Liliana, Defiant Necromancer and Eternal Witness
Asked by Venomous08 7 years ago
If I were to use the -X ability on Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Flip to return an Eternal Witness to the battlefield, taking Liliana down to 0 loyalty, would she enter the graveyard before the Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, thus allowing me to return Liliana to my hand again?
When you use the -X ability on Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Flip, if it brings her down to zero loyalty, once the ability is placed on the stack Lili will go to graveyard before any player receives priority. This is a State-Based Action.
So yes, by the time Eternal Witness hits the battlefield, Lili will be a legal choice to return.
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
Yes. Liliana would be put into the graveyard as a state-based action immediately after you activate her ability. Then is then a round of priority before the ability resolves. When Liliana's ability resolves it returns E Wit to the battlefield and Liliana is a valid target for the ETB (as long as she is still in the graveyard).
April 29, 2016 4:20 p.m.