Carrion feeder vs guardian of the gateless

Asked by Jay75 9 years ago

If I swing with 20 2/2 zombie tokens and Carrion Feeder and my opponent blocks with Guardian of the Gateless and in response to him declaring blockers, I sacrifice all my tokens and put counters on carrion feeder, what happens?

Kirtanei says... #1

If Guardian of the Gateless blocks your 21 creatures the ability will trigger upon declaring blockers and he will receive +21/+21.

You can't "respond" to declaring blockers, at best you have the opportunity to sacrifice them after declaring attackers.

October 6, 2014 5:13 a.m.

rowcla says... #2

Hmm, my understanding of the trigger was that it checked how many are blocking it upon resolution, so, you could respond to the trigger by saccing the tokens, meaning that the guardian will only get +1/+1. Can I get some verification from the comp rules or something on how this works?

October 6, 2014 7:24 a.m.

filledelanuit says... Accepted answer #3

You cannot respond to declaring blockers but you still get priority before any triggered ability resolves.

Guardian of the Gateless 's trigger goes on the stack after blockers have been declared the both players have the ability to respond. If you sac all your creatures to Carrion Feeder before the trigger resolves the game will see that it is blocking one creature and give it +1/+1.

October 6, 2014 7:36 a.m.

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