Blood Moon versus Prismatic Omen
Asked by DemonDragonJ 2 weeks ago
If a player controls a Blood Moon, and their opponent responds by casting a Prismatic Omen, which enchantment shall have priority? What types will all nonbasic lands have?
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #2
Prismatic Omen is an enchantment and can't be played as a response unless there is something allowing a player to play it at instant speed. Since nothing allowing it to be cast at instant speed was mentioned I will assume that you meant "later plays" instead of "responds with".
"Priority" has a meaning within the rules. Nothing here is dealing with priority. I will assume that you are using the normal English meaning of the word as a synonym for precedence instead of the rules meaning.
Neither enchantment "overrides" the other nor makes a player "safe" from anything.
When continuous effects are interacting they are applied in a system of layers and then in timestamp order within a layer. Since both Blood Moon and Prismatic Omen are type changing effects, they are applied in the same layer. In your example the Blood Moon was played first and will have an earlier timestamp, so it is applied first making all non-basic lands into mountains. Then the Prismatic Omen will apply granting all of its controller's lands all basic land types. The player(s) who don't control the Prismatic Omen will have all of their non-basics still only be mountains.
If the enchantments had entered in the opposite order Prismatic Omen will give all of its controller's lands all basic land types. Then Blood Moon would make all non-basics into mountains, and the non basics controlled by Prismatic Omen's controller would lose all other land types.
May 4, 2024 7:25 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #4
DarkKiridon, Gidgetimer, I am very sorry about using terminology improperly, so I hope that you understood the intent of my question.
DarkKiridon says... #1
Blood Moon effects all players, obviously. The player who casts (after resolving) and controls Prismatic Omen is now safe from said Blood Moon therefore it overrides it.
May 4, 2024 10:32 a.m.