instant untap royal assassin
Asked by zigkid3 12 years ago
An opponent attacks me with a creature.If I have a tapped Royal Assassin can I use an instant card that can untap my Royal Assassin and then use his ability to kill the creature before it deals damage?
how is the priority on that?
zandl is correct but with one minor amendment.
When you receive Priority and cast the instant, you receive priority again to perform other actions if you so wish, then priority will go back to the opponent. (This is before the spell to untap Royal Assassin has finished resolving)
If neither player adds an action to the stack, then the top most effect of the stack will resolve and priority will then go back to the owner of the spell/ability that is now on top of the stack. (Or if no spell/ability and during the declare attackers step, priority goes back to the attacker) This is important in case your opponent has something that he wishes to use to try and either kill the Royal Assassin .
The problem with this is that if your instant has resolved, then the ability of the Royal Assassin will be usable as you will again receive priority to be able to activate the ability of the Royal Assassin . If the player cast's say Tragic Slip whilst your instant is on the stack however, your Royal Assassin will be affected by Tragic Slip 's resolution BEFORE your instant.
If no spell is on the Stack and both players pass priority then you automatically move to the next step of combat.
On a completely unrelated note: If it's a main phase and your opponent is wishing to do something during your turn, MAKE SURE you have finished all you wish to do during that part of your turn, as passing priority to your opponent whilst nothing is on the stack during any of your main phases signify's that your moving onto your next step of your turn.
I hope this helps to expand on zandl's answer
zandl says... Accepted answer #1
Of course.
When your opponent declares attackers, he/she receives priority before moving onto the Declare Blockers step, and then you receive priority. If neither player does something, then the game progresses to the Declare Blockers step.
You would most likely want to cast your Instant to untap your Royal Assassin when you receive priority at the end of the Declare Attackers step, and when priority is passed back to you shortly thereafter, just tap Royal Assassin.
August 23, 2012 2:32 p.m.