In fact, the term “respond” requires an all separate analysis, so we'll leave it be for now. It is hard to respond to an action that doesn’t use the stack. For instance, combat damage, or mana abilities. To many players' great surprise, I'll commune a great secret: there are many things that don’t use the stack. Only spells (and their copies) and abilities (and their copies) can be on the stack. Now let’s talk in detail about each bullet: All objects are removed from the stackįirst of all, keep in mind that the stack is a game zone common for all players in the current game. All phases are skipped down to the cleanup step Neither player receives priority, and none of the triggered abilities are put onto the stack All creatures and planeswalkers are removed from combat (if the ability resolved in course of the combat phase).All objects are removed from the stack.When you activate Sundial of the Infinite’s ability and it resolves safely, your turn ends. Why would he want to? For example, to save himself from losing the game. And if he really wants to activate Sundial of the Infinite’s ability, you cannot hinder that. Thing is, when each turn starts, the first player to receive priority is the active player, it happens during the first upkeep step. There is no point in “removing” the Sundial in response to its activation, it won’t alter the flow of the nearest future.īy the way, if your opponent controls a Sundial of the Infinite and you have an artifact removal in your sleeve, such as Krosan Grip, you can’t “remove” Sundial of the Infinite before your opponent activates its ability, as long as your opponent is cunning and smart. You still need to have priority =) After the ability is put on the stack, it no longer depends on the source. You can activate an ability any time you have priority, but this particular ability has an activation limit: only during your turn. If you are confused by this, help yourself to a detailed analysis on summoning sickness. If at any point it becomes a creature, it immediatly begins to matter. Since Sundial isn’t a creature, it doesn’t matter how long we have been controlling it. What’s before the colon is the activation cost, in our case it includes a tap symbol. The ability of Sundial of the Infinite is activated, we identify it by the colon in the text.
Sundial of the Infinite is a colorless artifact, we know that by looking at its mana cost and its type line. But before we submerge into such unfathomable depths, let’s just look at Sundial of the Infinite card. This effect has a Comprehensive Rule dedicated to it. Today we are lucky to talk about one such card. Even on this day there aren’t too many Magic cards that have special rules written for them.
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