equipment vs instant
Asked by runelord 13 years ago
if my opponent casts and instant can i equip in response and have my equipment attach before the instant resolves assuming this is all taking place in my main phase
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2
No. Equip abilities may only be activated at sorcery speed (during your main phase while you have priority and the stack is empty).
702.6a Equip is an activated ability of Equipment cards. "Equip [cost]" means "[Cost]: Attach this permanent to target creature you control. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery."
January 22, 2012 1:15 a.m.
Unless you have an equipment like Cranial Plating, you can't equip a creature in response to a spell, like Epochalyptik said
January 22, 2012 9:54 a.m.
WorkAround says... #4
702.6a Equip is an activated ability of Equipment cards. "Equip [cost]" means "[Cost]: Attach this permanent to target creature you control. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery
That means that you can activate it as a sorcery. Sorcery cards can't be activated as a response.
January 22, 2012 11:58 a.m.
metalmagic says... #5
Using Cranial Plating's BB ability is not an Equip ability, just a regular activated ability, so you still can't equip anything in response.
metalmagic says... #1
No. Activating the Equip ability of equipment is a sorcery-speed effect, and you may only do instant-speed things while there is an ability on the stack waiting to resolve.
January 22, 2012 1:15 a.m.