神河当時 - ルールQ&A 2005/02/12

Q: I have a Kira, Great Glass-Spinner and Horobi, Death’s Wail. If I control both will I be allowed to choose which replacement effect occurs, or will Horobi just overwrite and my creatures die? --Randolph E.

A: "Whenever" is a trigger word, not a replacement word (that would be "instead"). With Kira and Horobi, both abilities will trigger, and the creature will be sacrificed regardless of what order the triggers are stacked in. Countering the targeted spell or ability doesn’t stop Horobi from having seen it.

Q: With the Glasskites (except the Legendary one) the wording seems to imply that while the spell is on the stack, it will counter the first counterspell to target it. Is this the correct interpretation, or am I reading it wrong, or is there a rule about that kind of ability on spells that become permanents? Is this intentional? --Bob Q.

A: The Glasskite ability only applies while they’re permanents.
Are wording choices like this intentional? Yes, very much so. In Research and Development, the very technical scripting of cards is called "templating".
In templating terms, we write triggered abilities of permanents using "When/Whenever/At…" An ability of a spell that stops it from being countered is written as "CARDNAME can’t be countered."
A counter-resistant Glasskite would read something like "CARDNAME can’t be countered by the first spell or ability that targets it." This would be Decidedly Weird, so please don’t mention it to Mark Rosewater, or we might wind up talking to the Magic editors about how it actually should be worded.

In general, if an ability doesn’t say what zone it applies in, but it would be meaningful when the card is in play, then it only works while the card is in play.

引用元
THE YEAR OF THE RISING SUN Posted in Feature on February 12, 2005
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/year-rising-sun-2005-02-12

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