When Playing Living Death Do All Exiled Creature Cards Return at the Same Time?
Asked by theindigoeffect 6 years ago
I had to ask this question because many creature cards have ETB effects, which can seemingly be played in an unfair fashiion, depending on what order the aforementioned creatures are played.
For example, if I play Urabrask the Hidden and someone else decides to play Constricting Sliver, it leaves me at an obvious disadvantage, since I decided to go first.
In some ways, it creates a stalemate, since graveyards are public knowledge, and I have some idea of what my opponent will play.
Is there a rule that determines who plays his/her creatures first?
Tyrant-Thanatos says... #2
Yeah, as Gidgetimer put it, basically they all enter simultaneously.
You can pick and choose in whatever order you want, but the fact of the matter is, no matter what "order" they come in, their ETB triggered abilities will not go onto the stack until Living Death completely resolves, which essentially means all of them will be in play before any of them trigger, and they go on the stack in APNAP order.
October 12, 2017 3:56 p.m.
With replacement effects like Urabrask the Hidden, it will not apply to creatures entering at the same time, your opponent's creature come in untapped. With a triggered ability like that granted by Constricting Sliver the triggers will be put on the stack after the spell finishes resolving. Each of your opponent's slivers will be able to exile one of your creatures.
Also, Living Death returns all creature cards, not just the ones each player wants to return. No player makes any choices while resolving Living Death.
October 12, 2017 6:05 p.m.
Tyrant-Thanatos says... #5
Neotrup is correct, and worded it much more eloquently than I.
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
All creatures will enter the battlefield at the same time.
October 12, 2017 3:30 p.m.