AI DraftFeb 26, 2026
Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake
Overview
When Deadeye Navigator is paired with Peregrine Drake via soulbond, each of them gains the activated ability "
: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control." Activating that ability on Peregrine Drake exiles it (breaking the pair because it is no longer a creature on the battlefield) and then returns it to the battlefield, which creates a Peregrine Drake enter-the-battlefield (ETB) trigger to untap up to five lands; Deadeye's soulbond can trigger again when Drake re-enters so you may re-pair them. Soulbond pairing and the ETB occur under the rules cited below and official rulings [2017-03-14] [2022-12-08].
: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control." Activating that ability on Peregrine Drake exiles it (breaking the pair because it is no longer a creature on the battlefield) and then returns it to the battlefield, which creates a Peregrine Drake enter-the-battlefield (ETB) trigger to untap up to five lands; Deadeye's soulbond can trigger again when Drake re-enters so you may re-pair them. Soulbond pairing and the ETB occur under the rules cited below and official rulings [2017-03-14] [2022-12-08].Step 1
Have Deadeye Navigator paired with Peregrine Drake via soulbond; the pairing exists because of the soulbond rules when both are unpaired and you control both .
Step 2
Activate the ability granted by Deadeye Navigator on Peregrine Drake, paying its cost ().
).Step 3
That activated ability resolves: first exile Peregrine Drake; because the Drake is no longer a creature on the battlefield, the soulbond pairing immediately becomes broken as per the soulbond rules .
Step 4
Continuing the same ability resolution, return Peregrine Drake to the battlefield under your control; putting a creature onto the battlefield this way is governed by the creature-entering-the-battlefield rule .
Step 5
Peregrine Drake's ETB trigger ('When this creature enters, untap up to five lands') is placed on the stack. When that ETB resolves you choose which lands to untap; those lands aren't targeted and don't have to be lands you control [2022-12-08].
Step 6
When Peregrine Drake has re-entered the battlefield, Deadeye Navigator's soulbond-trigger (the 'Whenever another creature enters the battlefield...' half) triggers and you may pair them again while both remain creatures you control (see Ruling [2017-03-14]).
Resolution
If you activate the ability granted by Deadeye Navigator on Peregrine Drake, the Drake is exiled, the pair immediately becomes broken because the Drake is no longer a creature on the battlefield, and then the Drake is returned to the battlefield, producing its ETB trigger to untap up to five lands. Deadeye’s soulbond ability will trigger when Peregrine Drake re-enters the battlefield and you may pair them again as appropriate (Ruling [2017-03-14]). When the Drake’s ETB resolves you choose which lands to untap; they aren’t targeted and don’t have to be lands you control [2022-12-08].
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