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Not during your main phase, but they can definitely cast on instant during your draw step, after you draw the card, before you begin your first main phase.
Can you play an instant before you draw?
Yes; you can do it during your upkeep so you don’t lose from attempting to draw a card from an empty library.
Do you get priority on draw step?
Assuming no triggers are involved: You’ll gain priority during their upkeep, when they attempt to move into their draw step. And you’ll gain priority during their draw step, when they attempt to move into their main phase. No one gets priority during the draw step before their draw.
Can you play spells during draw?
The first thing players do during their draw step is draw a card. Then each player gets priority to cast spells if they want. You are able to do what you want in this situation and can tap their land before the main phase. Yes you can play spells after you draw your card in the draw step.
When can you not cast an instant?
You can’t cast instants at anytime, you may only cast instants when you have priority. Once someone starts casting a spell, you don’t have the ability to respond until after they are finished casting it and give you priority.
Can you play instants before untap step?
No, it is not. Marked damage is removed during the Clean-up step which is at the very end of the turn. Even if you somehow gain priority during the clean-up step there will be another clean-up step immediately after until no actions are taken. Players will never get priority during the untap step.
Can you respond to upkeep triggers?
The only thing you can do is respond to the trigger after it goes on the stack, but before it resolves with a Stifle or something.
Can you play instants during untap phase?
No player receives priority during the untap step, meaning that no cards or abilities can be played at that time. During the upkeep and draw steps, however, players can cast instants and activate abilities as normal.
Is upkeep before or after draw?
Untap, upkeep, then draw is indeed the order. Note that players do not receive priority to cast spells or activate abilities during the untap step.
Do artifacts untap during untap step?
No. Things do not untap during your upkeep. They untap during your untap step. In the untap step, EVERY permanent you control is untapped, unless something is stopping it.
Can you cast during draw step?
Yes – in fact, there’s no window in the Draw Step that you can cast something before they draw, only after. If you want to get them before they draw, it must be in the upkeep step.
Can you use a quick-play spell card from your hand?
The turn player can activate Quick-Play Spell Cards from their hand during any Phase of their turn; either player can activate Set Quick-Play Spell cards during any Phase in either player’s turn, except during the turn they are Set.
When can you activate quick effects?
Fast effects can be activated by either player – even during their opponent’s turn, as long as the conditions are appropriate. When both players want to activate fast effects at the same time, they are placed on a Chain (see pages 38-41 of the v8.
Can you play a land in response to an instant?
305.1. A player who has priority may play a land card from their hand during a main phase of their turn when the stack is empty. Since the land doesn’t go on the stack, it is never a spell, and players can’t respond to it with instants or activated abilities.
Can you counter an instant with an instant?
Yes you can. Shock will on the stack so you can use Gian grown to put it above Shock on the stack resolving before shock is resolved and this way Your creature survives.
Can you play an instant on upkeep?
Yes, however, in general you can cast instants before a “beginning of your upkeep” triggered ability resolves. You cannot, however, do it before that ability gets triggered and goes on the stack, which is what messes up your plan.
Can you play instants between untap and upkeep?
b. Upkeep Step – This happens directly after untap and is the first time players may take action during a turn. Abilities that trigger at the beginning of upkeep go on the stack, and then players can play instants and abilities.
Can you cast spells before your draw step?
If you are asking whether or not you can cast a spell before you draw a card in the draw step of a given turn, then yes. You are able to cast instants or activate abilities during your own upkeep. Remember, the first three steps of the turn are Untap, Upkeep, Draw, in that order.
Can you do anything during untap step?
In Magic, the turn is broken down in to many steps and phases, which give players the opportunity to cast spells or activate abilities at different points in the turn.
Can you activate an ability before upkeep?
Yes, you can activate abilities and cast instants during your upkeep. However, you seem to be confused about the distinction between the untap step and upkeep. The untap step precedes the upkeep. This is when permanents untap.
Can you play a creature before upkeep?
Thanks guys. The triggered abilities get put on the stack before anyone can play anything. Once the trigger is on the stack, everyone gets a chance to respond.
Can you cast on your upkeep?
Yes you can, both players have to pass priority during any phase to go onto the next one. So you can cast silence during his upkeep even if there are no other triggers.
Can you play instants during opponent’s turn?
Yes, you can play an instant any time you have priority, which happens after each spell cast or action taken, barring any effects that prevent you from playing an instant.
Can you respond to untap phase?
The untap step is like mana abilities, you can’t respond to mana abilities, and you can’t respond to anything in the untap step.
What is SCRY magic?
Scry is a keyword action that allows a player to look at a certain number of cards from the top of their library and put them on the bottom of the library or back on top in any order.
Can you respond to the draw step?
Well, he can’t “respond to your draw step,” exactly, because the draw step isn’t something that uses the stack, and “responding to X” means to take an action while X is on the stack. However, he will get priority during your draw step, after you have drawn a card.
What is vigilance magic?
Vigilance is a keyword ability on creatures that allows the creature to attack without tapping.
