So, I've got a
Preston, The Vanisher deck with
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward in it. Now, obviously a token copy of Abdel created by Preston would fall under the Legend rule and all but one of them would have to be sacrificed. That's not in question. The problem is, how long do they exist simultaneously.
For instance, the Legend rule states that they both exist long enough for their ETB abilities to happen, but do you resolve those ETBs before the Legends are sacrificed down to 1?
The reason I ask, is because if state-based actions cause you to sacrifice the copy before the ETB on the stack resolves, Abdel would
exile his target permanents, but he would die/leave play before the ability resolves, resulting in exiling those permanents without being able to get them back.
If the sacrifice happens after the ETB resolves, then it would be a near-instant
blink of the permanents that he exiled, and indeed he would be able to
exile the original Abdel as well, causing a potential infinite loop.
Thoughts? I've got a judge friend trying to figure it out, but additional input would be helpful.