Interrupting Wall of Blood + Rite of Consumption
Asked by Nereid 5 years ago
Say I have Wall of Blood in play and pay life for its ability, and then cast Rite of Consumption next. I know that once I cast Rite of Consumption the Wall of Blood gets sacrificed immediately and it cannot be removed anymore.
But is it possible to break the combo if my opponent just interrupt me mid sentence. Like after I say I pay life, my opponent can then remove Wall of Blood immediately, before I even say I'm casting Rite of Consumption?
How does it work?
ClockworkSwordfish says... #2
If Rite of Consumption was an instant (or you use Fling instead) they couldn't easily stop you. But since the stack needs to be empty before a Sorcery can be cast, they can remove the Wall of Blood while one of your activations to pump its power and toughness are on the stack. You could then react by activating its ability some more (or even casting Fling) but since the Rite is a Sorcery, you wouldn't be able to respond with it.
October 19, 2018 10:04 p.m.
I don't mean interrupting Wall of Blood's ability, but rather interrupting between "I activate Wall of Blood's ability 10 times, and I cast Rite of Consumption." Although I suppose in actual games, there has to be a pause in between to let the ability activation resolve first, and also give the opponent a chance to cast something after saying "I active Wall of Blood's ability 10 times." Right? Is that just proper etiquette or it's also an official rule?
October 19, 2018 11:06 p.m.
If you say "I activate Wall of Blood's ability 10 times, and I cast Rite of Consumption." it's assumed that you pass priority after each one of those actions, meaning you're announcing an intention to activate Wall of Blood's ability, let it resolve, repeat it 9 more times, and then cast Rite of Consumption (presumably sacrificing the wall). You're opponent then has a chance to respond to any of those 11 passes of priority. If they do, any actions you announced an intention to take after that response you are no longer held to, but any actions before that, including all 11 actions if they choose not to respond (or respond to the casting of Rite of Consumption) you would be held to. The same is true if it were Fling instead. That said, it's a little more reasonable (depending on what responses you expect your opponent to have) to say "I activate Wall of Blood's ability 10 times," then see if your opponent has a response, and if they don't cast Rite of Consumption, though your opponent probably sees were it's going if they've played the deck before.
Rhadamanthus says... #1
Magic isn't about reflexes, so your opponent can't "interrupt you mid-sentence", but they can respond to any one of the individual activations of Wall of Blood's ability.
For example: if you take a shortcut and say you want to activate it 10 times, they can respond to activation #1, activation #10, or anything in-between. You'll only end up paying life for the one they actually respond to and the ones before it. Responding to #10 is their last chance to do anything. If they let that last activation resolve, the game gives you priority again to take the next action and you can cast Rite of Consumption.
October 19, 2018 2:28 p.m.