New Posts For Thread: Chaining???http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29535121/ChainingI was playing at my local gaming shop yesterday and the guy I was playing started to use a mechanic he called "Chaining". According to him, Chaining allows him to play a spell, after I have enacted one of my own, and his become pre-emptive, thus cirHis terminology is non-standard, or on one case, just plain wrong - saying "circumnavigate" (do one complete circuit around) when he obviously meant "circumvent" (negate). But this sounds like nothing worse than a rather awkward attempt to describe rhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29535121/Chaining?post_id=526853779#526853779His terminology is non-standard, or on one case, just plain wrong - saying "circumnavigate" (do one complete circuit around) when he obviously meant "circumvent" (negate). But this sounds like nothing worse than a rather awkward attempt to describe rThu, 13 Dec 2012 17:46:35 -0600"Chaining" is actually a term from Yuu-Gi-Ou.YGO Chains are similar to MTG's stack, with the exception that once all players stop adding to the Chain, no one can add anything new until the entire Chain has resolved.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29535121/Chaining?post_id=526852643#526852643"Chaining" is actually a term from Yuu-Gi-Ou.YGO Chains are similar to MTG's stack, with the exception that once all players stop adding to the Chain, no one can add anything new until the entire Chain has resolved.Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:45:40 -0600This deals with three main things here:First of all it deals with the zone known as the stack, which is where spells go when they are cast.How spells may be placed into the stack and how they resolve out of the stack can be described with LIFO and APhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29535121/Chaining?post_id=526847755#526847755This deals with three main things here:First of all it deals with the zone known as the stack, which is where spells go when they are cast.How spells may be placed into the stack and how they resolve out of the stack can be described with LIFO and APThu, 13 Dec 2012 14:03:20 -0600What cards were being played? What happened? This might be perfectly legal play; Magic is a complex game.Perhaps only the vocabulary is wrong... «Chaining», «enacted», «pre-emptive» & «circumnavigating&raquhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29535121/Chaining?post_id=526847753#526847753What cards were being played? What happened? This might be perfectly legal play; Magic is a complex game.Perhaps only the vocabulary is wrong... «Chaining», «enacted», «pre-emptive» & «circumnavigating&raquThu, 13 Dec 2012 14:03:20 -0600It's not called chaining. It's called "responding" or "using the stack."Players can respond to each others' spells or abiltiies. When this happens, the most recently casted spell or ability resolves first, the next most recently cast spell/ability rehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29535121/Chaining?post_id=526847661#526847661It's not called chaining. It's called "responding" or "using the stack."Players can respond to each others' spells or abiltiies. When this happens, the most recently casted spell or ability resolves first, the next most recently cast spell/ability reThu, 13 Dec 2012 13:59:56 -0600