Responding to madness triggers

Asked by RicketyEng 4 years ago

I was thinking about madness and how it is a combination of two abilities. The first is a static ability which replaces a normal discard action by sending the card to exile instead. The second is a triggered ability to allow you to cast the card from exile once it has been discarded.

Then I got to thinking about whether there would be many meaningful ways to interact with that card before the triggered ability resolves. That is, interact with it while it is still in exile before it has been cast.

My initial thought is an eldrazi processor. Are there any other meaningful ways to interact with madness cards in this way? Does processing a card like this indeed prevent a player from having the option of casting it? I believe it does.

For reference, Fiery Temper , Oracle of Dust

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

Yes, this works. You're allowed to respond to the triggered ability part of Madness, just like any other trigger. If you move the card out of exile before the triggered ability resolves then the player won't be able to cast it. When it changes zones it becomes a new game object and the Madness trigger will lose track of it.

September 5, 2019 4:35 p.m.