Reflexive Triggers — Riftbound Rules

387.

Reflexive Triggers are a type of Triggered Ability that create one or more Chain Items when their condition is met.

387.1.

Reflexive Triggers can be recognized by the phrase “Do this:” or “Do one of the following:”.

387.1.a.

“Do this” can be followed by “N times.” The Reflexive Trigger will thus be added to the chain N times when its condition is met.

387.2.

Reflexive Triggers will be preceded by their conditions, if any. If no condition is present in the ability then the Reflexive Trigger will always be added to the Chain.

387.3.

If present, the Condition of a Reflexive Trigger will follow the same format as a Triggered Ability.

388.

Reflexive Triggers use the Chain.

388.1.

A new ability is created and added to the chain as a Pending Item. See rule 398. Playing or Activating Abilities for more information.

388.2.

If a Reflexive Trigger creates more than one Pending Item it creates them all in order, but does not go beyond the first step of adding them to the Chain. See rule 398. Playing or Activating Abilities for more information.

Related FAQ (1)

That “do this" wording is a lot like the one on Falling Star and Icathian Rain. Are those reflexive triggers too?

Yes! This means that these two spells no longer actually have any targets of their own—you play them with no choices. If they resolve, you then put each instance of their reflexive trigger on the chain separately, choosing the same or different units as you like. You'll pay Deflect costs for each one as you put each trigger on the chain, and then the triggered abilities will resolve one at a time in the opposite order they were put on the chain. This is a big change to how those two cards work, but we think it actually matches how many people expected them to work when they first saw them.