Question: If you do this and stack 3 spells at once (lets just say they're all instants to keep it simple, no activated abilities) could someone step in after the third instant has been allowed to resolve, and interact with the 2nd while its still on the stack? OR, could I do something to the 2nd spell while the 3rd is on the top of the stack, or is the top of the stack the only thing that's interactable? My gut is saying no to the second question, but just wanted to be sure.

@@Matisyahuwu to the first one, yes. After each spell resolution priority goes back to the active player, they may play more spells on top of the second one increasing the stack again, but then need to pass priority to the opponent to start resolving the last spell added. Or they may just pass priority directly to keep resolving the next spell on the stack. Note that every time they pass priority the opponent has the right to also add instants (or abilities) to the stack. To your second question, it's the first one. If you cast an instant o activate an abilitie that can target a spell (ie. a *card* on the stack) you can choose wichever even if it isn't at the top, then that spell of yours will be added to the top of the stack. Hope this helps!

Lol were you expecting a tutorial of the game itself?

How high were you?😂

The assumption was that you had no counterspells, so you passed priority, then it entered and I gain priority. You can’t destroy target planeswalker until you get priority, and you can’t destroy target planeswalker while it’s still on the stack.

The +3/+3 card didn't resolve yet because it was responded to. Top to bottom. The top card resolves, doing 2 dmg, killing the creature. Now the bottom card resolves...but there is no creature. The buff card is sent to the graveyard, wasted.

​@theslyredfox7919 If growth was cast on the creature *before* the attack step, and then attacked, and then shock was cast, would the creature not have died. Because in this example, creature attacks, no block, growth cast for more damage, and then shock is cast.

Removing the source of an ability does not remove the ability from the stack You can respond to your opponent casting the spell, but the spell is only on the stack and not on the battlefield, until it resolves. Since it is not on the battlefield, you cannot target it with removal, but you can counter it. Last question is part of what brought me here

So long as a player is holding onto priority, they can make the stack go a mile high before passing priority to an opponent. Which means they could go {Planeswalker Ability}, {Instant Spell 1}, {Activated Ability 1}, {Instant Spell 2}, before you get to put your own stuff on top of the stack. Those spells / abilities won't resolve until we get down to that point in the stack, so if you've added to the stack your stuff would go before those - but adding stuff to the stack also means you pass priority back to them, so they can add more to the stack. (You see it a bunch when people have a lot of counterspell-like cards in their hands.) If you cast {Damaging Spell} to kill the creature with the Activated Ability, then the stack would resolve in order: DS first, then IS2, then AA1, then IS1, then PA. I try to think of creature (and Planeswalker) abilities like an abstract version of throwing a grenade - we could shoot the grenade-thrower, but the grenade is already in the air and will still detonate. So a creature like 'Mogg Fanatic', for example, will (almost) always be able to deal 1 damage to a player, because it's own self-sacrifice ability can be used to respond to any effect which would destroy it.

planeswalkers don't have summoning sickness. They can use their abilities as soon as they're played

@@rxmy6690 thanks!

@@rxmy6690 But to clarify, when I play a planeswalker, I do have to let priority pass to everyone else before the stack begins resolving, at the end of which my planeswalker actually enters the battlefield? And only when I have priority again after that can I activate its loyalty ability?

@@judemiller It's weird but when you play a planeswalker I believe you keep priority and can immediately activate it's abilities before anyone can respond.

​@@judemiller - As it's your turn, you get priority again when the stack finishes resolving; which means you get the first chance to try and do stuff, including activating the Planeswalker ability after it successfully comes into play.

You can "add" something in the stack anytime you get priority to play it, which globally means anytime between any element resolved from the stack :) Lands can only be played anytime you could play a sorcery spell if it could help you remember it like this ;)

Yeah, do you guys physcalky put cards on the stack for every counter spell? No....

@hommedesbois9080 yes, you have to put the counter spell on the table revealed for everyone. You won't be holding it in hand while waiting for responses. Putting on graveyard is just a fast convenience.

Same

@@kellhiggins9251 same

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Lol me too. Found a precon at walmart.

we share the same pain woohoo

You need to have them. It is explained in the video.

You can purchase what they call a "Land Station" from a local game-store, or online. It gives more than enough lands for whatever purpose you may need.

@@RealCDMaker I would recommend a deck builders toolkit. Plenty of lands, a few packs. Pretty good.

yeah you should be able to

1) since you passed priority, and your opponent passed as well, you would not receive priority back until the spell resolved. You would not be able to 2) Player 1 casts the spell passing priority, player 2 passes, and player 3 casts a counter. Player 3 can now hold priority or pass. Once player 3 passes, player 1 and player 2 will both have a chance to respond to the counter. If neither does, then the counter will resolve and priority will be passed back to player 1. This can get complicated however. Lets say player 3 casts the counter and triggers player 1's rhystic study not paying the one and all players pass. Rhystic study's trigger will resolve first and player 1 will receive priority again, meaning if they drew their own counter off of rhystic, they can now counter player 3's counter. Whenever a spell or ability resolves, priority will go back to the active player and there will be another round of priority.

Almost, but not quite. After a spell resolves, priority goes back to the caster of the spell. So in your scenario, player 3 does get priority once more after their counter has resolved.

Yes, would need to discard 2 islands to do so.

@@willis7111 ty, u also think decking out is instant loss?

@@lostheartish Yes, the same rules as regular mtg. Otherwise, the game peters out.