Just says "an ability" of a creature. Doesn't say activated ability. Although it does say when an ability "is activated". Seems a little vague and I don't see any rulings here. Most of the time though, a card will specifically say "activated abilities" this, or "triggered abilities" that. Why the exception here?
Posted By:
h8yuns
(1/29/2013 10:47:17 PM)
I'd love to mix this into an Opalescence deck. I didn't think it was possible to make Parallax Wave any meaner, but obviously I was wrong.
Posted By:
TheLegendary
(1/30/2013 11:41:20 AM)
This is such a fun card, some examples:
Bane Alley broker, draw 2, exile 2
Borborygmos, discard land deals 6 damage
All the Guidmages
Foundry champion
Frilled Oculus 2: +4/+4 ueot
Gateway shade +2/+2 or +4/+4
Undercity informer, mill twice
Zairichi Tiger, gain 4 life
And thats just from Gatecrash!
I can't wait to pick up one of these and try it out. What i love most is it doubles the effect of the activated ability but not the cost. So you are basically paying for two abilities with 1 cost. Insane!
Posted By:
vantha
(2/1/2013 7:01:15 AM)
Deserves a 5 imo, and here's why. Copies of abilities enter the stack, therefor occur before the original instance of the ability. Let's say you have a Krenko, Mob Boss out with one Bracer on, and 2 other Goblins. You tap him to activate his ability. Bracers copies it, and takes effect first. You get 3 Goblin tokens and the copy resolves. Then his original ability happens, and you now have 6 Goblins so you get 6 more. Imagine having more than one Bracer on even! Such an insane card and not even just for Krenko. Beguiler of Wills can give you a stronger creature than she could have alone because you'll control the one you gained from the Bracer's copy before her original instance occurs.
Posted By:
skullmulcher
(2/4/2013 7:42:58 PM)
So many combos... can't decide... oh f**k it, I want all of the combos! Dark Impostor
Posted By:
OrgasmandTea
(2/5/2013 11:17:59 AM)
If let say an ability "pay 1 mana to activate" , after you have paid 1 will you still pay for the second if you activate the equiptment?
Posted By:
jmazaredo
(2/8/2013 8:26:17 AM)
This has got to be the favorite equipment of Arcanis the Omnipotent. Tap for TWO Ancestral Recalls? Uncounterable (mostly) at that?? Yes please.
Regeneration/Undying/Persist creatures getting you down? Hit em with a double-barrel blast from Magus of the Disk!
Heck even anything with a Dragon Breath-type ability is awesome with this. I'm going to be thinking up combos for a long time...
JUST TO CLARIFY
Look at the Gatecrash FAQ's. Scroll down to Illusionist's Bracer's. It says,
"An activated ability is written in the form 'Cost: Effect.'"
(http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/faq/gtc)
Illusionist's Bracer's only copies Activated abilities. It does NOT copy Triggered abilities, nor does it copy Static abilities.
@Chuck85
No. Please read what I type before asking questions. Geist's ability says "When Geist of Saint Traft attacks;" that is a TRIGGERED ability. ACTIVATED abilities... (see all)
Posted By:
ThinkOriginal
(2/8/2013 11:41:42 PM)
I love to play this card with Beguiler of Wills
Posted By:
DiegoJordan
(2/15/2013 8:04:48 PM)
Helldozer found a new friend
Posted By:
Leuitikos
(2/17/2013 1:25:27 PM)
extra fun with Dual Casting
(or any other effects that say 'Equipped/Enchanted creature has "activate:dostuff"' )
Posted By:
PastProphet
(2/19/2013 12:18:39 PM)