Win or Lose?
Asked by Weaver_Salazar 2 months ago
Heya, heya. I have a weird one. My opponent has a Scrawling Crawler. At my end step, they cast Skyscribing at flash speed. They make each player draw 40 cards. I have only two cards in my library. I have both Laboratory Maniac, and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries out.
As it's a state based action, and not a trigger. I believe I still lose. If it was a trigger. I might have been able to put my "win triggers" at the end of the stack. But I believe I lose the 40 life instead.
Andramalech says... #2
Super valuable answer. Thank you for that, Rhadamanthus!
December 18, 2025 1:46 p.m.
It doesn't change the answer, but Jace and Maniac's aren't stated based actions. Because they're replacement effects you actually win during the resolution of Skyscribing by replacing the draws, before the Skyscribing ends up in the graveyard.
December 18, 2025 6:40 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
Weaver_Salazar: Answers to your question have been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any more follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked one of them 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 is the most helpful answer to your question.
Rhadamanthus says... #1
You win because the SBAs get processed first. Triggers generated during the resolution of a spell/ability are put onto the stack the next time a player would get priority, but SBAs are checked and executed right before each time a player would get priority. All the "win the game" SBAs created by Jace's and/or Maniac's replacement effects will be dealt with before the Crawler's triggers are put onto the stack.
December 18, 2025 11:42 a.m.