them)
Wake Thrasher triggers for each individual permanent untapping so you'll only be able to target one trigger, netting it just +1/+1.
Vorinclex would follow the same logic, but his triggers are mana abilities, so they'll never be on the stack for you to target them.
Each of the Ordeals from Theros have two separate triggered abilities, so you can use the Resonator on either of those abilities. Using the Resonator on the first ability will simply get you a bonus +1/+1 counter a turn early, but if you wait for the second ability of any Ordeal to trigger, you can create some very powerful effects.
Ordeal of Heliod (Gain 20 Life)
Ordeal of Thassa (Draw 4 cards)
Ordeal of Erebos (Opponent discards 4 cards)
Ordeal of Purphoros (Deal 3 damage to two target creatures or players)
Ordeal of Nylea (Put 4 basic lands onto the battlefield tapped)
Each of these combos can be executed as early as turn 4 without any mana ramping.
Big thumbs up to WotC for making a card that allows for so much creativity in the game.
Can you use this in combination with Modemai the Ageless? Is clear from Modemai that you can't make this infinite but can you score an extra turn? If you have two strionic resonators can you score two extra turns?
Thx
This says that triggered abilities start with whenever
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/articles/15667-magic-101-triggered-abilities
So yeah, Medomai would give you two extra turns.
Also perfect for an Archenemy. Or those who would wage interplanar combat!