Which triggers go first if one trigger causes more triggers?
Asked by zelous666 3 weeks ago
I have Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph on the board with Vulshok Sorcerer, Chandra's Incinerator and Repercussion. The opponent has 5 1/1 soldier tokens and an indestructible 3/3 beast token. I tap Vulshok to do 1 damage to opponent. This will trigger both Ghyrson and Chandra's Incinerator. If Incinerator triggers first and damages one of the creatures on the 1 damage, that will trigger both Ghyrson and Repercussion. My question is will triggers caused by other triggers get to go first and when do the creatures they are damaging actually die? Can I, for instance, have Incinerator and Repercussion bounce the first 1 point of damage back and forth from a 1/1 creature to player until the player dies and resolve all the Ghyrson triggers and the 1/1 death after? Can I bounce the 1 damage back and forth between the indestructible 3/3 and resolve the Ghyrson triggers after? Or do I need to resolve both the Incinerator trigger and the Ghyrson trigger before adding other triggers? If It's the latter, how do I order the multiple triggers that branch out from each after?
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
If an event causes triggered abilities to trigger, those new triggers will be put onto the stack on top of anything else that's already there, meaning things can start piling up if there are abilities involved that can trigger off of each other. Because of the specific way the rules work, a 1/1 creature that's dealt damage in your example will die before you can target it with anything else, but you can make use of the indestructible 3/3 since it won't be destroyed from lethal damage.
You use Vulshok Sorcerer, targeting your opponent, and trigger Ghyrson and Chandra's Incinerator. Since they're triggering at the same time and you control them both, you get to put them onto the stack in the order of your choice (you also choose targets for them at that time). In your example you put the Incinerator trigger on top, so it resolves first. The Incinerator trigger resolves and triggers Ghyrson and Repercussion. These triggers will be put onto the stack - in the order of your choice - on top of the previous Ghyrson trigger that's still waiting. If you damaged one of the 1/1 creatures with the Incinerator trigger then the game will check state-based-actions (SBAs) right before the new triggers get put onto the stack and the creature will be destroyed by lethal damage. Whichever new trigger you put on top of the stack will resolve first, and you keep going, adding new triggers to the stack as they come up. The "old" triggers closer to the bottom of the stack will only resolve once you actually get back down to them.
October 23, 2024 5:32 p.m. Edited.