Can you respond to Sylvan Library trigger?

Any cards drawn prior to Sylvan Library’s ability resolving, including in your upkeep or in response to Sylvan Library’s triggered ability, can be chosen to be put back using this effect. If you control more than one Sylvan Library, the triggered ability of each will resolve in sequence.

How Chains of Mephistopheles works?

The Chains’ effect replaces the card drawing event with one instruction, and then depending on whether that instruction was completed or not, you will get one of two possible additional instructions. Basically, if you would draw a card, you instead discard a card.

Is Sylvan Library a trigger?

Sylvan Library has a triggered ability (starts with “when/whenever/at”), and each one triggers separately from the other. You’ll resolve one of them – draw 2, make decisions – then when you’re done with that you’ll process the other one – draw 2, make decisions. I’m Mike, from The Mana Pool.

How does Sylvan library work?

When Sylvan Library’s trigger resolves, you can choose to draw two cards. Two cards drawn: If you dredged once, then for each of the two cards you drew, you have to put that card back or pay 4 life to keep it. Three cards: If you didn’t dredge at all, then Sylvan Library works as normal.

Are Chains of Mephistopheles Infinite?

Chains of Mephistopheles doesn’t form an infinite draw combo. The main principle is this: when an event happens, we check all available replacement effects, and then we apply each of them just once.

Do Sylvan libraries stack?

Both triggers will trigger at the beginning of the draw step, they will be put on the stack after the turn based action of drawing a card. Since you control both triggers you choose the order they are put on the stack.

Is Sylvan Library banned in Commander?

Sylvan Library was banned because it was often cited as extremely difficult to beat in a format with 30 starting life.

Is Sylvan Library an activated ability?

The Library has a triggered ability that triggers at the beginning of your draw step. This trigger will go on the stack after you’ve drawn for the turn. When the trigger resolves, you can draw an additional two cards. You don’t have to use it if you don’t want to (the ability is optional).

Do chains of Mephistopheles trigger itself?

Chains of Mephistopheles’ ability is a replacement effect, which means it doesn’t go into an infinite loop with itself. 614.5.

Why is gifts Ungiven banned EDH?

But the fact of the matter is Gifts is banned solely because the rules committee deemed it redundant/notfun. There’s really no arguing it’s power against something like Protean hulk, which they recently unbanned. Gifts really isn’t all that powerful in the world of edh.

Does Yasharn stop Sylvan Library?

MTG Salvation Yasharn only disallows you from paying life in order to activate an ability. Sylvan Library is a triggered ability, so by the time you are asked to pay life, the whole ability is already resolving. So Yasharn does not interact with Sylvan Library.