Can you play a silence in response to a supreme verdict?
Asked by Erwin 11 years ago
Also, what is the best way to use Silence? Seeing that Silence is an instant and Supreme Verdict is only a sorcery, what card will resolve 1st because the cards will go on stack?? In other words, will will the Supreme Verdict take preference or not?. I'm playing a GW deck and I'm currently struggling to beat heavy control decks and also a Maze's End deck with Supreme Verdicts and Merciless Evictions...I was also thinking of putting some Bramblecrush in as side board to destoy those Maze's Ends... Any advice?? Thanks
shawnzeedyk says... #2
Silence
says that anything cast be for it is fine so it will do nothing to theSupreme Verdict
because it is already cast but if you were to silence some one on the beginning of there turn during there upkeep they would only be able to cast instant spells
October 7, 2013 8:02 p.m.
Thanks for the quick response! I've read the reminder text, that's why I asked because the card reads that "spells cast before this resolves are unaffected." So the way I understand it is that Silence will still resolve 1st and Supreme Verdict only after. So isn't the card a bit broken if you were to look at the rules of how stacking takes place and in what order it does so?
October 7, 2013 8:17 p.m.
Erwin I think the confusion is that you're equating resolving and casting. Your opponent has already cast Supreme Verdict . The spell is just waiting to resolve.
October 7, 2013 8:27 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
@Erwin: Stacking is irrelevant. Silence only prevents your opponents from casting spells after Silence resolves. Anything cast before that point, whether before or after Silence itself was cast, will resolve normally.
Silence will resolve first, but Supreme Verdict will still resolve.
October 7, 2013 8:29 p.m.
polyglitch says... #6
So if you were to cast silence on your turn before you declare attackers would the opponent still be able to do Quicken into Supreme Verdict ?
October 15, 2013 1:55 p.m.
Yes, in response to you casting Silence they cast Quicken . You both pass priority and Quicken resolves. They then add Supreme Verdict to the stack. Supreme Verdict resolves and then finally Silence .
Only once Silence resolves does it lock your opponent out of adding spells to the stack.
Another way to think about it, if Silence worked half as well as folks though it did it would be a better counter than Counterspell . Which would be pretty silly considering white doesn't get counter spells and certainly not for cheaper.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
Note that the reminder text of Silence tells you something very important: "Spells cast before this resolves are unaffected". You can cast Silence in response to pretty much anything, but it won't stop that other thing from resolving, even though Silence will resolve first. It's too late to prevent the casting of the other spell, because it's already been cast (that's how it got to the stack in the first place).
Usually people play Silence at the end of their opponent's Upkeep step, since only instants and spells with flash can be cast during that step.
October 7, 2013 8:01 p.m.