Act of Aggression3:sympr::sympr:
Instant
Gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
The real question with this is during your OPPONENTS ATTACK STEP. After they declare attackers, if you play this, you gain control of it. Does that make it stop attacking? I believe it does since it can no longer attack you, so if it was still attacking it would be attacking your opponent who is declaring attackers. . . It's confusing. . .
It can't attack you because you control it.
It can't attack your opponent because it's your opponents turn.
So does it's attack just fizzle out to nothingness and you can use it to block?
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Whenever a creature changes controllers, it's automatically removed from combat. It won't be attacking anyone, and you can use it to block, since the card untapped it.
Different question, same card. My opponents casts a creature. I let it resolve and respond to the 'enters the battlefield' trigger by using Act of Aggression. Can I respond to an ETB trigger (like Stoneforge Mystic or Grave Titan) and get the bonus?
let's say they attack with both grave titan and inferno titan, and in response to gt's trigger you fire this one off. you gain control of grave titan, but do you get the 2 tokens, because it finishes resolving after you've gained control? or does it's original controller get them?
let's say they attack with both grave titan and inferno titan, and in response to gt's trigger you fire this one off. you gain control of grave titan, but do you get the 2 tokens, because it finishes resolving after you've gained control? or does it's original controller get them?
I don't think you can respond to the triggered event - you could only respond to what is triggering it which is the attack. You'd have to steal it during the beginning of the attack phase before attackers are declared. Even if I'm wrong in that, and they can declare it as an attacker, stealing it in response would put the steal on top of the stack and you'd gain control before it's attack could take place and thus never trigger it's on-attack ability.
I don't think you can respond to the triggered event - you could only respond to what is triggering it which is the attack. You'd have to steal it during the beginning of the attack phase before attackers are declared. Even if I'm wrong in that, and they can declare it as an attacker, stealing it in response would put the steal on top of the stack and you'd gain control before it's attack could take place and thus never trigger it's on-attack ability.
Both of these are incorrect. Its triggered ability works like any other, which means you can respond to it, and the triggered ability is independent of its source once the ability is put on the stack.
To clarify the process here, at the beginning of the opponent's declare attackers step, they declare the grave titan attacking. After they finish declaring attackers (still in the declare attackers step) the titan's ability triggers, going onto the stack. At this point you respond by stealing the titan. The ability is still on the stack, and is still controlled by the opponent. Once it resolves, your opponent gets two black 2/2 zombie tokens.
Say my opponent has a creature in play. He then tries to equip an equipment to the creature. I respond with Act of Aggression, stealing the creature. When the equipment equip trigger resolves, what happens?
Say the same thing is happening, but instead of an equipment, the opponent casts an aura enchantment on the creature. When the spell resolves, does it fizzle, or does it attach to the creature, which is now stolen and on my side?
Say my opponent has a creature in play. He then tries to equip an equipment to the creature. I respond with Act of Aggression, stealing the creature. When the equipment equip trigger resolves, what happens?
Say the same thing is happening, but instead of an equipment, the opponent casts an aura enchantment on the creature. When the spell resolves, does it fizzle, or does it attach to the creature, which is now stolen and on my side?
Thanks in advance for answers.
1st situation: The equip trigger resolves but does nothing since the creature is no longer under the opponent's control.
2nd: The creature you stole has the aura attached to it.
Will I be able to make a million copies of the exarch on my opponents endstep before Act of Agression triggers/resolves for the Exarch to go back to my opponents control?
I guess to put it simply, Does the AoA EOT trigger go to the stack or is it automatic when it becomes EOT?
If you do it in response to them tapping it the first time won't the ability to creature the token still be on the stack when Act of Agression resolves? I'm pretty sure when they tap it the first time is the best time to try and snag it.
If you do it in response to them tapping it the first time won't the ability to creature the token still be on the stack when Act of Agression resolves? I'm pretty sure when they tap it the first time is the best time to try and snag it.
Actually, I think it'd be best when the new deceiver's trigger goes to the stack. They can't make a new copy or anything in response...but even then I don't think it matters. If you cast it, they make a million copies, they have to stop at one point otherwise suffer a "Stalling" warning or something...then your act of agression resolves, and you make 2 million copies...making an attack by your opponent pointless.
Then at the EOT you make a million copies, start your turn, and RAWR!
Yikes, a month-old thread necro-post. Welp, as for your answer:
No, you can't do that. Act of Aggression's duration is "until end of turn". The creature you steal will always go back to its previous controller during the Cleanup Step. From the Comprehensive Rules (514 is under the "Cleanup Step" heading):
514.2. Second, the following actions happen simultaneously: all damage marked on permanents (including phased-out permanents) is removed and all "until end of turn" and "this turn" effects end. This turn-based action doesn't use the stack.
First off here's the card
Act of Aggression 3:sympr::sympr:
Instant
Gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
The real question with this is during your OPPONENTS ATTACK STEP. After they declare attackers, if you play this, you gain control of it. Does that make it stop attacking? I believe it does since it can no longer attack you, so if it was still attacking it would be attacking your opponent who is declaring attackers. . . It's confusing. . .
It can't attack you because you control it.
It can't attack your opponent because it's your opponents turn.
So does it's attack just fizzle out to nothingness and you can use it to block?
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I don't think you can respond to the triggered event - you could only respond to what is triggering it which is the attack. You'd have to steal it during the beginning of the attack phase before attackers are declared. Even if I'm wrong in that, and they can declare it as an attacker, stealing it in response would put the steal on top of the stack and you'd gain control before it's attack could take place and thus never trigger it's on-attack ability.
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Both of these are incorrect. Its triggered ability works like any other, which means you can respond to it, and the triggered ability is independent of its source once the ability is put on the stack.
To clarify the process here, at the beginning of the opponent's declare attackers step, they declare the grave titan attacking. After they finish declaring attackers (still in the declare attackers step) the titan's ability triggers, going onto the stack. At this point you respond by stealing the titan. The ability is still on the stack, and is still controlled by the opponent. Once it resolves, your opponent gets two black 2/2 zombie tokens.
Say the same thing is happening, but instead of an equipment, the opponent casts an aura enchantment on the creature. When the spell resolves, does it fizzle, or does it attach to the creature, which is now stolen and on my side?
Thanks in advance for answers.
1st situation: The equip trigger resolves but does nothing since the creature is no longer under the opponent's control.
2nd: The creature you stole has the aura attached to it.
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To be honest, Snakestream's answer is more complete. If the target of the enchantment becomes illegal somehow then the aura spell will be countered.
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Say I use Act of Agression on a Deceiver Exarch with Splinter Twin on it.
Will I be able to make a million copies of the exarch on my opponents endstep before Act of Agression triggers/resolves for the Exarch to go back to my opponents control?
I guess to put it simply, Does the AoA EOT trigger go to the stack or is it automatic when it becomes EOT?
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Actually, I think it'd be best when the new deceiver's trigger goes to the stack. They can't make a new copy or anything in response...but even then I don't think it matters. If you cast it, they make a million copies, they have to stop at one point otherwise suffer a "Stalling" warning or something...then your act of agression resolves, and you make 2 million copies...making an attack by your opponent pointless.
Then at the EOT you make a million copies, start your turn, and RAWR!
No, you can't do that. Act of Aggression's duration is "until end of turn". The creature you steal will always go back to its previous controller during the Cleanup Step. From the Comprehensive Rules (514 is under the "Cleanup Step" heading):
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