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10 months ago  ::  Aug 14, 2012 - 10:06AM #1
ultimaweapon79
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My opponent declared his attackers, before declaring blockers I played Midnight Haunting, He flashed in Snapcaster Mage in response, we let snapcaster resolve, and he targeted a Mana Leak in his graveyard to counter my Midnight  Haunting.  We had a judge there say it was legal, but I wanted to double check here.
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 14, 2012 - 10:07AM #2
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Yes, the stack doesn't resolve. Objects on the stack resolve one at a time, and players get priority in between.
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 14, 2012 - 10:07AM #3
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the stack never resolves
each object resolves individually, and after each time each player gets priority to add stuff to the stack
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 14, 2012 - 10:08AM #4
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Aug 14, 2012 -- 10:06AM, ultimaweapon79 wrote:

My opponent declared his attackers, before declaring blockers I played Midnight Haunting, He flashed in Snapcaster Mage in response, we let snapcaster resolve, and he targeted a Mana Leak in his graveyard to counter my Midnight  Haunting.  We had a judge there say it was legal, but I wanted to double check here.




Yes, that's fine.  Objects on the stack resolve one-at-a-time, and players get priority to play spells or abilities before the next item on the stack resolves.

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10 months ago  ::  Aug 14, 2012 - 10:43AM #5
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Ok makes sense, at the time I thought the stack is built then resolved, not each card individually
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 14, 2012 - 11:12AM #6
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think about the stack as a stack of plates
each player can add plates, then one by one the top plate is removed (it resolves)
after each plate is removed each player can potentially add a new plate
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 14, 2012 - 1:26PM #7
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The stack always exists, just most of the time it's empty.

It's a zone, like the battlefield or the library or the graveyard.

Spells and abilities go there to resolve. 
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10 months ago  ::  Aug 14, 2012 - 5:37PM #8
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Aug 14, 2012 -- 11:12AM, Enigma256 wrote:

think about the stack as a stack of plates
each player can add plates, then one by one the top plate is removed (it resolves)
after each plate is removed each player can potentially add a new plate





Thats a good anology Now I know that you can add new "plates".  

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