Mystifying maze VS. Argentum Armor
Asked by Wbg1415 2 years ago
Opponent swings with a creature and Argentum Armor is attached to it. I tap 4 mana and also tap Mystifying Maze to exile attacking creature. He chooses Mystifying Maze to destroy with the triggered ability of the equipment attached to creature. But I exile the attacking creature so does destroying mystifying maze resolve since me exiting attaching creature is on top of the stack?
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #2
Ok, a stack question :)
Step 1: The creature wearing Argentum Armor is declared an attacker. Armor triggers and its ability goes on the stack. They choose Mystifying Maze as the target.
Step 2: Your opponent passes priority and you can activate Maze, targeting the creature.
Step 3: No one wants to cast or activate anything else, so the stack starts resolving. Maze exiles the creature. That happens. Next, the ability from Armor destroys Maze.
Step 4: The stack is empty. In case nobody does anything else, the rest of combat happens as usual.
August 13, 2021 12:36 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
Wbg1415: Answers to your question have been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections to be made, I marked one of them 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.
Named_Tawyny says... Accepted answer #1
So here's your stack - you wrote it out a bit out of order, but I think you do have it correct in your head.
Creature swings, Argentum Armor triggers. Opponent targets Mystifying Maze.
In response, with AA trigger on the stack, you tap MM and target the creature.
No other actions at this time.
MM Activated ability resolves, attacking creature is exiled. AA trigger resolves, MM is destroyed. (Abilities on the stack exist independently of their original source)
The rest of combat happens. Then 2nd main phase.
At the start of the end step, exiled creature returns to the battlefield (assuming it wasn't a token). AA is NOT attached to it.
August 13, 2021 12:32 a.m.