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Magic the Gathering question?
Let's say there is a Delver of Secrets and a Dark Confidant in play. Both have an ability that checks the top card of your library at the beginning of your upkeep. Do I have the option of choosing which trigger happens first? So, for instance, if I put Dark Confidant's ability on the stack first and reveal a non-instant, non-sorcery and put it to my hand, then does Delver still trigger if the NEXT card on top of my library is an inst. or sorc.?
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- MagicianTrentLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Yes. When multiple Triggered Abilities have the same trigger and are controlled by the same player, that player gets to choose what order they go on the Stack. However, remember that items resolve off the Stack sequentially in a First-On-Last-Off order, so if you put the Dark Confidant on the Stack first, the Delver would resolve first. Aside from that, though, yes, you have the events correct.
- WhateversLv 79 years ago
Since you control both triggers, you pick the order they resolve.
You really shouldn't look before you choose.
603.3b If multiple abilities have triggered since the last time a player received priority, each player, in APNAP order, puts triggered abilities he or she controls on the stack in any order he or she chooses. (See rule 101.4.) Then the game once again checks for and resolves state-based actions until none are performed, then abilities that triggered during this process go on the stack. This process repeats until no new state-based actions are performed and no abilities trigger. Then the appropriate player gets priority.
