Opponents Turn: Can you Ad Nauseam into Pact of Negation

Asked by scubarobnj 5 years ago

Say for example:

It is your opponents turn four and they cast main phase Karn Liberated. Could you in response: cast Ad Nauseam and/or Spoils of the Vault and dig until you find Pact of Negation and then counter their Karn? (Assuming you don't die in the process)

Once Ad Nauseam and/or Spoils resolves, priority would then shift back to the opposing player and at that moment would Karn just resolve? Or would Karn still stay in question on the stack, and would priority again shift back to myself, allowing me to cast Pact of Negation?

My thinking is no, it is not possible to do counter Karn this way but just want to be sure.

Kogarashi says... Accepted answer #1

Both players must pass priority in order for each item on the stack to resolve, and they must do it for each item (not just once for the whole stack).

So with Karn on the stack, you respond with, say, Spoils of the Vault, naming Pact of Negation. Your opponent must pass priority in order for it to resolve, at which point you do the digging. Assuming you don't die, you now have Pact of Negation in hand, with Karn still on the stack. Your opponent is the active player, so they receive priority again and pass it to try to resolve Karn. You can then respond with Pact of Negation to counter Karn.

November 8, 2018 9:58 a.m.

scubarobnj says... #2

Gotcha, I had a gut feeling that I could do it, but the whole sequencing of passing priority back to me seemed slightly unusual. Thanks for the answer!

November 8, 2018 10:16 a.m.

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