Interaction between Footlight Fiend and Hunted Witness
Asked by Stalker93 2 years ago
Hi, My brother and I often have this doubt when playing together:
If Footlight Fiend and Hunted Witness go to combat and they both die, they both have effects when they die, Footlight Fiend deals one damage to any target and Hunted Witness creates a token. As I understand, both effects take at the same time, so would the 1 damage from the Footlight Fiend be able to target the new token from Hunted Witness and kill it?
Thank you in advance!
Abilities don't happen at exactly the same time. They can trigger at the same time, but you have to put them on the stack in some order, and then you resolve things from the top of the stack, one at a time. In this case where you control one and your brother controls the other, the person whose turn it is will put theirs on the stack first (and have it resolve last). Whichever creature blocked will have its effect happen first.
Either way though, Omniscience_is_life is right. You have to pick the target for Footlight Fiend's death trigger when it goes on the stack, before Hunted Witness has made its token, so you can't kill it with the trigger.
Omniscience_is_life says... Accepted answer #1
In order for a player to put a spell or ability with a target on the stack, that player must first choose what that effect is targeting. Since both abilities go on the stack at the same time, the token will not yet exist as an object for you to target with your ability
December 20, 2021 12:37 p.m.