Invasion Plans vs Brutal Horde Chief
Asked by Chaospyke 2 years ago
If I have Invasion Plans in play and activate ability of Brutal Hordechief during my opponent's turn and my opponent attacks a different opponent, who determines blockers?
Gidgetimer says... #2
Yesterday is absolutely correct. Continuous effects that modify game rules are applied after all other continuous effects, but are still applied in timestamp order and the Brutal Hordechief ability will have a later timestamp.
613.11. Some continuous effects affect game rules rather than objects. For example, effects may modify a player’s maximum hand size, or say that a creature must attack this turn if able. These effects are applied after all other continuous effects have been applied. Continuous effects that affect the costs of spells or abilities are applied according to the order specified in rule 601.2f. All other such effects are applied in timestamp order. See also the rules for timestamp order and dependency (rules 613.7 and 613.8).
613.7a A continuous effect generated by a static ability has the same timestamp as the object the static ability is on, or the timestamp of the effect that created the ability, whichever is later.
613.7b A continuous effect generated by the resolution of a spell or ability receives a timestamp at the time it’s created.
Yesterday says... Accepted answer #1
The Gatherer page for Brutal Hordechief says that, if two players activate its ability in the same turn, the player who activated it most recently gets to decide. It follows that, if there's an Invasion Plans in play and you activate the Hordechief, you'd get to decide rather than the attacking player.
May 14, 2022 5:10 p.m.