Unsure on whether Combo will work
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Posted on April 4, 2013, 3:27 a.m. by KingSorin
What will happen when i cloudshift a mistbind clique championed onto a vendillion clique while i control nothing else 1.) Will my Vendilion's ability trigger b4 it's championed away,2.) Will my Mistbind Clique's Champion return the Vendilion back 2 my field b4 the Mistbind returns himself, i.e. will he have something to champion onto or will he die before Vendilion returns3.) Basically, what order will events occur due to cloudshifts full ability resolving at one time???
The answer in the Q&A that is currently marked as 'accepted' is incorrect.
April 4, 2013 9:54 a.m.
As I understand it:
Cloudshift exiles Mistbind Clique , the trigger to return the championed creature goes on the stack, but Cloudshift needs to finish resolving. It returns Mistbind Clique to the battlefield, which causes its 'Exile a Faerie or sac it' ETB ability to trigger.
Its ETB trigger resolves, and you have no other faeries to champion it, so you sacrifice it. Then Vendilion Clique returns to play letting you look at their hand etc.
April 4, 2013 10:16 a.m.
Triggers cannot go on the stack while another spell or ability is resolving.
As such, the trigger for returning the championed creature to the battlefield does not go onto the stack until after Cloudshift has finished resolving.
When Cloudshift has finished resolving, there are 2 triggered effects that need to be put on the stack, both controlled by the same player (Both the ETB and the LTB effects of Mistbind Clique 's Champion ability). The player controlling those effects will put them on the stack in the order of his/her choice.
If the player puts the ETB effect onto the stack, with the LTB on top of it, then the LTB will resolve first, allowing the Vendilion Clique to return to play before the ETB resolves. The Vendilion Clique 's ETB will trigger, and go on the stack, above the Mistbind Clique 's ETB.
Vendilion's ETB resolves, then Mistbind's ETB resolves which now has a valid target to Champion because the Vendilion is now in play.
April 4, 2013 10:34 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #7
Both the LTB and ETB abilities will trigger during the resolution of Cloudshift , but won't be put onto the stack until the next time a player receives priority, which in this case is after Cloudshift is completely finished resolving. Because multiple triggered abilities controlled by the same player are trying to go onto the stack at the same time, that player (you) decides what order to stack them in. Your idea works.
KingSorin says... #2
Mistbind Clique , Vendilion Clique , Cloudshift
April 4, 2013 3:41 a.m.