QA

Can You Respond To Someone Moving To Their Draw Phase

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 phase changes?

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 someone drawing a card MTG?

You can respond to another event, like your opponent playing a spell or activating an ability. So no, there is no opportunity to respond to your spell once it has begun resolving.

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 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.

Is draw step part of upkeep?

It consists of three steps, in order: Untap step. Upkeep step. Draw step.

Are phase changes spontaneous?

Phase changes are the transformations from one state of matter to another due to thermodynamics. The processes of phase change between solid and liquid are called melting and freezing. Phase changes can be spontaneous or non-spontaneous.

Why is a change in phase considered as a physical change?

Phase changes are changes that occur when substances are melted, frozen, boiled, condensed, sublimated, or deposited. They are also physical changes because they do not change the nature of the substance.

Is energy required for a phase change?

Phase changes are always accompanied by a change in the energy of a system. Thus any transition from a more ordered to a less ordered state (solid to liquid, liquid to gas, or solid to gas) requires an input of energy; it is endothermic.

Can you skip your draw step in MTG?

Skip your draw step. Whenever you sacrifice a creature, you may draw a card. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. If you do, you skip your draw step this turn.

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.

Does first player draw card MTG?

The game balances first player advantage because the start player does not draw a card at the beginning of his first turn, but the second player does draw a card during his first turn. 103.7a In a two-player game, the player who plays first skips the draw step (see rule 504, “Draw Step”) of his or her first turn.

Can you cast sorcery after combat phase?

The combat phase is perhaps the trickiest of all of them. You would normally do this inside their combat phase at the beginning of combat step. (By waiting until they are in their combat step, they don’t have the opportunity to cast any more creatures, sorceries, artifacts, or enchantments after you tap the creature.)Dec 3, 2013.

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 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 respond to moving to 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.

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.

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.

Does Priority Pass during draw step?

The active player receives priority at the beginning of most steps and phases, after any turn-based actions (such as drawing a card during the draw step; see rule 703) have been dealt with and abilities that trigger at the beginning of that phase or step have been put on the stack.

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.

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.