How exactly does regeneration work in this situation?
Asked by PerfectDisguise 9 years ago
I have Asceticism on the battlefield, along with 6 creatures. My opponent casts Day of Judgement?!?!?!!, can I tap Overgrown Battlement and six mana to pay for asceticism's regenerate ability and regenerate alll my creatures?
PerfectDisguise says... #2
I wasn't sure if Overgrown Battlement dies before I could use it to tap for mana
January 6, 2015 1:56 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #3
Spells don't have any effect until they resolve. The point of responding is to be able to take actions before other spells and abilities do anything.
January 6, 2015 2 p.m.
PerfectDisguise says... #4
Could you give me a play by play of how the spells go on the stack in this situation?
January 6, 2015 2:19 p.m.
hyperlocke says... Accepted answer #5
- Your opponent casts Day of Judgment. It goes on the stack.
- Before it resolves, you activate Asceticism's regeneration ability, targetting one of your creatures. The ability goes on top of the stack.
- The regeneration ability resolves. The targetted creature now has a regeneration shield. Day of Judgment is on top of the stack.
- Repeat 2-3 for each of your creatures you want to regenerate.
- Day of Judgment resolves. All creatures are destroyed, except those you regenerated.
January 6, 2015 2:40 p.m.
hyperlocke says... #6
You could also stack the regeneration effects on top of each other (in response to you activating the ability, activate the abilty). Then the effects will resolve one after the other, then Day of Judgment resolves, same outcome.
January 6, 2015 2:43 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #7
There's only one spell: Day of Judgment.
Spells, activated abilities, and triggered abilities all use the stack (with the exception of mana abilities); their effects don't just happen immediately. When a spell is cast, an activated ability is activated, or a triggered ability is triggered, it is put onto the stack and becomes the topmost object on the stack.
Before an object on the stack resolves, players must all pass priority in succession without adding a new object to the stack. Once players pass priority in this way, the topmost object on the stack resolves. Players then pass priority again to resolve the next object, and so on. If at any point a player casts a spell or activates an ability, that spell or ability goes on top of the stack and the round of priority must be redone until nobody takes further action.
(To clarify the above, a mana ability is any activated ability that (1) doesn't have any targets, (2) isn't a loyalty ability, and (3) would add mana to a player's mana pool when it resolves, or any triggered ability that triggers from an ability of the above description. Mana abilities don't use the stack; they resolve immediately once activated. Any additional effects written as part of the mana ability also happen immediately.)
In this case, the opponent casts Day of Judgment, which goes onto the stack. Each player, in turn order, is given priority to respond to the spell if he or she wishes.
Any actions you take in response to Day of Judgment will resolve before Day of Judgment itself.
January 6, 2015 2:52 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #8
In case this is part of your question: You don't regenerate something after it's destroyed. You set up a regeneration effect at some point before that happens, so the effect will save it. Before Day of Judgment resolves you're allowed to activate Asceticism however many times you need to put regeneration effects on your creatures. These "regeneration shields" last either until the end of the turn or until they're used up by saving something from destruction, whichever comes first.
The detailed rules about regeneration used to be very different a long time ago, when you would wait until after the creature had been destroyed (1993 to 1995-ish), or until the moment it would actually be destroyed (1995-ish to 1999). The huge 6th Edition rules update had to set it to the way it currently works in order to make it function with respect to other changes to the rules.
January 6, 2015 5:13 p.m.
hyperlocke says... #9
@Sage11: Please select an answer to move this question out of the unanswered queue.
Epochalyptik says... #1
Day of Judgment
Yes. Regeneration applies to any destruction effect, not just damage.
January 6, 2015 1:22 p.m.