What is the trigger order between Esix, Fractal Bloom and Ezuri's Predation?

Asked by Vassile 3 years ago

Ezuri's Predation has a ruling that states, Players can’t cast spells or activate any abilities in between the Beasts entering the battlefield and fighting the other creatures. If the Beasts entering the battlefield cause any abilities to trigger, those abilities will be put onto the stack after Ezuri’s Predation is finished resolving.

If you used Esix, Fractal Bloom to target Royal Assassin, do the Beasts enter the battlefield then fight, then transform into royal assassins since Esix would be unable to trigger until after Ezuri resolves?

Omniscience_is_life says... Accepted answer #1

Esix's ability is not a triggered one--triggered abilities use the words "when", "whenever", or "at" (sometimes a keyword ability will use those words in its reminder text, such as landfall; be aware of that). Esix has what's called a replacement effect:n an effect that replaces any event under its criteria. Since Ezuri's Predation creates tokens, it is an event that Esix can replace--but since her ability is not of the triggered sort, it doesn't use the stack and can apply even during the resolution of the spell.

August 30, 2021 12:32 p.m.