sundail of the infinite

Asked by foowaffle 11 years ago

can i activate sundail of the infinite at the start of the opponent turn like in response to his draw? if i used it in respone to a spell does that spell resolve or is it exiled without and could this be used to prevent board wipes

Kamero says... Accepted answer #1

What Sundial of the Infinite CAN do:

Counter any number of spells or abilities in the stack by preemptively ending your turn. This includes your own spells so it can't be used to end counter wars in your favour.Break any abilities with the wording "At the beginning of the NEXT end step" or "At the beginning of your NEXT upkeep". The word NEXT is important. You must also activate the sundial in response to the trigger, because otherwise the "next" property will be applied to your opponent's next phase and will trigger there.Break any abilities with wordings such as "At the beginning of YOUR end step", or "At the beginning of next turn's end step". To realize which one can be broken, use your common sense and figure out if, after an unsuccesful trigger, it will try to trigger again during your opponent's turn. If it won't trigger anymore, or will trigger always in your own turns, it can be broken.

September 21, 2013 2:43 p.m.

megawurmple says... #2

No. Sundial of the Infinite 's ability reads "activate this ability only during your turn." This means that you cannot activate it in your opponent's turn.

September 21, 2013 3:03 p.m.

Arachnarchist says... #3

TitansFTW has the right answer. But to answer your individual questions: (Assuming you wanted to do these on your turn), you cannot respond to the first draw in the draw step of your turn. It is a turn based action that does not use the stack. You can however respond to additional draw triggers like those from Rites of Flourishing .

Additionally, when Sundial of the Infinite s ability resolves everything on the stack is exiled, and therefore does not resolve. This means none of those spells will have their effects, and it even gets around "cannot be countered" effects.

September 21, 2013 3:19 p.m.