The Battlefield

Clock of Omens

$3.27

Magda, Brazen Outlaw

$1.22

Metallic Mimic

$2.36

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Clock of Omens + Magda, Brazen Outlaw + Metallic Mimic

Overview

If Metallic Mimic entered choosing Dwarf, it is an artifact creature with the Dwarf subtype and can be one of the artifacts you tap to pay Clock of Omens’ activation cost; tapping it that way causes Magda’s triggered ability to trigger because the creature actually changed from untapped to tapped (Ruling [2017-02-09]) (Ruling [2021-02-05]). Clock’s activated ability taps two untapped artifacts as its cost and then untaps a target artifact; only the tap (the change from untapped to tapped) can cause Magda to trigger, not the untap (Ruling [2021-02-05]).

Step 1

Choose Dwarf as Metallic Mimic’s chosen creature type as it enters the battlefield (Ruling [2017-02-09]).

Step 2

Metallic Mimic enters as an artifact creature that is also a Dwarf, so it is both an artifact and a Dwarf creature you control .

Step 3

Activate Clock of Omens’ ability by tapping two untapped artifacts you control as the cost; tapping those artifacts is a status change from untapped to tapped .

Step 4

If one of the tapped artifacts is Metallic Mimic (which is a Dwarf), that change from untapped to tapped causes Magda’s triggered ability to trigger because a Dwarf you control became tapped (Ruling [2021-02-05]).

Step 5

If you tapped another Dwarf artifact creature as the second artifact for the cost, that creature becoming tapped will also trigger Magda, so you get one Magda trigger per Dwarf creature actually tapped (Ruling [2021-02-05]).

Step 6

Clock’s ability then resolves and untaps the target artifact; untapping does not cause Magda to trigger because Magda only cares about becoming tapped (Ruling [2021-02-05]).

Step 7

Treasure tokens created by Magda are artifacts but are not creatures, so tapping them in future activations can pay Clock’s activation cost but will not trigger Magda.

Resolution

If Metallic Mimic is chosen to be a Dwarf as it entered, it is an artifact creature with the Dwarf subtype and can be tapped to pay the cost of Clock of Omens; when it becomes tapped that way Magda’s ability triggers because a Dwarf you control changed from untapped to tapped (Ruling [2017-02-09]) (Ruling [2021-02-05]). Tapping noncreature artifacts (for example, Treasure tokens) to pay Clock’s cost does not trigger Magda because they are not Dwarves/creatures. Untapping an artifact with Clock’s effect does not trigger Magda because Magda triggers only when a Dwarf becomes tapped, not when it becomes untapped (Ruling [2021-02-05]).

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