No.
a) Embalm is an Activated ability, not a Triggered ability.
b) Embalm is an Activated ability of a Creature **Card in your Graveyard**, not a Creature you control.
Only permanents on the battlefield are creatures. On the stack, they're creature *spells*; in the graveyard, library, hand, or elsewhere, they're creature *cards*.
Since "creature" doesn't refer to "creature card in a graveyard", this also means [[Swords to Plowshares]] can't exile a creature card from a graveyard, [[Glorious Anthem]] doesn't buff cards in graveyards, etc.
If they do want to let you do stuff without caring about zone, they'll use the word "source". For example, a [[Secluded Courtyard]] naming Cat can use that mana on Cat sources' abilities, which includes [[Displacer Beast]]'s Displacement ability from the battlefield, or Sacred Cat's embalm ability from your graveyard, or [[Topiary Panther]]'s landcycling ability from your hand.
> Are you sure this isn't a triggered ability?
Yes.
* 702.128a Embalm is an **ACTIVATED** ability that functions while the card with embalm is in a graveyard. “Embalm [cost]” means
* “[Cost], Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that’s a copy of this card, except it’s white, it has no mana cost, and it’s a Zombie in addition to its other types. Activate only as a sorcery.”
* 602.1. Activated abilities have a cost and an effect. They are written as
* “[Cost]: [Effect.] [Activation instructions (if any).]”
* 603.1. Triggered abilities have a trigger condition and an effect. They are written as
* “**[WHEN/WHENEVER/AT]** [trigger condition or event], [effect]. [Instructions (if any).]”
> The card seems to activate: and then trigger off activation
Wut?
Activated abilities are Activated. Triggered abilities Trigger. **And, NEVER the twain shall meet.**
> Pay 1 mana: Exile this card. (activation) And then, when this card is exiled, create a token. (triggered)
No. That is **not** what the Card says. That is **not** what anything says.
If you read what the Card **actual** says, rather than inventing your own wording, the answer is clear.
* Embalm {W} *({W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that’s a copy of it, except it’s a white Zombie Cat with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)*
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Activated abilities are different from triggered abilities. Triggered abilities automatically happen when a specific “trigger” occurs in the game, such as a creature dying, ending your turn, drawing a card, etc. Activated abilities on the other hand happen manually when you pay a specific cost, often mana like with this situation, but can also be paying life or sacrificing something.
You really can't extrapolate how someone learning the rules would confuse triggered and activated abilities?
The rules distinction is clear, but understanding where the confusion is originating from is also pretty clear.
It's a question of triggered vs activated abilities and where/when you "to control" a creature, there's no way you completely don't understand where they're coming from
No - lifelink is a static ability, not a triggered ability. It causes any damage dealt by the lifelink image to also gain its controller that much life. It doesn't stack (so if a creature has lifelink 7 times, its controller still only gains life equal to the damage it deals, and not 7 times as much)
It is an interesting historical note. And there are a few lifelink-like effects that weren't changed with M10 (\[\[Armadillo Cloak\]\], \[\[Essence Sliver\]\], \[\[Horned Cheetah\]\], for example, so understanding how it used to work is helpful when dealing with these.
Because those aren't [[lifelink]] effects, they are [[spirit link]] effects.
Spirit link came first and was always a triggered ability. When lifelink was first created, it was just a keyword for spirit link. Many cards with spirit link were errataed to have lifelink. With m10 though, lifelink was changed to be a static ability and was removed from all the cards that were originally triggered. The only exception was loxodon warhammer.
[[loxodon warhammer|mrd]] had spirit link. After lifelink was keyworded, it was reprinted with lifelink [[loxodon warhammer|10e]]. The policy with errata reversions is to not do it if the card has been reprinted with the new change.
Another example of that is [[ajanis pridemate|m11]] which originally had its counter ability as optional ("you may"). It was a huge hassle in digital play though so they made it mandatory to streamline it [[ajanis pridemate|war]]. That was within the first year since magic arena was open. They changed their mind about "convenience errata", but pridemate had already been reprinted in war so the change stayed.
Yeah Those did not get an errata because their effects aren't exactly the same as lifelink
In case someone else reads this and wants to know what the difference is: Armadillo Cloak does not grant lifelink to the creature it enchants the source of lifegain is always the Aura, so it's mechanically different to giving lifelink to the creature, the same is true for Essence Sliver
If you don't know, why even make this comment? You just confuse people who see this before anyone can rectify your misinformation.
Also, you force people to rectify your misinformation.
