Marionette Master and stack Interaction
Asked by Swebb87 1 year ago
Hi, if my opponent has a Marionette Masterand a Burnished Hart in play. And they sack the burnished hart by activating the cost; then in response to the sacrifice, I cast a Defile targeting the marionette master. Do they get the triggered ability from her - Dealing her damage to target opponent from the artifact hitting the graveyard? Or does that happen because she dies before she ever sees the burnished hart hit the graveyard as its at the bottom of the stack?
Rhadamanthus says... #2
Swebb87: An answer to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel best answers your question.
May 26, 2023 9:16 a.m.
My apologies. I thought for sure I'd marked it as answered. Will keep an eye in the future
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
Burnished Hart sacrifices itself as a cost. Therefore Marionette Master saw it hit the graveyard and will trigger. Since Marionette Master isn't on the battlefield when its trigger resolves, last known information is used. With Murder or another destroy effect this would be whatever the power was at the very start of this chain of interactions. Though since you killed it with an effect that reduces P/T it would almost assuredly be negative or 0 and therefore no damage would actually result from the trigger.
May 17, 2023 7:46 p.m.