Timing question involving the stack and triggered abilities...

Asked by UpperDeckerTaco 4 years ago

Here is the prime question at hand...

Kozilek's Return is in the Graveyard.

Rekindling Phoenix is on the Battlefield.

I "emerge" Elder Deep-Fiend , sacrificing Rekindling Phoenix ....

Now, with Phoenix's triggered ability upon dying, am I able to also trigger K Return, exile it, and have that ability resolve before the 0/1 elemental token comes into play?

The reason I ask is because obviously, I don't want to lose my Phoenix for good if this is an available play.

Thank you.

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

Yes, you can make that work.

When an ability triggers it waits until the next time a player would get priority to actually go onto the stack. This means anything that triggers while you're in the process of casting a spell will wait until you're done with the casting process to be put onto the stack.

In your example both Kozilek's Return and Rekindling Phoenix trigger while you're casting Elder Deep-Fiend (so does the Deep-Fiend, of course, but this doesn't matter for your question). The triggers try to go onto the stack at the same time when you're done casting the spell. Since you control the triggers, you decide the order.

December 20, 2019 5:24 p.m.