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ken
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ken asked in Games & RecreationCard Games · 1 decade ago

Magic the Gathering: Since all creatures go to the graveyard at the same time...?

All creatures go to the graveyard at the same time including tokens. So, when all of the creatures (including tokens) destroyed by Ratchet Bomb, DOJ, or Consume the Meek hit the graveyard for that split second, can I play an instant like Suffer the Past and remove X creatures (like, all the creatures if I have the mana) from my opponent's graveyard?

What about if Emrakul is sent to the graveyard?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    tokens disappear as soon as they touch graveyard, exile or your hand, they only exist on the field, it's like a state based effect, think it is one actually, you don't get priority to it, same as how if your life reaches zero you can't play a spell to gain life to counteract that, however when emrakul is put into the graveyard, it's ability is put on the stack which you can respond to so you could suffer the past when emrakul is put in the graveyard, however the owner would still shuffle their library seeing as how nothing was done about it's ability on the stack

    Source(s): playin magic for a while and has become a hobbie lookin up all the rules
  • Devius
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    No you can't. Token does go to the graveyard, but they instantly disappear before you get any priorities to cast a spell.

    you can play suffer the past in respond to emrakul's shuffling ability to remove any cards before they get shuffled but not tokens.

  • 1 decade ago

    Going to the graveyard cannot be responded to unless there is an ability on the stack.

  • 5 years ago

    Any time a creature has zero longevity or less, it is sent to the graveyard as a state-situated effect. It is not sacrificed (so it doesn't set off results like Mortician Beetle), and it is not destroyed (so Indestructible and Regenerate can't guard against it). It isn't important if the intent of it having zero longevity is transitority ot not. Additionally, Ghul Draz assassin and identical results do not put counters on the target creature, they directly adjust the base stats of the creature. This is colossal in the case of a creature with +1/+1 counters on it that survives the result.

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