Another madness question (sorry)
Asked by Bovine073 7 years ago
Let's say I play Dark Deal with Waste Not on the battlefield. I want to play a madness card from my hand using mana produced from Waste Not when my opponent discards a card. Is this at all possible? Does APNAP have anything to do with this (APNAP just makes me make decisions first, right)?
Thanks again
Gidgetimer says... #2
Both of your questions have asked about APNAP so I'm going to explain it. APNAP is used for putting triggers on the stack and making choices. The decision part is explained rather well in the gatherer ruling on Smallpox.
9/25/2006: Each player loses 1 life. Then, starting with the active player and proceeding in turn order, each player chooses a card to discard (normally without seeing what other players have chosen) and all discards happen simultaneously. Then, starting with the active player and proceeding in turn order, each player chooses a creature to sacrifice (this time players can see what other players have chosen) and all sacrifices happen simultaneously. Then the process that happened for creatures is repeated for lands.
And all you need to know about the triggers is that the active player's go on the stack first and will therefore resolve last.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
As I explained more thoroughly in your other question, madness lets you cast the card through a triggered ability. This never happens in the middle of another spell or ability resolving. Once Dark Deal resolves, you choose the order in which you put the madness trigger and all of Waste Not's triggers onto the stack. You'll want Waste Not's abilities to resolve first so you can get the mana to pay for the madness cost.
May 12, 2016 9:17 a.m.