If I cast Quag Sickness on a creature could I use Aura Finesse to kill a second creature?
Asked by xo2 13 years ago
if I cast Quag Sickness on Rot Wolf , could i play Aura Finesse and possibly kill 2 creatures?
Part of the rules state, if I remember right, that if at any time a creature reaches 0 toughness, whether statebased effects check before it goes above 0 or not, the creature dies the next time SBE's or actions or whatever check.
This really doesn't matter here, because there's no time you could cast Aura finesse with a creature at 0 toughness, but it's something to think about.
oulani says... Accepted answer #1
I don't believe so since 0 toughness causes the creature to be sent to the graveyard as a SBA.
Also since the creature dies as an SBA the aura also get put into the graveyard as an SBA:
303.4b If an Aura is enchanting an illegal object or player, the object it was attached to no longer exists, or the player it was attached to has left the game, the Aura is put into its owners graveyard. (This is a state-based action. See rule 704.)
Since SBAs don't use the stack they can't be responded to:
704.1. State-based actions are game actions that happen automatically whenever certain conditions (listed below) are met. State-based actions don't use the stack.
So there is no time that you can actually use the Aura Finesse before both cards are sent to the graveyard.
February 12, 2011 8:27 p.m.