Miracle and the Stack
Asked by Atsuma 8 years ago
If I have an Island and a Mox Pearl in play, both untapped, with two cards in my library and I choose to cast Brainstorm on my opponents turn with the top card of my library is Banishing Stroke. Do I still lose?
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If I have Rhystic Study and my opponent casts Wipe Away targeting it and lets me draw first card for turn from the triger, which is Terminus, can I cast Terminus? And if so, when?
Okay, that was how I thought miracle worked, and you were correct in assuming the Banishing Stroke is to tuck the Mox Pearl. Just to clarify, miracle meets the trigger conditions but the trigger is not put onto the stack until priority is checked again, and then the spell is cast when priority is checked a third time after the miracle trigger resolves. During this whole process the card is revealed but technically in the hand? Does that mean in response to a miracle trigger, I can Vendilion Clique, since i know they have it in hand but the ability of the card, not the spell, occupies the stack?
September 23, 2015 1:18 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
Yes, the Miracle card is in the player's hand while it's being revealed. The Miracle ability doesn't say to move the card to another zone and reveal it, so that means it stays where it is.
September 23, 2015 10:48 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #4
Note that the miracle card is cast during the resolution of the miracle ability, not after. Spells and abilities that instruct you to cast a spell rather than defining a duration over which you may cast it on your own are actually telling you to cast that spell as part of the current resolution process.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
Question 1: Please be more direct with your questions. It's not immediately apparent what you're really asking. I assume you mean to ask whether you can use Banishing Stroke to put a card on the bottom of your library so you have a third card to draw.
You still lose. You were instructed to draw three cards from a library with two cards. You will lose the game the next time state-based actions are checked. This will be before the miracle ability even goes onto the stack, meaning it's long before you could ever cast Banishing Stroke and put a card on the bottom of your library. Remember that a spell or ability always finishes resolving before anything else can happen; you don't have priority during the resolution process to take another action.
Question 2: You can cast Terminus, but not until you could normally cast a sorcery.
Your opponent casts Wipe Away. Rhystic Study's ability is put on top of the stack above Wipe Away. When this ability resolves, your opponent may either pay
. He or she chooses not to, so you draw a card.
When you draw this card, you see that it is Terminus. If you would like to trigger the miracle ability, you must reveal Terminus before it touches any of the other cards in your hand, and you must announce the trigger. Terminus must remain revealed throughout the rest of the process. You put the ability onto the stack when Rhystic Study's ability finishes resolving.
When the miracle ability resolves, you will be given the option to cast Terminus for its miracle cost. However, Wipe Away is still on the stack, and its split second ability prevents you from casting Terminus. The miracle ability finishes resolving, and you are no longer able to cast Terminus at that time.
With a miracle ability, you either cast the card during the resolution of the triggered ability or you don't cast it. Miracle does not create a duration for which you are allowed to cast the spell. You can't resolve the miracle trigger and then cast the card later in the turn for its miracle cost.
September 22, 2015 11:36 p.m.