Tapping Creatures and the stack
Asked by Argy 5 years ago
I'm going to try to explain a situation correctly.
My opponent had Slimefoot, the Stowaway , Bontu the Glorified , Song of Freyalise . and six Saprolings on the field.
We were playing two headed giant.
Is there any way I could use Elder Deep-Fiend to stop him from tapping his Saprolings for enough mana to pay for Bontu the Glorified to sac all the Saprolings, dealing 24 damage to my team in the process?
If they are starting the turn with Song, the trigger to add a lore counter to Song of Freyalise will go on the stack at the beginning of their precombat main phase. Until that resolves, their creatures won't have a mana ability yet that turn (it's chapter 1 having expired when they began this turn). So either in their upkeep or draw step.
Caerwyn says... #1
There is not. There are a couple ways this could work, all of which result in your opponent being successful (provided they don't make a mistake).
The first option they have is, when they have priority, tapping the Saprolings for mana and activating Bontu the Glorified 's ability. This would all be done before you gained priority and had a chance to cast Elder Deep-Fiend , so the creatures will have already been sacrificed and Bontu's activated abilities and Slimefoot's triggered abilities will already be on the stack.
The second option they have is passing priority, allowing you to cast Elder Deep-Fiend . This would put Deep-fiend's triggered ability on the stack. Priority would pass back to your opponent, who can simply tap the saprolings and activate Bontu in response. This would all be done before Deep-fiend's cast ability resolved.
April 18, 2019 11:35 a.m.