Can a card trigger between another spell's resolution?
Asked by JustKing 4 years ago
Here's the hypothetical.
My opponent casts Time Wipe grabbing their Hostage Taker with a creature that has an ETB trigger under it. Let say it's Mulldrifter
So what happens with the triggers here? Does Mulldrifter come in, draws two, then dies? That made sense to me at first but as I understand the stack right now, when a spell resolves it does everything it says, and then triggered abilities trigger. If that's the case, Mulldrifter would still be around and I draw after the boardwipe right?
Someone please help my brain is smoking.
Kogarashi says... Accepted answer #1
While abilities may trigger during the resolution of a spell or ability, they don't go on the stack until a player would next receive priority.
In your scenario, here's what happens:
Time Wipe resolves, returning Hostage Taker to its owner's hand.
Hostage Taker 's exile-return ability takes effect immediately, per its Gatherer rulings, so Mulldrifter returns to the battlefield. This triggers Mulldrifter 's ETB, but because Time Wipe is still resolving, the trigger doesn't go on the stack yet.
Time Wipe finishes resolving, destroying all creatures including Mulldrifter .
The active player would receive priority, so the Mulldrifter trigger goes on the stack. This trigger exists independently of its source and, unless Stifle d or similar, will resolve, allowing the trigger's controller to draw two cards.
It's important to note that it is a one-shot effect that returns the card Hostage Taker exiled, which isn't an ability that goes on the stack. It doesn't trigger like the LTB ability of Oblivion Ring .
December 5, 2019 12:19 a.m.