AI DraftFeb 26, 2026
Aftermath Analyst + Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Shifting Woodland + Sylvan Safekeeper
Overview
When you activate and resolve Aftermath Analyst’s "
, Sacrifice this creature: Return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped," all those lands are put onto the battlefield tapped simultaneously and each causes Nissa, Resurgent Animist’s landfall trigger to trigger once for each land that entered . You choose the order to put those landfall triggers on the stack (Ruling [2024-11-08]). The second time Nissa’s landfall ability resolves that turn is the resolution that does the library-revealing effect; subsequent resolutions that turn only add mana (Ruling [2023-05-12]). Shifting Woodland entering via that effect will enter tapped (it is put onto the battlefield tapped by Aftermath Analyst’s effect, which makes its “enters tapped unless you control a Forest” irrelevant in that case), and Sylvan Safekeeper can sacrifice one of the lands that just entered to give a target creature shroud (this won’t stop Nissa’s non‑targeted landfall trigger) after the lands have entered but before the landfall triggers resolve .
, Sacrifice this creature: Return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped," all those lands are put onto the battlefield tapped simultaneously and each causes Nissa, Resurgent Animist’s landfall trigger to trigger once for each land that entered . You choose the order to put those landfall triggers on the stack (Ruling [2024-11-08]). The second time Nissa’s landfall ability resolves that turn is the resolution that does the library-revealing effect; subsequent resolutions that turn only add mana (Ruling [2023-05-12]). Shifting Woodland entering via that effect will enter tapped (it is put onto the battlefield tapped by Aftermath Analyst’s effect, which makes its “enters tapped unless you control a Forest” irrelevant in that case), and Sylvan Safekeeper can sacrifice one of the lands that just entered to give a target creature shroud (this won’t stop Nissa’s non‑targeted landfall trigger) after the lands have entered but before the landfall triggers resolve .Step 1
Activate Aftermath Analyst’s activated ability by paying and sacrificing Aftermath Analyst as part of that ability’s cost.
and sacrificing Aftermath Analyst as part of that ability’s cost.Step 2
The activated ability goes on the stack and, when it resolves, it returns all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped as part of that ability’s effect.
Step 3
Because multiple lands are put onto the battlefield simultaneously, that event causes Nissa, Resurgent Animist’s landfall ability to trigger once for each land that entered this way (Ruling [2024-11-08] and see ).
Step 4
You choose the order to put those landfall triggers on the stack (Ruling [2024-11-08]); the last trigger you put on the stack will resolve first.
Step 5
As those triggers resolve, each will add one mana of any color. The second time Nissa’s landfall ability resolves that turn is the resolution that also performs the reveal/unearth effect (Ruling [2023-05-12]).
Step 6
Shifting Woodland that was among the lands returned is on the battlefield tapped because Aftermath Analyst’s effect put it onto the battlefield tapped; its printed replacement effect 'enters tapped unless you control a Forest' is moot in that specific case because the effect already put it onto the battlefield tapped.
Step 7
After the lands have entered and while the landfall triggers are waiting on the stack, you may activate Sylvan Safekeeper by sacrificing a land you control (including a land that just entered) to give a target creature you control shroud; that activation is an activated ability that uses priority and is resolved in the normal way and does not remove landfall triggers created by the lands entering .
Resolution
Resolve Aftermath Analyst’s activated ability: all land cards in your graveyard are put onto the battlefield tapped. That simultaneous entry causes one landfall trigger from Nissa, Resurgent Animist for each land that entered; you put those triggers on the stack in the order you choose (Ruling [2024-11-08]). The second of those triggers to resolve this turn will be the one that does the reveal/find effect (Ruling [2023-05-12]). Shifting Woodland will be on the battlefield tapped (it’s being put onto the battlefield tapped by Aftermath Analyst’s effect), and Sylvan Safekeeper may sacrifice one of the lands you control (including one that just entered) to give a target creature shroud; sacrificing a land after the lands have entered doesn’t remove landfall triggers that were created by those lands entering .
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