What happens if I cast Scrambleverse during the attack step of my opponents turn?
Asked by izzetjhoria 3 years ago
I play a Jhoira of the Ghitu Deck, and I have cards that remove time counters at instant speed, and Hypersonic Dragon allows me to do this otherwise. If an opponent atttacks me, what happens if I cast Scrambleverse in response to them attacking or during their attack? can they re-declare attackers or does their attack step end?
Another note, if you wait until after blockers are declared, blocking creatures that are removed from combat don't cause the attacking creature to become unblocked, that is, if Cowl Prowler attacks and you block with Hypersonic Dragon then cast Scrambleverse , which unfortunately ends up just giving away your Hypersonic Dragon and letting them keep the now untapped Cowl Prowler , it will still be blocked and deal no damage.
February 16, 2021 12:54 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
izzetjhoria: Answers to your question have been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any corrections or follow-ups to be made, I marked one as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel best answers your question. I usually avoid choosing my own response when I do this, but in this case it seemed to be the most complete answer to your question.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
It depends on exactly when you cast Scrambleverse and what changes control during the resolution.
Changing control essentially resets the clock on "summoning sickness" for creatures. If you cast Scrambleverse before your opponent declares attackers, only creatures that stayed under their control or creatures with haste that they gained control of can be declared as attackers.
If an attacking or blocking creature changes control during combat, it gets removed from combat. So if you cast Scrambleverse after your opponent has declared attackers then any attackers that changed control won't be attacking anymore. The game doesn't back up and make your opponent "re-declare" attacks. Note that any attackers that didn't change control will be untapped by the last part of Scrambleverse's effect.
February 16, 2021 10:02 a.m.