Hello everyone! Triggers in General
Triggers are lines of text on a card that traditionally begin with: “When,” “Whenever,”
or “At.” They are invisible so players often miss them. Some triggers are
beneficial like “Signal Pest” and some are detrimental like “Hellspark
Elemental.” Multiple changes in policy in the last 12 months have meant that
triggers have been more confusing for players. But do not worry, they are fixed
now! Here is a brief set of rules to follow so you don’t get penalties: Detrimental TriggersThese are triggers that a generally considered bad for
you. The reason they get a special mention in the Magic: Infraction procedure
Guide (MIPG) is that these are the only triggers that a judge will step in and
point out that you missed this trigger and will issue you a Warning. Any trigger
a player misses their opponent can point out (if the wish), call a judge and
ask for the trigger to be placed on to the stack. Away you can quickly tell whether a card has a detrimental trigger or a non-detrimental trigger is imagine the card without the trigger and ask whether or not they would print it?  Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker: The sacrificing of the creature token is a delayed, detrimental trigger Kiki,-Jiki, Mirror Breaker creates.
Non-Detrimental TriggersThese are the vast majority of triggers and are generally considered good for you. If a judge happens to be watching your game when you miss one of these they will not say a word (unless they think you are doing it intentionally). Rift Bolt: Suspend has two separate triggers. One is, “At the beginning of your upkeep remove a time counter” and “when the last time counter is removed, cast ~this~ without paying its mana cost.” Both triggers are considered to be Non-detrimental . Dark Confidant: A controversial
one! Yes this is considered to be Non-detrimental [period] If you are 400 life
or if you are on 1 life. To keep the rules fair to everyone judges cannot, I’ll repeat that, cannot take the current game state in to account when considering
whether a trigger is detrimental or not. We assume you would not be playing
Dark Confidant if he looked a little more like: 
Batterskull: Living Weapon is a trigger. Arcbound Ravager: Modular has a trigger. Kitchen Finks: Both Kitchen Fink’s triggers (Life gain and persist) are Non-Detrimental. Restoration Angel: this is similar to Dark Confidant whether you have a Phantasmal Image in play or something. This is Non-Detrimental for pretty much the same reason Dark Confidant is. Emrakul, the Aeons Torn: Taking an extra turn and annihilator are Non-Detrimental. Chromatic Star//////Chromatic Sphere: I thought I would bring this up because there is an interesting distinction between these two cards. Chromatic Star has a Non-Detrimental Trigger but Chromatic Sphere doesn’t have a trigger at all! Please do not fall in to the trap of not telling your opponent to draw a card off their Chromatic Sphere (it is bad times). Lotus Bloom: Suspend has two separate triggers. One is, “At the beginning of your upkeep remove a time counter” and “when the last time counter is removed, cast ~this~ without paying its mana cost.” Both triggers are considered to be Non-detrimental . Grapeshot: Yes Storm is a trigger! Empty the Warrens: Read Grapeshot! Cards that have Detrimental and Non-Detrimental triggers:Thankfully this is a short list so as not to be confusing.
Detention Sphere: The first trigger is Non-Detrimental because it is generally considered good. The second trigger is Detrimental. “What if I have only my own card exiled with Detention Sphere?” Answer: It doesn’t matter! The second trigger “Cleans up” the rest of the card by having a linked ability and is considered Detrimental always! (This is true for Obivion Ring’s Second Trigger and Angel of Serenity’s second trigger. Avalanche Riders: Echo = Detrimental. Stone rain ability= Non-Detrimental Geist of Saint Traft: Putting an Angel in to play is a Non-detrimental trigger. Exiling the Angel at the End of Combat step is Detrimental. Reveillark: Returning creatures to play is Non-Detrimental. Sacrificing Reveillark to Evoke is Detrimental.
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