Timing question about recursion and the stack
Asked by Epicurus 1 year ago
Short, general version: If a spell or triggered/activated ability added to the stack returns a permanent to the battlefield, would an ETB effect of that permanent be added to the stack?
Long, specific version: If someone casts a spell, and in reaction I do something that completes a dungeon, thus activating the Create Undead ability of Sefris of the Hidden Ways, and I use that ability to return Draining Whelk to the battlefield, can I use the Whelk's ETB trigger to counter that spell?
wallisface says... Accepted answer #2
Yes that works perfectly fine.
While any spell/ability is on the stack, anyone can add other spells/abilities to the stack, which will resolve first. You can always continue adding spells/abilities to the stack and letting them resolve, all before that original spell resolves.
So you can perform your series of actions exactly as you described :)
April 2, 2023 3:24 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
Epicurus: Answers to your question have been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any more follow-ups or corrections 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 best answers your question.
April 6, 2023 8:59 a.m.
Rhadamanthus Okay, sorry, I didn't know that. It's the first time I've posted a question on this forum. Thank you all for the clarification on my query!
Gidgetimer says... #1
Yes, that works. As long as there is nothing preventing an ability from triggering and the triggered ability is met a triggered ability goes on the stack the next time a player would receive priority.
March 31, 2023 6:42 a.m.