Smallpox and madness (land)
Asked by Bovine073 7 years ago
With Smallpox, I understand I can do it in any order, correct? Therefore, could I smallpox with 3 swamps, discard Alms of the Vein, play alms, then do the rest of the smallpox? Is that how it would work?
Additionaly, if I Smallpox with a Waste Not on the field, because of APNAP, I would sac stuff first and wouldn't lose any 2/2 zombies that my opponent discarded, correct?
Thanks!
You cannot do it in any order. Effects on cards happen in the order they are written out.
No player has priority to do anything while another spell is resolving.
In fact, nothing can happen while a spell or effect is resolving, so you would not get any zombies out of Waste Not until the spell has resolved fully.
Any triggers that trigger during the resolution of a spell or ability are put on the stack only after that spell or ability resolves - for example, madness triggers like Alms of the Vein or zombies-generation triggers from Waste Not.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
For the first part, no. You always follow instructions in the order in which they're written. You also can't even cast, let alone resolve, a spell in the middle of the resolution process unless the resolving effect tells you to do so. Madness is a replacement effect and a triggered ability, and the triggered ability won't be put onto the stack until after Smallpox resolves.
Same with Waste Not. The triggers won't be stacked until after the current resolution process is over. The tokens won't even exist at the time you're asked to sacrifice a creature.
May 12, 2016 9:15 a.m.