Discarding multiple cards with madness at once

Asked by Renaud 6 years ago

What happens in what order when multiple cards with madness are discarded at the same time?

Situation: I cast Faithless Looting, discarding Fiery Temper and Alms of the Vein, only have 2 mana up, and my opponent has a Cursecatcher

Do I get to pay the mana for Alms of the Vein, wait for it to resolve, and then pay for the Fiery Temper, or do I have to pay for both spell before the first one resolves?

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

You cast and pay for the spells one at a time.

When you discard the cards into exile, the triggered part of the Madness ability ("When you do...") on each card triggers. In your example, the trigger from Alms is on top of the stack. As that trigger resolves you choose to cast Alms and pay . Now the Alms spell is on top of the stack, and you have to finish resolving that before you can move on to the trigger from Temper.

July 13, 2018 4:58 p.m. Edited.