The Chain Veil – MTG Proxy Magic 2015

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The Chain Veil

4 generic mana

Mana value: 4 · Color identity: Colorless

Legendary Artifact

At the beginning of your end step, if you didn't activate a loyalty ability of a planeswalker this turn, you lose 2 life.
4 generic mana, Tap: For each planeswalker you control, you may activate one of its loyalty abilities once this turn as though none of its loyalty abilities have been activated this turn.
Card format legality
Commander
Legal
Modern
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Standard
Not legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal

Format status describes the underlying Magic card, not eligibility of this printed product for sanctioned play.

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Card rulings 5
  1. For the first ability, it doesn’t matter whether the planeswalker is still on the battlefield as your end step begins. If you activated one of its loyalty abilities that turn, The Chain Veil’s triggered ability won’t trigger.
  2. Because the last ability modifies the rules of the game, it affects not only planeswalkers you control when it resolves, but also planeswalkers that come under your control later in the turn.
  3. After the last ability resolves, you’ll essentially be able to activate a loyalty ability of each planeswalker you control a total of twice during your turn. The timing rules for when you can activate loyalty abilities apply each time; it must be your main phase and the stack must be empty.
  4. The second loyalty ability you activate doesn’t have to be the same as the first ability. For example, you could activate a planeswalker’s first ability twice, or you could activate a planeswalker’s first ability, then activate its second ability.
  5. Each additional time The Chain Veil’s last ability resolves will allow you to activate a loyalty ability of each planeswalker you control an additional time. For example, if you activate The Chain Veil’s last ability, untap it, then activate it again, you can activate a loyalty ability of a planeswalker you control three times that turn.

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The Chain Veil lets planeswalkers do more in a turn. Paying four mana and tapping it grants an additional loyalty activation for each planeswalker you control. A developed planeswalker board can use that permission for more cards, removal, loyalty, or progress toward an ultimate, making the artifact scale with the number of walkers present.

The activation does not untap anything or provide the mana to use itself again. Untap effects and strong mana production are separate pieces when building repeated-activation sequences. Teferi, Temporal Archmage is a notable partner because its minus ability can untap permanents, including mana sources and the Veil. Whether a loop works depends on the available mana and loyalty resources.

The extra permission also does not remove ordinary timing restrictions on loyalty abilities by itself. Most planeswalkers still activate during your main phase with an empty stack unless another effect changes that. Keep the timing distinct from the number of activations allowed.

A simple fair use is activating two different planeswalkers, activating the Veil, and using another loyalty ability from each. You may choose different abilities on the second activations, but must still pay the loyalty costs. Extra permission does not grant loyalty counters to fund a minus ability.

At your end step, the Veil causes two life loss if you did not activate a loyalty ability that turn. That is usually manageable in a dedicated planeswalker deck but reinforces how specialized the artifact is. Four mana to cast and another four to activate is a large setup cost for only one modest walker. Establish several useful loyalty abilities or a specific untap engine so the additional activations justify the resources spent.

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