\nWhen Vexing Devil<\/a> enters the battlefield, its ability triggers and gives the opponent the choice of either allowing it to stay on the battlefield, or taking 4 damage so its controller sacrifices it. If you allow the opponent to make a decision on whether or not they take 4 damage, you cannot cast Fling<\/a> “in response” to that choice before the creature is sacrificed. That\u2019s because when a spell or ability starts resolving, you have to wait until all<\/em> parts of the spell or ability are complete before you get priority again.<\/p>\n
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- If you cast Fling<\/a> by sacrificing the Devil, it will be before the player makes a choice, and they won’t choose to take 4 from the ability because the Devil has already been sacrificed for Fling.<\/li>\n
- If you cast Undying Evil<\/a> on the Devil, it will be before the player chooses whether to take 4 damage, and then they’re probably not going to take 4 damage only to have the Devil come back as a 5\/4.<\/li>\n
- If you cast Cloudshift<\/a> on the Devil, it will be before the first ability resolves, and the player will only have to worry about taking 4 damage for the new ability that triggers when the Devil returns from exile, and can gladly ignore the earlier ability on the stack by doing nothing as it resolves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Today’s Rules Tip written by
\nRonny Alvarado, Level 2 judge from Houston, TX<\/p>\n(It seems this post didn’t appear in the twitter feed on April 30, so I’m publishing it again)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- If you cast Undying Evil<\/a> on the Devil, it will be before the player chooses whether to take 4 damage, and then they’re probably not going to take 4 damage only to have the Devil come back as a 5\/4.<\/li>\n