Many creature cards have triggered abilities that do something when the creature enters the battlefield. And many of these abilities do target. However you do not choose a target when you cast the creature spell. The target(s) for these types of triggered abilities are chosen when the creature enters the battlefield and the triggered ability […]
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Horizon Spellbomb – Draw BEFORE you search!
When activating a , the triggered ability to draw a card goes on the stack on top of the activated ability to search; this means you pay to draw BEFORE searching for a land!
Turn to Slag stops a Sylvok Lifestaff from Gaining Life
If you have a creature equipped with a , and I cast a lethal on it, you won’t gain any life. While the damage is dealt first, the creature doesn’t actually get destroyed until the spell finishes resolving – when State Based Actions are checked. By this time, the is no longer around.
Protection from Artifacts makes Equipment Fall Off
Giving a creature protection from artifacts will cause any equipment attached to it to fall off. So with , be careful with your own equipment, but remember you can use it AGAINST your opponents equipped creatures as well!
Declaring attackers and blockers
The declaration of attacking creature and declaration of blocking creatures does not use the stack. While you can play spell and abilities after these game actions have taken place, you cannot respond to these declarations in the normal Magic sense.