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Magic (The Gathering) => Rules => Topic started by: Nypinto123 on February 13, 2012, 06:48:48 PM

Title: Faithless ??
Post by: Nypinto123 on February 13, 2012, 06:48:48 PM
If i play a {faith looting} and draw the 2 to my hand, but i have no cards, can i play those cards before the discard 2 resolves, or do i discard instantly
Title: Re: Faithless ??
Post by: BlackJester on February 13, 2012, 06:50:31 PM
Quote from: Nypinto123 on February 13, 2012, 06:48:48 PM
If i play a {faith looting} and draw the 2 to my hand, but i have no cards, can i play those cards before the discard 2 resolves, or do i discard instantly
You have to finish the spell before you can do anything else. If the two cards are the only ones in hand, discard'em.
Title: Re: Faithless ??
Post by: Nypinto123 on February 13, 2012, 07:39:10 PM
Darn it Drbusta was right lol. I was wrong. All hail lack of color jest. Thankss u
Title: Re: Faithless ??
Post by: Wally on February 13, 2012, 11:40:32 PM
The reason is because there is actually two parts to a spell (normally anyway). You cast it, and then it resolves.
If you wanted to play an instant it would have to be before you draw the cards, as that spell is resolving. You can't pick parts of the spell to resolve at different times. (unless it explicitly says so).
It all comes back to understanding how the stack works and the difference on when you cast something and when it resolves.
:) I hope that helps :)
Title: Re: Faithless ??
Post by: Rass on February 14, 2012, 11:57:36 PM
I like pie

Could you sundial to keep the cards
Title: Re: Faithless ??
Post by: BadLuckIrish on February 15, 2012, 12:25:51 AM
I want to say no you cant. The card resolves you draw 2 discard 2. Its not: resolve-> draw 2-> resolve-> discard 2.
Title: Re: Faithless ??
Post by: Pakamper on February 15, 2012, 07:21:23 AM
Nope. In this case the whole card is on the stack rather than being activated by something such as "At the beginning of your end step..."
Title: Re: Faithless ??
Post by: BlackJester on February 15, 2012, 04:42:30 PM
Parts of this topic that were completely irrelevant to {Faithless Looting} were split and given their own topic in General Discussion.

http://imtgapp.com/forum/index.php/topic,1967.0.html

Cheers!