Triggering Heroic and using the stack
Asked by SorcerersBone 9 years ago
Sage of Hours is on the battlefield. I cast 2 Solidarity of Heroes targeting the sage. Now, here's my question.
When I cast them, does the second heroic trigger after the first spell resolves? Or can I stack them so both heroic triggers first, then the counters get doubled?
Second question, replacing the solidarity with 3 Nature's Panoply . In between the 3rd spells heroic trigger and resolution (or the 2nd and 3rd resolution) can I remove precisely 5 counters from the sage, gain a turn, AND get a counter placed on the sage?
A little addition, though you probably know that from the way you asked your question: You can't remove exactly five counters from the Sage, you have to remove all of them, even if that removes 9 and therefore "waste" 4 of them.
October 11, 2014 10:07 a.m.
SorcerersBone says... #3
Thank you guys! I figured I could make it work the way i wanted.
And yeah BlueScope, I did realize that. But the way I phrased it was wrong, but at that point when triggers and spells resolve, removing 5 counters and removing all counters was synonymous to me. xD
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
Because objects on the stack resolve one at a time and the spells in question are instants, there are ways to get what you want in these examples. You just have to do it correctly.
In the first: Cast one Solidarity of Heroes . The Heroic ability of Sage of Hours triggers, and you let that trigger resolve. Before Solidarity starts resolving, respond by casting another one.
In the second: In a similar way to the first, just let things resolve one at a time and make your responses accordingly.
October 11, 2014 10 a.m.