Annihilate ability vs. Instant

Asked by hollis316 7 years ago

I was attacking a player with Artisan of Kozilek, which he would have to annihilate 2, and then he played a creature card with flash that destroyed all attacking creatures. He played the card after I announced attackers but before blockers were announced. Would AoK's Annihiate resolve before the other players flash/instant or not?

Neotrup says... Accepted answer #1

They are allowed to cast that spell in response to the annihilate trigger destroying the Artisan of Kozilek. However, the annihilate ability will still be on the stack and resolve regardless of whether it's source is still on the battlefield. Another implication of this is that they could cast something like Act of Aggression to steal the Artisan of Kozilek and choose it as one of the two permanents to sacrifice to the annihilate trigger.

June 10, 2017 4:16 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... #2

In the future, please link all cards in your question. It makes it much easier for us to understand what's going on if we can see the cards involved. You can link cards by using double square brackets:

[[Island]]  

Island

June 11, 2017 1:02 a.m.