Does saccing a permenant happen at the same time as it going into the graveyard?
Asked by Bravet 1 month ago
I'm asking specifically because I am looking at Crime Novelist and Krenko, Baron of Tin Street. If I sacrifice an artifact (ex. a treasure), will the two goblins' triggered abilities go off at the same time, so I get to choose which one goes first on the stack? Or does "sacrificing" come first, then "going to the graveyard" comes second? (Which would result in Krenko's triggered ability on top of Crime Novelist's on the stack)
Rhadamanthus says... #2
Bravet: An answer to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the most helpful answer to your question.
I try to avoid selecting my own responses when I do this but in this case it was the only option.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
You get to choose the order. The game's definition of "sacrifice" is "To move a permanent you control to its owner’s graveyard", so the triggers happen at the same time.
While we could have a philosophical discussion about whether taking the "sacrifice" action and the permanent going to the graveyard share the specific exact same moment in time, it doesn't matter in the context of how the rules for handling triggered abilities work. When a triggered ability triggers, it waits until the next time a player would get priority to take another action to actually go onto the stack. It's when multiple triggered abilities are trying to go onto the stack at the same time that we consider whose turn it is and who controls what to decide the order. If you sacrificed something, it's going to be either for paying the cost of a spell/ability or going through the resolution of a spell/ability, meaning anything that triggers here will need to wait until after you're finished with whatever you're doing to go onto the stack.
April 3, 2024 8:47 a.m.