Last Updated: 2026-10-09
391.5. Delayed Linked Abilities are Linked Abilities that are generated by another Ability and reference that Ability or Game Objects it affects instead of a window of time.
391.5.a. If that Ability affects a Game Object, the Delayed Linked Ability's window will be as long as that Game Object is in an appropriate zone.
391.5.b. If the Delayed Linked Ability references the source of the abilities, its window will be as long as the source is in an appropriate zone.
391.5.c. The appropriate zones for these Delayed Linked Abilities will be determined implicitly by the Linked Ability that generated them.
391.5.c.1. If the Linked Ability causes the affected Game Objects to change zone to a non- board zone, the appropriate zone for the Delayed Linked Ability will be the zone the Game Object is moved to.
391.5.c.2. Otherwise, the appropriate zone is whatever zone the Linked Ability triggered or was played from, or whatever zone the affected Game Object is located in when it is affected.