The Battlefield

Peter Parker's Camera

$1.11

Wishclaw Talisman

$2.79

AI DraftMar 20, 2026

Peter Parker's Camera + Wishclaw Talisman

Overview

If you activate Wishclaw Talisman’s activated ability and then copy that activated ability with Peter Parker’s Camera, Peter Parker’s Camera targets the Wishclaw ability on the stack and creates a new instance of that activated ability on the stack (it doesn’t grant the artifact a new ability) [Ruling 2025-09-19]. Each instance of the ability (the original and the copy) resolves separately; when each instance resolves you choose which opponent gains control of the Talisman for that instance [Ruling 2019-10-04].

Step 1

Activate Wishclaw Talisman’s activated ability (pay its costs); that activated ability goes on the stack under the controller of the Talisman.

Step 2

In response (while the Wishclaw ability is on the stack), activate Peter Parker’s Camera’s ability paying its costs and targeting the Wishclaw activated ability on the stack.

Step 3

When the Camera’s activation resolves it removes a film counter and copies the targeted activated ability, creating another instance of that activated ability on the stack [Ruling 2025-09-19].

Step 4

You may choose new targets for the copy when the copy is created; for Wishclaw's ability you will make the choice of which opponent gains control as the ability resolves (see next steps) [Ruling 2019-10-04].

Step 5

The stack now contains (top to bottom) the copy of Wishclaw’s ability (controlled by the player who copied it), then any other on-stack items, and eventually the original Wishclaw ability below.

Step 6

When the top instance (the copy) resolves, you carry out its instructions: search your library for a card and put it into your hand, then shuffle, and then choose which opponent gains control of the Wishclaw Talisman as that ability resolves [Ruling 2019-10-04].

Step 7

After the copy resolves, the next instance (the original) can later resolve and will do the same: search, put a card into your hand, shuffle, and then you choose an opponent to gain control of the artifact as that instance resolves [Ruling 2019-10-04].

Step 8

Control changes happen as each instance resolves; the artifact’s final controller is determined by the last control-change effect that resolves (unless some other effect subsequently changes control).

Resolution

Peter Parker’s Camera can target and copy a Wishclaw Talisman activated ability that’s on the stack; the Camera’s ability creates another instance of that activated ability on the stack (it does not give the artifact an ability) [Ruling 2025-09-19]. Each instance resolves independently; when each resolves you choose an opponent to gain control of Wishclaw Talisman for that resolution [Ruling 2019-10-04]. The final controller of the artifact is whoever the last-resolving instance makes gain control (assuming no other effects change control afterwards).

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