Does No Mercy trigger before Lich's Mirror?
Asked by EDHking01 7 years ago
Say my opponent attacks me with all of his creatures. I have a Lich's Mirror and a No Mercy. Do his creatures get destroyed before Lich's Mirror kicks in?
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #2
They get destroyed, but after Lich's Mirror kicks in.
No Mercy triggers when the creatures deal damage to you. Right before the No Mercy triggers are put onto the stack, the game checks state-based-actions and sees you have 0 or less life, which means you're supposed to lose the game. Instead of that happening, the replacement effect of Lich's Mirror takes over and does its thing. The triggers from No Mercy still exist, and they'll still be put onto the stack even though it left the battlefield.
@GearNoir: This isn't a situation where ordering triggered abilities would matter. Lich's Mirror doesn't have any triggered abilities.
February 13, 2017 9:20 p.m. Edited.
Thank you for clarification Rhadamanthus. I failed to recognize Mirror as a replacement effect.
GearNoir says... #1
You get to choose the order in which your triggers are placed on the stack, regardless of who's turn it is.
February 13, 2017 9:11 p.m.