Priority after ETB

Asked by TehGrief 1 month ago

Player A casts Loaming Shaman, with the ETB trigger on the stack, would they then be able to sacrifice it to Goblin Bombardment in order to also choose the Loaming Shaman with its own ability?

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

No, this doesn't work. Though the player does retain priority to take another action, targets for a triggered ability are chosen at the time it's put onto the stack. You can't back up and re-select targets if someone makes a response.

It's possible to construct a situation where Loaming Shaman can target itself with its own trigger, but it involves the Shaman dying to a state-based-action immediately upon entering the battlefield. This is because triggered abilities are put onto the stack at the time a player gets priority to take another action but SBAs are checked and dealt with right before each time a player would get priority. So it could work in a situation where, for example, the player's opponent had Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, or someone had Leyline of Singularity and the player already controlled another Loaming Shaman.

April 9, 2024 1:29 p.m. Edited.