AI DraftFeb 26, 2026
Curiosity + Glint-Horn Buccaneer
Overview
If Curiosity is enchanting Glint-Horn Buccaneer, Curiosity will trigger when Buccaneer deals damage to an opponent (Curiosity’s controller may then draw a card) . If you discard a card (for example by activating Buccaneer’s “
, Discard a card: Draw a card” while it’s attacking), Buccaneer’s discard-trigger deals 1 damage to each opponent and those instances of damage will each cause Curiosity to trigger again (one trigger per opponent damaged) [2019-07-12; 119.3]. The Curiosity trigger from combat damage is created and put on the stack before players get priority , so you can activate Buccaneer’s discard ability in response to that trigger to have the discard-trigger and its resulting Curiosity triggers resolve first [2019-07-12].
, Discard a card: Draw a card” while it’s attacking), Buccaneer’s discard-trigger deals 1 damage to each opponent and those instances of damage will each cause Curiosity to trigger again (one trigger per opponent damaged) [2019-07-12; 119.3]. The Curiosity trigger from combat damage is created and put on the stack before players get priority , so you can activate Buccaneer’s discard ability in response to that trigger to have the discard-trigger and its resulting Curiosity triggers resolve first [2019-07-12].Step 1
Declare Glint-Horn Buccaneer as an attacking creature (it may attack even the turn it came under your control if it has haste) .
Step 2
Combat damage is dealt and Buccaneer deals damage to an opponent; that event causes Curiosity to trigger (Curiosity’s controller may draw a card) because the enchanted creature dealt damage to an opponent .
Step 3
After damage is dealt and state-based actions are checked, triggered abilities waiting to be put on the stack (including the Curiosity trigger from the combat damage) are put on the stack before players receive priority .
Step 4
With the Curiosity trigger on the stack, the Buccaneer’s controller may activate Buccaneer’s discard ability in response (it can be activated while the creature is attacking); the discard is paid as part of activating that ability, which qualifies as a way to discard a card to cause Buccaneer’s discard-trigger [2019-07-12].
discard ability in response (it can be activated while the creature is attacking); the discard is paid as part of activating that ability, which qualifies as a way to discard a card to cause Buccaneer’s discard-trigger [2019-07-12].Step 5
Discarding a card causes Buccaneer’s triggered ability (“Whenever you discard a card, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent”) to trigger; that triggered ability will be placed on the stack and will resolve before the earlier Curiosity trigger if it was started in response.
Step 6
When Buccaneer’s discard-trigger resolves it deals 1 damage to each opponent; each instance of Buccaneer dealing damage to an opponent will cause a Curiosity trigger (one trigger per opponent damaged) .
Step 7
Those Curiosity triggers (from the discard-trigger damage) are placed on the stack and resolve, letting Curiosity’s controller draw once per Curiosity trigger; then the earlier Curiosity trigger(s) and the activated Buccaneer ability (which draws a card when it resolves) resolve in whatever order they remain on the stack.
Resolution
With Curiosity on Glint-Horn Buccaneer, each time Buccaneer deals damage to an opponent Curiosity triggers and its controller may draw a card ; if Buccaneer’s controller discards a card (for example by activating its attack-only discard ability) the discard-trigger deals 1 damage to each opponent and Curiosity will trigger for each opponent damaged, allowing Curiosity’s controller to draw once per opponent damaged. Note that “you” on Curiosity refers to Curiosity’s controller and “an opponent” means an opponent of Curiosity’s controller [2011-09-22], and Curiosity doesn’t trigger for damage dealt to a planeswalker or a battle [2023-09-01].
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