Does Finest Hour stack?
Asked by vic 7 months ago
If I have two Finest Hours in play, how many extra combat phases will I get if I attack with one creature (because of "if it's the first combat phase of the turn")?
I've never been clear on when such an effect is "checked" in relation to when it is put on the stack.
Rhadamanthus says... #2
Some more notes on the second part of your question: A triggered ability triggers whenever the given event happens. A trigger with an "intervening 'if' clause" (looks like "Whenever [event], if [condition], [effect]") checks its special condition twice: once when the given event happens and again right before the trigger starts resolving. If the first check isn't true then the ability doesn't trigger at all and if the second check isn't true, usually because someone's response changed something about the game state, then it's removed from the stack without resolving. Finest Hour's trigger does have an "intervening 'if' clause", but there's no way anyone's response or any other game event could somehow make the condition ("if it's the first combat phase of the turn") untrue before it starts resolving.
Yesterday says... Accepted answer #1
They stack. You'll get two additional combat phases. However, the untap happens immediately, so the creature in question likely won't be untapped for the second extra combat phase.
February 17, 2026 8:17 a.m. Edited.