I had the extreme pleasure of playing against a pickles deck for the first time yesterday, and I was wondering how to combat it.
I play with mono Blue Fairies mostly, and I was wondering about Unsummon. Can I Unsummon the Brine after the opponent unmorphs the Shapeshifter before he targets the Brine, so that he must target something else? Or, can I Unsummon the Brine in response to him picking Brine as a target to make the ability fizzle, thus killing the Shapeshifter? Thanks.
No. The ability does not trigger (there is no "when" or "whenever" there), but happens as the Shapeshifter is turned face up. You can not respond to an "As" ability, and you cannot respond to a creature being turned face up. There is no window of opportunity there to use the Unsummon. Also, the Vesuvan Shapeshifter doesn't target to begin with, making references to "targetting" a bit nonsensical.
This is not to say that you cannot Unsummon the Vesuvan Shapeshifter or Brine Elemental at any other time, which would prevent the lock for one turn, but you cannot do it at the times you are asking about.
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I play with mono Blue Fairies mostly, and I was wondering about Unsummon. Can I Unsummon the Brine after the opponent unmorphs the Shapeshifter before he targets the Brine, so that he must target something else? Or, can I Unsummon the Brine in response to him picking Brine as a target to make the ability fizzle, thus killing the Shapeshifter? Thanks.
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No. The ability does not trigger (there is no "when" or "whenever" there), but happens as the Shapeshifter is turned face up. You can not respond to an "As" ability, and you cannot respond to a creature being turned face up. There is no window of opportunity there to use the Unsummon. Also, the Vesuvan Shapeshifter doesn't target to begin with, making references to "targetting" a bit nonsensical.
This is not to say that you cannot Unsummon the Vesuvan Shapeshifter or Brine Elemental at any other time, which would prevent the lock for one turn, but you cannot do it at the times you are asking about.