Can Body Double replicate a Reveillark in the graveyard and then, if sacrificed somehow (i.e. nantuko husk), bring itself back into play by using the leave play ability? That seems like it's a no go ability as you wouldn't be able to target itself. How does the whole thing work step by step?
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Yes, Body Double can bring itself back via Reveilark's trigger. By the time you reach the point where you choose targets, Body Double is in the bin and is a valid target since its power/toughness is 0/0.
Step by step, it would look like this:
Play Nantuko Husk's ability. When you pay the cost, you sac Body Double (copying Reveilark). This triggers the Reveilark ability. Now the Nantuko Husk's ability is on the stack and you have priority again. Since a player gained priority, state based effects (SBEs) are checked and any triggered abilities that have triggered since the last time a player had priority go on the stack. So now the Reveilark ability goes on the stack and you chose targets. Body Double is already in the bin at this point, and its power is 0, so it is a vaild target.
Yes, I worded it poorly on that point. At a point where a player would gain priority that stuff happens. You don't actually gain priority until that stuff happens.
So, if the Body Double is sacrificed to something, isn't that part of the cost, which would mean that the whole "leaves play" trigger doesn't happen until after it's been moved from play to the graveyard, and the ability doesn't happen until after he's there?
Also, would this still work if the Body Double was killed by damage, a destroy effect, etc?
It doesn't matter how the Body Double copy gets into the graveyard. Its leaves-play trigger doesn't trigger until it has left play, and by the time it has left play, its a 0/0. There's no "time" when it's not in play that it's not a 0/0.
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Per the rulings forum rules, questions on cards from new sets need to go to the New Card Rulings forum until official wordings are in Gatherer.--Binary
Step by step, it would look like this:
Play Nantuko Husk's ability. When you pay the cost, you sac Body Double (copying Reveilark). This triggers the Reveilark ability. Now the Nantuko Husk's ability is on the stack and you have priority again. Since a player gained priority, state based effects (SBEs) are checked and any triggered abilities that have triggered since the last time a player had priority go on the stack. So now the Reveilark ability goes on the stack and you chose targets. Body Double is already in the bin at this point, and its power is 0, so it is a vaild target.
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Also, would this still work if the Body Double was killed by damage, a destroy effect, etc?
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