Can Ettmetal work on all Magic?

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

Ettmetal is the Godmetal of Harmony from Mistborn Era 2, it explodes upon contact with liquids so trying to use it for Allomancy or Hemalurgy is pointless at best.

However it has a unique property: when someone nearby uses one of the Metallic Arts, a Ettmetal can copy it and use it.

For if a Pulser Burns cadmium and channels it into Ettmetal the metal will create it's own Slow-Bubble, making cadmium have a use in combat.

I'm wondering if it can use any other abilities like Surgebinding?

[Quantus he/him]

 

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gk-sudo

Could primer cubes be used to store powers besides the Scadrial ones, such as Surgebinding?

Brandon Sanderson

This is theoretically possible. So much fun to have in the space age, that I'm not gonna let you have yet. You have one more Mistborn book, one more Stormlight book, three more Mistborn books, and then five more Stormlight books before I'm gonna let you have that fun. Keep theorizing.

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[Dunkum he/him]

the usual answer for that sort of thing is that yes it could work, but it might require some tinkering or alteration to make it work (see e.g. using allomantic Bronze to detect other types of investiture beyond allomancy)

[Little_Dagger she/her]

I think it would be very powerful if ettmetal could replicate Aon properties from Sel, because the effects can be controlled very precisely. For example, one could use the cubes from Mistborn era 2 to let everyone travel great distances in a blink of an eye or be healed, or... well... so many cool things