Responding to declared attackers with flash?
Asked by Esper_Silence 9 years ago
I had a scenario in a 6-player EDH game last weekend in which one of my opponents proceeded to attack me with a barrage of mono-black death staring me in the face, so I cast Chord of Calling in response, tapping my 4 creatures I had no intentions of blocking with. I used Chord of Calling to tutor for a Celestial Archon . Are those creatures still able to attack me? Seeing as how he already declared attackers at me before I used the Chord of Calling if I weren't being attacked, I wouldn't have used the spell at that time.
Thanks in advance.
When you find the correct card, it will help, but if the card you are looking for says "Creatures your opponents control cannot attack you", then his army will still be attacking you, and they were already declared as attackers. This new card would only prevent cards from being declared as attackers.
August 4, 2014 2:56 p.m.
EridanWwins says... #4
Blazing Archon 's ability only affects what can happen when attacks are being declared. It doesn't affect creatures that were already attacking when it entered the battlefield, which appears to be the case as you said he had already declared attacks.
August 4, 2014 2:57 p.m.
Okay, same point stands. Since they were already declared as attackers, they will still be attacking you.
August 4, 2014 2:57 p.m.
FYI, you could of cast it in response to them entering combat, which would of stopped them. If they never gave you the chance to respond to them entering the combat step, you have the right to make them rewind events as you are entitled to cast the spells and abilities that are legal during that time before they declare who was attacking. You opponent can never deny you the right to cast spells that are legal by skipping steps.
The attack step goes like this:
Beginning of Combat Step
507.1. First, if the game being played is a multiplayer game in which the active player's opponent's don't all automatically become defending players, the active player chooses one of his or her opponents. That player becomes the defending player. This turn-based action doesn't use the stack. (See rule 506.2.)
507.2. Second, any abilities that trigger at the beginning of combat go on the stack. (See rule 603, "Handling Triggered Abilities.")
507.3. Third, the active player gets priority. Players may cast spells and activate abilities.Declare Attackers Step
508.1. First, the active player declares attackers. This turn-based action doesn't use the stack. To declare attackers, the active player follows the steps below, in order. If at any point during the declaration of attackers, the active player is unable to comply with any of the steps listed below, the declaration is illegal; the game returns to the moment before the declaration (see rule 717, "Handling Illegal Actions").
Most Commander games are played where you don't know if you are being attacked or not until the declare attackers phase, but you are still entitled to be able to respond to the beginning of combat before attackers are declared.
802.1. Some multiplayer games allow the active player to attack multiple other players. If this option is used, a player can also choose to attack only one player during a particular combat.802.2. As the combat phase starts, the attacking player doesn't choose an opponent to become the defending player. Instead, all the attacking player's opponents are defending players during the combat phase.
Esper_Silence says... #1
I'm sorry that's not the right card, Celestial Archon is incorrect, hang on.
August 4, 2014 2:52 p.m.