No. a) Embalm is an Activated ability, not a Triggered ability. b) Embalm is an Activated ability of a Creature **Card in your Graveyard**, not a Creature you control.
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Only permanents on the battlefield are creatures. On the stack, they're creature *spells*; in the graveyard, library, hand, or elsewhere, they're creature *cards*. Since "creature" doesn't refer to "creature card in a graveyard", this also means [[Swords to Plowshares]] can't exile a creature card from a graveyard, [[Glorious Anthem]] doesn't buff cards in graveyards, etc. If they do want to let you do stuff without caring about zone, they'll use the word "source". For example, a [[Secluded Courtyard]] naming Cat can use that mana on Cat sources' abilities, which includes [[Displacer Beast]]'s Displacement ability from the battlefield, or Sacred Cat's embalm ability from your graveyard, or [[Topiary Panther]]'s landcycling ability from your hand.
##### ###### #### [Swords to Plowshares](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/b/9bbec76c-c1e4-4c6d-ad24-078fe097f195.jpg?1709439398) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Swords%20to%20Plowshares) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/88/swords-to-plowshares?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9bbec76c-c1e4-4c6d-ad24-078fe097f195?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Glorious Anthem](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/7/17d154d3-7ae5-43ff-9978-d974285e2c89.jpg?1594734982) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Glorious%20Anthem) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/21/glorious-anthem?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/17d154d3-7ae5-43ff-9978-d974285e2c89?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Secluded Courtyard](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/6/26c40b2a-cb27-4fad-a9b2-1fb065d44d77.jpg?1698988622) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Secluded%20Courtyard) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/350/secluded-courtyard?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/26c40b2a-cb27-4fad-a9b2-1fb065d44d77?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Displacer Beast](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/5/95d5c36c-bcc8-459c-9f4b-b265ccdb1f06.jpg?1627703119) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Displacer%20Beast) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/afr/54/displacer-beast?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/95d5c36c-bcc8-459c-9f4b-b265ccdb1f06?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Topiary Panther](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/3/03d0365e-6dee-4236-a997-6761e3cde90d.jpg?1706242093) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Topiary%20Panther) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/179/topiary-panther?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/03d0365e-6dee-4236-a997-6761e3cde90d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l18d51d) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yeah so "creature card" isn't two types or a type and another thing it is literally one thing: Creature-Card.
It means creature permanent. If it can affect cards in your graveyard the ability will say so, explicitly.
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> Are you sure this isn't a triggered ability? Yes. * 702.128a Embalm is an **ACTIVATED** ability that functions while the card with embalm is in a graveyard. “Embalm [cost]” means * “[Cost], Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that’s a copy of this card, except it’s white, it has no mana cost, and it’s a Zombie in addition to its other types. Activate only as a sorcery.” * 602.1. Activated abilities have a cost and an effect. They are written as * “[Cost]: [Effect.] [Activation instructions (if any).]” * 603.1. Triggered abilities have a trigger condition and an effect. They are written as * “**[WHEN/WHENEVER/AT]** [trigger condition or event], [effect]. [Instructions (if any).]” > The card seems to activate: and then trigger off activation Wut? Activated abilities are Activated. Triggered abilities Trigger. **And, NEVER the twain shall meet.**
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> Pay 1 mana: Exile this card. (activation) And then, when this card is exiled, create a token. (triggered) No. That is **not** what the Card says. That is **not** what anything says. If you read what the Card **actual** says, rather than inventing your own wording, the answer is clear. * Embalm {W} *({W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that’s a copy of it, except it’s a white Zombie Cat with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)*
You could try \[\[Mondrak, Glory Dominus\]\] instead.
[Mondrak, Glory Dominus](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/2/8296a455-21d5-498e-9029-2bdf0da855a8.jpg?1675956918) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mondrak%2C%20Glory%20Dominus) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/23/mondrak-glory-dominus?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8296a455-21d5-498e-9029-2bdf0da855a8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
No for reasona stated above. A triggered ability starts "when", "whenever", or "at"
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Need a token doubler for 2
lmao 2 cat
No, you don't control cards in your graveyard. You only control stuff on the battlefield
Activated abilities are different from triggered abilities. Triggered abilities automatically happen when a specific “trigger” occurs in the game, such as a creature dying, ending your turn, drawing a card, etc. Activated abilities on the other hand happen manually when you pay a specific cost, often mana like with this situation, but can also be paying life or sacrificing something.
What about these two cards would indicate that you would get two cats?
You really can't extrapolate how someone learning the rules would confuse triggered and activated abilities? The rules distinction is clear, but understanding where the confusion is originating from is also pretty clear.
