<p>Actually, with Rings of Brighthearth, you can manage to transform Skinshifter twice in one turn. (But do note that you can't change modes on the copied ability.)</p>

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2014-05-21T06:47:38.260Z
Whilst that's technically true, it won't help the asker do what they're trying to do.
doppelgreener
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Hao Ye
<p>No. the last line of the ability literally states: "Active this ability only once each turn"</p>

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Ivo
<p>Let's say that you have <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Skinshifter">Skinshifter</a> in play and your opponent attacks with a 3/3 token. You choose to block with Skinshifter and in response to the block, transform him into a 4/4 rhino creature with trample. Then your opponent (in response to you transforming Skinshifter) plays Magma Jet and targets the now transformed Skinshifter. Can you transform Skinshifter a second time provided you have the mana?</p>

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2014-05-20T16:11:10.433Z
With regard to *"targets the now transformed Skinshifter"* - You seem to have some confusion about what it means to "respond to" something. When your opponent responds to Skinshifter's activated ability, it has *not* transformed yet. It dies to Magma Jet, and *then* the ability resolves, but Skinshifter is dead now, so nothing happens.
Rainbolt
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Can I transform Skinshifter twice in one turn?
Mike
# Can I transform Skinshifter twice in one turn?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-05-20)

Let's say that you have [Skinshifter](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Skinshifter) in play and your opponent attacks with a 3/3 token. You choose to block with Skinshifter and in response to the block, transform him into a 4/4 rhino creature with trample. Then your opponent (in response to you transforming Skinshifter) plays Magma Jet and targets the now transformed Skinshifter. Can you transform Skinshifter a second time provided you have the mana?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: With regard to *"targets the now transformed Skinshifter"* - You seem to have some confusion about what it means to "respond to" something. When your opponent responds to Skinshifter's activated ability, it has *not* transformed yet. It dies to Magma Jet, and *then* the ability resolves, but Skinshifter is dead now, so nothing happens.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2014-05-20. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

No. the last line of the ability literally states: "Active this ability only once each turn"


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-05-21. Score: -1

Actually, with Rings of Brighthearth, you can manage to transform Skinshifter twice in one turn. (But do note that you can't change modes on the copied ability.)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Whilst that's technically true, it won't help the asker do what they're trying to do.  

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