QA

Question: Can You Respond To Draw Step Magic

Unless the card you drew is an instant or a card with Flash that you can play in response to the Charm, you’ll have to discard 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.

Do you get priority in the draw step?

The draw step is the third step of the beginning phase. The following events occur during this phase, in order: The active player draws a card from their library. The active player gains priority.

Can you respond to main phase?

505.5a The main phase is the only phase in which a player can normally cast artifact, creature, enchantment, planeswalker, and sorcery spells. Neither the land nor the action of playing the land is a spell or ability, so it can’t be countered, and players can’t respond to it with instants or activated abilities.

Can I play an instant during my opponent’s draw step?

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 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.

Can you respond to someone’s draw step?

Yes. The turn based action of drawing happens first before anyone can do anything during the draw step, but the trigger from the Mine can be responded to.

Can you respond to upkeep MTG?

Yes, however, in general you can cast instants before a “beginning of your upkeep” triggered ability resolves.

Can you respond to changing phases MTG?

You can’t “respond” to ending the phase, however you (every player) must pass priority before the phase can end, meaning you have the opportunity to do things. Basically, Alice has priority during her main phase.

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.

Can you play a sorcery after combat?

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. Casting a sorcery as a spell uses the stack. Sorceries can’t be cast during combat.

Can I play a land on my end step?

As long as you sac your land in the end step, they do not get an opportunity to play a land since they can only do so in their main phase. If you sac your land in their main phase, they can play a land once the ability resolves since it is still their main phase.

Can you summon a monster after your battle phase?

After the Battle Phase, the Turn Player enters Main Phase 2. In this Phase, any action that could normally be performed in Main Phase 1 can occur, as long as the requirements are met (i.e. no more than 1 Normal Summon or Set).

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 instants before untap?

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 play instants during the end step?

Players can play instants during the end step but not sorcery spells.

Is untap before 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 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 you draw every turn in magic?

See rule 616.1f. 121.2b Some effects say that a player can’t draw more than one card each turn. Such an effect applies to individual card draws. 121.2c If more than one player is instructed to draw cards, the active player performs all of their draws first, then each other player in turn order does the same.

Who stacks upkeep triggers?

When triggers from multiple players would be put on the stack at once, they are placed in Active Player/Non-Active Player (APNAP) order. His Thopter Assembly’s trigger will go on the stack first, followed by all triggers you control in any order you choose. As the NAP, your triggers will resolve first.

Is it draw before upkeep?

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 you have to untap MTG?

MTG Salvation You cannot forget to untap them. Even if you forgot to physically change the orientation of the card and no one caught it, the card is untapped. You have to untap all of your permanents during the untap step unless an effect says otherwise.

Can you tap a creature before upkeep?

That is correct. You can’t activate an ability if you don’t have priority, and the first time any player receives priority each turn is during the Upkeep Step (also note that Untap, Upkeep, and Draw are steps, not phases).

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.

Does ETB count as an ability?

“Enters the battlefield” refers to putting a permanent onto the battlefield, or to an ability which is triggered when a permanent is put onto the battlefield. It is commonly abbreviated ETB.