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nukeshooter wrote:

Hi all,

I was just wondering, if an opponent activates the ability of a Phyrexian Vault , am I able to stop the creature from being sacrificed at all?

I'll try and explain.. since the sacrifice is part of the cost, that is done and paid for right off the bat? So if I destroyed the vault, the creature would still be sacrificed? I assume it's like how if I destroyed a land after he tapped it, he'd still get the mana?

Hope that made sense!

Once he announces the ability, the cost's already been paid. It's too late for anything you do to stop the cost being paid.

Note, also, that destroying the vault won't prevent anything else about the ability, either. The ability is independent of its source; messing with the source doesn't counter the ability.

Waaaagh wrote:

Just to clarify, since I haven't played in Ages.

If your opponent uses the abovementioned Vault and you Shatter in response, the creature is sacrificed, but they still get to draw the card? Or does the creature die and they do not get the draw?

They still get to draw, as my previous post was trying to make clear. (It looked like the original poster may have been assuming otherwise, and no-one else had addressed that yet.)