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?

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.

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.

July 14, 2018 2:44 p.m.

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