AI DraftFeb 26, 2026
Chulane, Teller of Tales + Intruder Alarm
Overview
When you cast a creature spell, Chulane’s triggered ability triggers (it triggers on casting) and will be put on the stack above the creature spell; that triggered ability resolves before the creature spell does [Ruling 2019-10-04]. When the creature spell later resolves it enters the battlefield under its controller’s control , which will cause Intruder Alarm’s triggered ability to trigger ("Whenever a creature enters, untap all creatures"). Intruder Alarm’s untap trigger then resolves and untaps creatures. Note that an untap from Intruder Alarm does not remove summoning sickness: an activated ability with a tap symbol still can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since that player’s most recent turn began . Also, if Chulane’s triggered ability puts a land that is also a creature onto the battlefield, that entering happens while Chulane’s trigger resolves and will itself trigger Intruder Alarm before the original creature spell resolves (see and [Ruling 2019-10-04]).
Step 1
You cast a creature spell. This causes Chulane’s triggered ability ("Whenever you cast a creature spell...") to trigger at the moment of casting and be put on the stack above the creature spell [Ruling 2019-10-04].
Step 2
Players receive priority with the triggered abilities and the creature spell on the stack. Chulane’s trigger will resolve before the creature spell resolves because it is on top of the stack [Ruling 2019-10-04].
Step 3
Chulane’s triggered ability resolves: you draw a card and you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield (if you choose). This resolution happens even if the creature spell that triggered it will later be countered [Ruling 2019-10-04].
Step 4
If the land you put onto the battlefield is also a creature (a land creature), that permanent has entered the battlefield now; that entry will cause Intruder Alarm to trigger ("Whenever a creature enters, untap all creatures") immediately as a triggered ability goes on the stack .
Step 5
Eventually the original creature spell resolves and the creature enters the battlefield under its controller’s control . That entering also causes Intruder Alarm to trigger; multiple creatures entering simultaneously cause multiple Intruder Alarm triggers (one per creature) [Ruling 2023-09-01].
Step 6
When the Intruder Alarm trigger(s) resolve, they untap all creatures. That untap is a normal untap performed by the triggered ability (it does not bypass other rules).
Step 7
Even if a creature was untapped by Intruder Alarm, that untap does not remove summoning sickness: a creature with an activated ability requiring 
still can’t pay that activation unless it has been under its controller’s control since that player’s most recent turn began .
still can’t pay that activation unless it has been under its controller’s control since that player’s most recent turn began .Resolution
Casting a creature spell: Chulane’s “Whenever you cast a creature spell…” trigger is placed on the stack and will resolve before the creature spell does [Ruling 2019-10-04]. That Chulane trigger resolves (you draw and may put a land onto the battlefield) even if the creature spell is later countered [Ruling 2019-10-04]. When the creature spell subsequently resolves it enters the battlefield , causing Intruder Alarm to trigger; when that Intruder Alarm trigger resolves it untaps all creatures. Untapping a creature this way does not override the summoning-sickness restriction: a creature with an activation cost that includes still can’t activate that ability unless it has been under its controller’s control continuously since that player’s most recent turn began .
still can’t activate that ability unless it has been under its controller’s control continuously since that player’s most recent turn began .Feedback