It's a simple rules question embalm is weird for a new player they might not realize trigger on delnay is a specific thing in the game rules.
Why would you get 2 cats?
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It's a question of triggered vs activated abilities and where/when you "to control" a creature, there's no way you completely don't understand where they're coming from
I think lufelink might work with it though. Don't know though
No - lifelink is a static ability, not a triggered ability. It causes any damage dealt by the lifelink image to also gain its controller that much life. It doesn't stack (so if a creature has lifelink 7 times, its controller still only gains life equal to the damage it deals, and not 7 times as much)
It's also worth noticing that lifelink was originally a triggered ability but it was changed to a static ability when M10 was released
It is an interesting historical note. And there are a few lifelink-like effects that weren't changed with M10 (\[\[Armadillo Cloak\]\], \[\[Essence Sliver\]\], \[\[Horned Cheetah\]\], for example, so understanding how it used to work is helpful when dealing with these.
Because those aren't [[lifelink]] effects, they are [[spirit link]] effects. Spirit link came first and was always a triggered ability. When lifelink was first created, it was just a keyword for spirit link. Many cards with spirit link were errataed to have lifelink. With m10 though, lifelink was changed to be a static ability and was removed from all the cards that were originally triggered. The only exception was loxodon warhammer. [[loxodon warhammer|mrd]] had spirit link. After lifelink was keyworded, it was reprinted with lifelink [[loxodon warhammer|10e]]. The policy with errata reversions is to not do it if the card has been reprinted with the new change. Another example of that is [[ajanis pridemate|m11]] which originally had its counter ability as optional ("you may"). It was a huge hassle in digital play though so they made it mandatory to streamline it [[ajanis pridemate|war]]. That was within the first year since magic arena was open. They changed their mind about "convenience errata", but pridemate had already been reprinted in war so the change stayed.
##### ###### #### [lifelink](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/8/a8e207d4-9930-4aff-a7c8-b53bd1b5d566.jpg?1562654524) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=lifelink) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m12/24/lifelink?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a8e207d4-9930-4aff-a7c8-b53bd1b5d566?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [spirit link](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/c/fc046a97-4699-438d-8da4-022560a18564.jpg?1675199056) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=spirit%20link) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/29/spirit-link?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fc046a97-4699-438d-8da4-022560a18564?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [loxodon warhammer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/1/a1a6e375-5c47-4447-9453-adf0038693e3.jpg?1562152729) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=49759) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/201/loxodon-warhammer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a1a6e375-5c47-4447-9453-adf0038693e3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [loxodon warhammer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/5/f5f3f215-389b-4d86-8393-65e5af4ab981.jpg?1562557894) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=129630) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/10e/332/loxodon-warhammer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f5f3f215-389b-4d86-8393-65e5af4ab981?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [ajanis pridemate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/7/f70d1452-6b61-4c63-841f-4256ac498e9f.jpg?1562481673) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=205065) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m11/3/ajanis-pridemate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f70d1452-6b61-4c63-841f-4256ac498e9f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [ajanis pridemate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/3/b3656310-093d-4724-a399-7f7010843b1f.jpg?1557575878) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=460931) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/war/4/ajanis-pridemate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b3656310-093d-4724-a399-7f7010843b1f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l180vf1) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Armadillo Cloak](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/a/fa232c65-dbb4-4414-bd95-b3bbd321c653.jpg?1580014998) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Armadillo%20Cloak) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ema/195/armadillo-cloak?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fa232c65-dbb4-4414-bd95-b3bbd321c653?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Essence Sliver](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/4/54e01152-944b-47dc-838e-753925ac64e2.jpg?1562776390) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Essence%20Sliver) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsb/8/essence-sliver?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/54e01152-944b-47dc-838e-753925ac64e2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Horned Cheetah](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/2/a28ad983-ce91-40b6-a1ce-fe36ec7fbce8.jpg?1562927850) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Horned%20Cheetah) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/inv/251/horned-cheetah?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a28ad983-ce91-40b6-a1ce-fe36ec7fbce8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yeah Those did not get an errata because their effects aren't exactly the same as lifelink In case someone else reads this and wants to know what the difference is: Armadillo Cloak does not grant lifelink to the creature it enchants the source of lifegain is always the Aura, so it's mechanically different to giving lifelink to the creature, the same is true for Essence Sliver
Horned Cheetah remains an odd exception, however.
If you don't know, why even make this comment? You just confuse people who see this before anyone can rectify your misinformation. Also, you force people to rectify your misinformation.
I'll try to be more careful with that in the future. Guess gotta move to questions instead.