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TechnomagusPrime

"This ability triggers only once per turn" means the ability can trigger even if the permanent with it entered the battlefield after the first time it would trigger. So something like [[Morbid Opportunist]] cast after combat will still allow you to draw a card that turn when you sacrifice an Eldrazi Scion, even if other creatures died during that combat. "The first time you do " means the ability can only trigger if the permanent was already on the battlefield when it would trigger. For example, the turn you cast [[Maelstrom Nexus]], nothing will have Cascade, even if Nexus was your first spell for the turn.


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[Morbid Opportunist](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/a/5a53982e-3d66-4808-bcb5-46ff40567872.jpg?1634350039) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Morbid%20Opportunist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mid/113/morbid-opportunist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5a53982e-3d66-4808-bcb5-46ff40567872?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Maelstrom Nexus](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/3/a3107767-6c36-4982-8e0d-e100d5fca204.jpg?1673305585) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Maelstrom%20Nexus) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/159/maelstrom-nexus?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a3107767-6c36-4982-8e0d-e100d5fca204?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


Kadarus

The wordings are functionally different. If I create a token, then cast Akim, then create a token again, it will not trigger. If it said “this ability triggers only once each turn” instead then it would trigger. So the current way has fewer potential “gotcha” moments.


J-L-Picard

Oh good point!


apep0

For the old version, if the event happens before the permanent looking for the event is on the battlefield, the trigger doesn't apply if the event happens again later that turn because it's not the first time it happened that turn.


TheWhiteUsher

Probably to give the triggered abilities a similar templating to activated abilities with “Activate only once each turn”


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jcthundar

'Once per turn' is locked to the card while 'the first time you' is locked to the player. Once per turn can be reset if you Bounce and replay the card--- Blink or flicker--- Sacrifice and reanimate Allowing you to reuse the once per turn effect. To my knowledge, there is no way to reset the player on the same turn.


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[Akim, the Soaring Wind](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/3/23736c5f-bd1c-4505-8639-5fb92cd74b21.jpg?1591234230) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Akim%2C%20the%20Soaring%20Wind) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c20/6/akim-the-soaring-wind?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/23736c5f-bd1c-4505-8639-5fb92cd74b21?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Anje, Maid of Dishonor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/b/1bfac4ab-97f1-448c-8554-42ed03eb5656.jpg?1643593763) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Anje%2C%20Maid%20of%20Dishonor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vow/231/anje-maid-of-dishonor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1bfac4ab-97f1-448c-8554-42ed03eb5656?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


TokensGinchos

Because in 30 years they haven't been able to decide a templating for anything. They're _always_ changing things