If my opponent casts a spell and in response i put a Meddling Mage into play naming the spell cast will it fizzle or resolve?

Asked by Sp00k 13 years ago

So call me foolish but I'd like an outside perspective on this theory I have.

Say I have a Mimic Vat with a Meddling Mage imprinted on it, if an opponent plays something say doomblade targeting a legal target, I then in turn respond with the Mimic Vat producing a token Meddling Mage and as it resolves first on the stack entering play I name doomblade.

Would

A. the mage make the play invalid

B. cause the spell to fizzle

C. not work at all, because I'm delusional and want to play Meddling Mage more/.

Sp00k says... #1

REF Doom Blade - stupid spacebar

February 8, 2011 7:38 a.m.

doinitwrong says... #2

Ruling on Meddling Mage :

If you somehow manage to cast this while other spells are on the stack, those spells won't be countered.

Spells with the chosen name that somehow happen to already be on the stack when Meddling Mage enters the battlefield are not affected by Meddling Mage 's ability.

February 8, 2011 8:08 a.m.

doinitwrong says... Accepted answer #3

So, thus the answer is C, you are delusional.

February 8, 2011 8:09 a.m.

Sp00k says... #4

Thank you - I knew I was - damn their rulings. :D

Thanks

February 8, 2011 8:11 a.m.

doinitwrong says... #5

Well, there are worse things you could be.

February 8, 2011 8:14 a.m.

Siegfried says... #6

Well, if it's your turn, you can (unless you've declared the end of a phase) pull priority and say "Before you try and cast that, I'm going to do this" and stop your opponent's spell ever happening. In terms of trying to use it to counter something, yeah, just won't work. Meddling Mage prevents spells being cast. If the spell has already been cast, you've missed the timing buddy.

February 8, 2011 8:16 a.m.

Scorpse says... #7

well it's not a timing issue. because he might not have priority to activate mimic vat. And even if he has, the opponent will have the chance to respond to activation, and play something.

February 8, 2011 9:57 a.m.

Siegfried says... #8

True, he can respond to the activation, forgot about that bit. So, best use would be triggering in the standby phase, stopping counter spells or destruction for the turn(as long as you know which spell the opponent will play (totally seeing an awesome control deck with Telepathy here))?

February 8, 2011 10:08 a.m.

Scorpse says... #9

:))

February 8, 2011 11:03 a.m.