AI DraftFeb 26, 2026
Brago, King Eternal + Strionic Resonator
Overview
When Brago, King Eternal’s triggered ability triggers after it deals combat damage to a player, Strionic Resonator can target that triggered ability on the stack and put a copy of that triggered ability onto the stack, allowing you to choose new targets for the copy . The original trigger and the copy are separate instances on the stack and will resolve independently; you may legally exile and return Brago with either instance (including using Brago’s ability to target itself) [2020-11-10] and Strionic Resonator’s copy doesn’t grant any permanent new abilities—it only creates another instance of the triggered ability on the stack [2018-03-16].
Step 1
Brago deals combat damage to a player and its triggered ability is put on the stack targeting any number of target nonland permanents you control (you choose the targets when the ability triggers).
Step 2
You may activate Strionic Resonator by paying 
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and target that triggered ability on the stack; Strionic Resonator creates a copy of that triggered ability and you may choose new targets for the copy when putting it onto the stack and .
and and target that triggered ability on the stack; Strionic Resonator creates a copy of that triggered ability and you may choose new targets for the copy when putting it onto the stack and .Step 3
The copy created by Strionic Resonator is itself a triggered ability on the stack (a separate instance) and it resolves independently of the original triggered ability .
Step 4
When one instance resolves, it exiles the cards that are currently the chosen targets and then returns those cards to the battlefield under their owners' control; if Brago is among those targets, it will be exiled and then returned as a new object .
Step 5
If the other instance later resolves but its originally chosen targets are no longer the same objects (they were exiled and returned as new objects), those original targets are now illegal and that instance won’t affect them unless you chose new targets for the copy when it was created and .
Step 6
Because a copy of an ability has the same source as the original ability, effects that reference the ability’s source by name refer to the same source object name, but returned permanents are new objects on the battlefield .
Resolution
Strionic Resonator copies Brago’s triggered ability on the stack and creates a separate instance that you may retarget when you put the copy on the stack and . Each instance resolves separately; if one instance exiles and returns Brago, the returned Brago is a new object (so the other instance’s original targets may be illegal when it later resolves) . You may use Brago’s ability to exile and return Brago itself [2020-11-10].
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