Re: Standstill & countering spells

War_Pig5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Standstill is in play. I play a spell. Can my opponent wait until
>Standstill's ability resolves (and draw the cards), then counter my spell
>(perhaps with a card just drawn)?

Yes. Standstill's ability triggers during the playing of the spell, and
can't go on the stack until the spell's fully announced, so has to go on
the stack on TOP of the spell already there. Once Standstill is done resolving
the spell is still on the stack, and active player gets priority...

>It seems as though the answer is yes,
>since players get priority when Standstill's ability resolves, and the spell
>that triggered Standstill's ability is still on the stack at that time. This
>seems perfectly logical and legal except for the fact that it also seems
>degenerate on a near-Ancestral-Recall scale.

Eh, depends.

>I recently happened upon David DeLaney's notes on vic.com. Are they a good
>place to look for stuff like this? Speaking of whom - I haven't seen him
>post here since 10/28/2003. Should I be suspecting a problem with my own
>news connection, or is he just AWOL again? Uh-oh - major rules change coming
>on!

I've been posting fairly regularly all month, so if someone can quote this
so he can see it, I suspect a problem with his news connection. (Perhaps
vic.com is being blackholed again by some sites?) A quick check on
groups.google.com shows... "about 99" posts from me here in the month of
November, so they're getting that far at least.

Dave
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