With Lurking Predators, out does responding to a cast with Worldly Tutor get the creature topdeck in time to trigger?

Asked by jeshwa 7 years ago

Long winded question but hopefully easy answer. say I played a Lurking Predators, still have a green source open and pass turn. The opponent now casts a spell, lets go with Soul Warden for the scenario, I respond with Worldly Tutor fetching a Worldspine Wurm . Does the tutor resolve and wurm go top of deck and then the opponents Soul Warden resolve and etb (cast) allowing lurking predators to flip the wurm? OR is lurking preds triggered as the Soul Warden is actually casting pre resolution?

acbooster says... Accepted answer #1

If you want to use Worldly Tutor to bring something up in time for Lurking Predators, you'll have to cast it in response to the Predators trigger going on the stack.

Lurking Predators only cares if an opponent casts a spell, so there's no etb component to it. Casting a spell is simply putting it on the stack after paying costs, so once the spell is there, Lurking Predators will trigger and go on the stack on top of the Soul Warden. Then you'd be able to respond to the trigger by casting Worldly Tutor. Assuming no more spells are cast, the tutor resolves, putting Worldspine Wurm to the top of your library. Then the trigger resolves, letting you put the Wurm to the field. Finally, Soul Warden resolves and enters the battlefield.

May 11, 2016 4:41 p.m.

jeshwa says... #2

figured as much, only used soul warden as casting example and etb to signify the stack was over, my bad for lazy wording. Thanks for the input though! was trying to figure out when to cast tutor in order to get the effect.

May 11, 2016 4:44 p.m.

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