targetting with Plaxcaster Frogling, use of stack
Asked by mathijsderouck 5 years ago
hi,
in my modern scales deck Plus One (Scales) i run a Plaxcaster Frogling to protect my creatures.
i also run Spike Feeder in this deck.
some days ago i was playing against a humans-deck, including Path to Exile.
he threw the Path to Exile on one of my creatures, that was not carrying +1/+1 tokens at the time (on Corpsejack Menace to be precise).
i still had four untapped lands laying around and i had both Spike Feeder and Plaxcaster Frogling in play.
However he told me i could not counter his play with Plaxcaster Froglings ability, because the Corpsejack Menace could never become a valid target by getting a +1/+1-counter from Spike Feeder before resolution of the stack, and by then it would be exiled of course.
is this correct?
mathijsderouck says... #2
thanks a lot for the answer, i thought it was like that, i was quite certain to be honest, but my opponent made me doubt.
it was just a casual game, so no harm done.
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
Your play would have been correct. It is important to remember that "the stack resolving" is not a thing. Objects on the stack resolve one at a time. So the correct ordering of events is:
He casts Path- stack bottom to top is: Path
You respond with Spike Feeder's ability- stack bottom to top is: Path, Feeder ability
You and your opponent both pass priority. The ability resolves and Corpsejack Menace gets a counter- stack bottom to top is: Path
When you receive priority again you respond to Path with Plaxcaster's ability- stack bottom to top is: Path, Plaxcaster ability
You and your opponent both pass priority. The ability resolves and Corpsejack Menace gets shroud- stack bottom to top is: Path
Your opponent and you both pass priority. Path has no valid targets and fizzles.- Stack is empty
July 14, 2018 11:19 a.m.