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Yes – in fact, there’s no window in the Draw Step that you can cast something before they draw, only after.
Can you play an instant during your end step?
Players can play instants during the end step but not sorcery spells.
Can you cast spells during draw phase?
Yes you can play spells after you draw your card in the draw step.
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 cast an instant without priority?
117.1a A player may cast an instant spell any time they have priority. A player may cast a noninstant spell during their main phase any time they have priority and the stack is empty.
When can you cast an instant?
Sorceries may only be cast during the player’s own main phases, and only when the stack is empty. Instants, on the other hand, can be cast at any time, including during other players’ turns and while another spell or ability is waiting to resolve.
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 cast spells before draw step MTG?
The first time any player may cast spells is during the player who goes first’s upkeep. 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.
Do you untap before upkeep?
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. Once that is done, both players may play spells and abilities.
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.
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.
What can you cast during your upkeep?
No one can cast spells or activate abilities during a player’s untap step. Because of this, the plays you describe are not possible, since nothing untaps by default during a player’s upkeep.
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 cast an instant in response to your own instant?
Yes, but to do so you must say you intend to keep priority the moment you cast the sorcery.
Are activated abilities instant speed?
602.5e. Activated abilities that read “Activate this ability only any time you could cast an instant” mean the player must follow the timing rules for casting an instant spell, though the ability isn’t actually an instant. The player doesn’t actually need to have an instant card that he or she could cast.
Can you cast an instant on untap step?
No player receives priority during the untap step, so no spells can be cast or resolve and no abilities can be activated or resolve. Any ability that triggers during this step will be held until the next time a player would receive priority, which is usually during the upkeep step. (See rule 503, “Upkeep Step.”).
Do instants go on the stack?
Instants, Activated Abilities both go on the stack. The stack gives players the opportunity to respond to spells/abilities before they resolve. The stack is a First In Last Out (FILO) zone, where spells and abilities exist until they resolve or are countered.
Can you cast spells during your end step?
Players may cast spells and activate abilities. You can cast spells on the end step, by saying go, what you’re really doing is passing priority to the non-active player.
Are instants permanent?
Instant and sorcery cards can’t enter the battlefield and thus can’t be permanents. Some tribal cards can enter the battlefield and some can’t, depending on their other card types.
Is playing land sorcery speed?
No lands can be played at sorcery speed/only in your main phases, and this isn’t the correct place for rules questions.
Can you hold priority and play a land?
A player who has priority may play a land card from his or her hand during a main phase of his or her turn when the stack is empty. Playing a land is a special action; it doesn’t use the stack (see rule 115).
Can you respond to a land drop MTG?
You can’t respond to a Player playing a Land. If you wished to use Dismember before they played a Land, you would have to do so before their Main Phase, such as during their Upkeep Step or Draw Step, or possibly before your turn ends.
Can you cast creature after combat?
after main combat phase is over and all combat damage is resolved, can i then summon more creatures, mana permitting, during my second main phase? Yes. You can play creatures during the second main phase.
Can you cast Sorceries during combat?
Sorceries can’t be cast during combat. 307.1. A player who has priority may cast a sorcery card from his or her hand during a main phase of his or her turn when the stack is empty.
Can you respond to untap step?
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.
