Glasc Mixologist
Unofficial Riftbound rulings for Glasc Mixologist, with rules explanations, examples, and Core Rules citations.
Can Glasc Mixologist's Deathknell target a unit that died from the same event?
Yes, because Glasc's Deathknell chooses its target only after every unit killed by the same event has moved to its owner's trash; at that point, the target must be a unit card in your trash with an Energy cost no more than 3 and a Power cost no more than ![[Power]](/images/rune_rainbow.svg)
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The ability becomes pending before Glasc moves to the trash, but no target is chosen until the ability finalizes.
A killed token instead ceases to exist immediately after entering the trash, so it cannot be targeted.
During a cleanup, units with lethal damage are killed and moved to their owners' trashes before pending abilities can finalize.
When one effect instruction of a resolving spell or ability kills multiple units, their deaths are simultaneous. No pending ability can finalize until the current spell or ability finishes resolving.
Can Glasc Mixologist's Deathknell play a unit to the battlefield where he died?
Yes, as long as you controlled that battlefield when Glasc Mixologist died.
Outside a showdown, Glasc's Deathknell is added as a pending item before he moves to the trash, and any cleanup already in progress or caused by his death finishes before that ability can finalize. That pending ability keeps the chain in progress throughout the cleanup, so you do not lose control of the battlefield even if Glasc's death leaves it empty. You can therefore choose that battlefield as a valid destination when the unit is finalized.
During a showdown, control of the battlefield cannot change until instructed by the steps of the combat or showdown, so you can likewise choose that battlefield as the unit's destination.
What happens when Glasc Mixologist is my only defender and his Deathknell plays a unit where he died?
The original combat result is determined only after Glasc's chosen unit enters and every associated chain item finishes. At that point, the result depends on which players have units at the battlefield:
- Only your units remain: You win the original combat.
- Only your opponent's units remain: Your opponent wins the original combat.
- Both players have units there: Neither player wins, and a new showdown and combat are staged.
- Neither player has units there: Neither player wins, and no new showdown or combat is staged.
Steps
The combat cleanup heals all units before Glasc's pending Deathknell can be finalized. Because Glasc was your only defender, no defenders remain during cleanup, so the surviving attackers are not recalled.
After the cleanup, Glasc's Deathknell resolves and begins playing the chosen unit. The unit becomes pending while the ability finishes.
The unit then finalizes and enters the battlefield exhausted. Any play effect and other resulting chain items also finish before combat result is determined.
The players' units then determine who won the original combat and whether a new showdown and combat are staged.
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