The Battlefield

Luminous Broodmoth

$2.23

Yahenni, Undying Partisan

$0.19

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Luminous Broodmoth + Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Overview

Luminous Broodmoth’s triggered ability will trigger for any creature you controlled without flying that is put into a graveyard, even if Broodmoth itself also died at the same time [Ruling [2020-04-17]]. Yahenni’s “Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Yahenni” trigger is created when the opponent’s creature dies, but if Yahenni is no longer on the battlefield when that trigger resolves it can’t receive the counter [Ruling [2017-02-09]] and that failure can’t be retroactively changed by state-based actions .

Step 1

Two or more creatures are put into graveyards simultaneously (for example, due to lethal damage); state-based actions put them into the graveyard and then triggered abilities that watch for creatures dying are created .

Step 2

All triggered abilities created simultaneously are placed on the stack; the order is chosen by the controllers according to the active-player/nonactive-player rules .

Step 3

Luminous Broodmoth’s death-watching triggered ability is created for each relevant creature you controlled without flying even if Broodmoth itself also died at the same time [Ruling [2020-04-17]].

Step 4

Yahenni’s triggered ability that would put a +1/+1 counter on itself when an opponent’s creature dies is created if an opponent’s creature died, but that ability does nothing if Yahenni is not on the battlefield when it resolves [Ruling [2017-02-09]].

Step 5

If Broodmoth’s return-to-battlefield trigger is placed on the stack above the trigger that would put a +1/+1 on Yahenni, Broodmoth’s trigger can resolve first and return the creature to the battlefield (with a flying counter), and then Yahenni’s trigger can resolve and put a +1/+1 counter on Yahenni because Yahenni is now on the battlefield .

Step 6

If the +1/+1 counter-trigger resolves first while Yahenni is still in the graveyard, it does nothing; later resolution of Broodmoth’s return trigger can still return Yahenni, but the counter will not be applied retroactively .

Resolution

If creatures die simultaneously, each relevant triggered ability is created. Luminous Broodmoth’s triggered ability for creatures you controlled without flying will be created even if Broodmoth itself died at the same time [Ruling [2020-04-17]]. Yahenni’s triggered ability (to get a +1/+1 counter when an opponent’s creature dies) will also be created, but if Yahenni is not on the battlefield when that trigger resolves it cannot be given the counter and thus cannot be saved by that counter [Ruling [2017-02-09]]. The practical result depends on the ordering of those triggered abilities on the stack (which is chosen according to the rules for putting simultaneous triggers on the stack) and whether a return-to-battlefield effect (such as Broodmoth’s) resolves before Yahenni’s counter-trigger resolves .

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