Angel of Serenity
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
After the Angel's ETB trigger has been put on the stack and its targets have been selected, players can respond to that trigger. If you respond by removing the Angel somehow (for example with Razaketh's sac ability), its trigger is still on the stack waiting to do its thing. But its other trigger is now put on the stack, too, and as always, it is put on top of the stack, so somewhere on top of the other trigger. This means, that the return trigger resolves first, but there is nothing to return, because nothing has been exiled yet. The exile trigger will still resolve (because abilities on the stack exist independent of their sources) and do its thing, exiling all its targets that are still legal. In order to return those cards now, the Angel has to leave the battlefield, but it's not even there anymore, so the trigger can't go off. Even if the Angel returns and then leaves again, the game considers it a new object and thus its return abilty won't refer to the previously exiled cards since they were exiled by a different Angel as far as the game is concerned.
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When Inkmoth Nexus's last ability resolves, Inkmoth Nexus will, until end of turn—
The ability "1: Inkmoth Nexus becomes...", when it resolves, will make Sea-Dasher Octopus become "a 1/1 Phyrexian Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying and infect until end of turn", even if it's neither a land nor named Inkmoth Nexus (C.R. 201.4).
EDIT (Aug. 11, 2022): Edited to conform to updated text in Inkmoth Nexus.
EDIT (Feb. 24, 2024): Correctness edit.
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If a continuous effect makes the card already revealed as it's discarded, C.R. 701.8c doesn't apply anymore. Thus, with Library of Leng, it can be discarded to the top of the library to pay costs of discarding a card of a particular kind, if that card is of that kind. This is true whether the continuous effect reveals the player's hand (e.g. with Revelation) or the top card of the player's library (e.g. with Future Sight).EDIT (Oct. 28): Clarification.
EDIT (Nov. 11): One rule was renumbered with Kaladesh.
EDIT (Nov. 3, 2019): Correctness edit.
EDIT (Dec. 25, 2023): Struck out existing answer. On this matter, see an article from Cranial Insertion. I don't intend to dispute that article, but C.R. 701.8c says in part: "... but an effect causes it to be put into a hidden zone instead of into its owner’s graveyard without being revealed ...". The way the rule is written admits the interpretation that the specific manner in which the card in question is revealed doesn't matter. The rule would be more clearly consistent with the answer to the question involving Library of Leng if it said "... but an effect causes it to be put into a hidden zone instead of into its owner’s graveyard and doesn't also reveal that card ...". Indeed, also, the setting of the question involving Library of Leng there doesn't involve continuous effects that reveal cards.
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Then, if you cast Vrestin here, The Eighth Doctor will grant it "If this permanent ... anywhere else" and The Sixth Doctor's ability will trigger (C.R. 603.2). Moreover, The Sixth Doctor's ability will get to resolve even if The Sixth Doctor leaves the battlefield in the meantime (C.R. 113.7a). Indeed, it's not by removing The Sixth Doctor from the battlefield, but by countering the ability, that the ability can be kept from resolving (C.R. 701.5a, 608.2b, 109.5).
In general, while a player casts a spell or activates an ability, no player has priority, so no other player can cast spells or activate abilities (including those that would remove permanents from the battlefield) (C.R. 601.2a-i and 602.2a-b have no priority window until the spell is cast or ability activated; C.R. 117.1a-b). In general, after a player announces a spell, the next time a player can get priority is only after that spell finishes being cast (C.R. 601.2i, 117.1a-b).
By the way, although the original Vrestin will gain "If this permanent ... anywhere else" from The Eighth Doctor, a copy of Vrestin will not necessarily have that ability, since the effect granting Vrestin the ability is not copiable (C.R. 707.2).
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In this situation in a sanctioned tournament, if players notice that the game was handled improperly, they should call a judge (see also M.T.R. 1.10).
In sanctioned tournaments, how a forgotten triggered ability is handled depends on what the ability's effect is and the rules enforcement level of the tournament, among other things (M.T.R. 4.5; J.A.R., "Common Issues"; I.P.G. 2.1).
In sanctioned tournaments at Regular rules enforcement level, if a triggered ability with no optional effects (such as Neheb, the Worthy's last ability) (see also C.R. 603.5) is forgotten, and a judge is called, a judge will generally "put the ability on the stack unless [they] think it would be too disruptive [and unless] significant decisions have been made based on the effect not happening" (J.A.R., "Common Issues").
In sanctioned tournaments at Competitive or Professional rules enforcement level, in general, if a triggered ability with no optional effects (such as Prized Amalgam's delayed triggered ability) (see also C.R. 603.5) is forgotten, and a judge is called in the same turn, a judge may assess a Missed Trigger infraction against the player responsible for remembering that ability (I.P.G. 2.1). If so, then with limited exceptions, "the opponent chooses whether the triggered ability is added to the stack. If it is, it's inserted at the appropriate place on the stack if possible or on the bottom of the stack" (I.P.G. 2.1).
In sanctioned tournaments in general, players who intentionally ignore "their own triggered abilities" have cheated (M.T.R. 4.5).
See also this thread and this thread.
In this situation in a sanctioned tournament, if players notice that the game was handled improperly, they should call a judge (see also M.T.R. 1.10).
In any case, an ability that reads "Creatures you control get +1/+1" is not a triggered ability (C.R. 603.1), so the tournament rules and policy relating to triggered abilities and the Missed Trigger infraction don't apply here. (In this case, there is a mandatory action, namely a state-based action [such as C.R. 704.5g], but it arises out of the rules, not from a triggered ability.) In sanctioned games, however, an object's power and toughness is considered "derived information" (or "free information" in Regular rules enforcement level) (M.T.R. 4.1), and every player is entitled to know an object's power or toughness and "players may not represent derived or free information incorrectly" (M.T.R. 4.1). In games sanctioned under Regular rules enforcement level, "judges are encouraged to help players in determining" an object's power or toughness, which is considered free information, but in other sanctioned games, "must avoid assisting players with" this information (M.T.R. 4.1). See also this thread.
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In general, when a permanent goes to the graveyard, it becomes a different object from the one that left (C.R. 400.7), so in this case in general, effects that applied to the Vehicle on the battlefield, such as the crew effect (C.R. 702.122a), don't apply to the card it becomes in the graveyard — even though the crew effect lasts "until end of turn".
Also, Resourceful Return can target only a "creature card [in] your graveyard" (C.R. 115.1a).
EDIT (Oct. 8, 2023): Edited, including because some rules were renumbered in the meantime.
EDIT (Oct. 9, 2023): Remove part of last sentence.
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See also:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/11c6gjh/stack_order/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/11brjwk/stack_order
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2. It's the player controlling Rest in Peace who exiles the creature, no matter who sacrifices that creature with Blasting Station (see also C.R. 109.5). (Recall that "exile" is a keyword action; see C.R. 701.11a.) Ranar's last ability will trigger in this case, however, only if "a spell or ability you control exiles" that creature; this generally means the creature is exiled while the spell or ability is resolving (even if it's exiled instead of going to another zone), but (in accordance with a statement by the rules manager) not while you're paying the cost of a spell or ability such as Blasting Station's first ability. See comment 13 below.
If you control Rest in Peace (as in scenarios (a) through (c)) and any card or token (controlled or owned by any player) would go to any graveyard by any means (whether by destruction, sacrifice, or otherwise), you exile that card or token instead. (Thus, for example, if multiple creatures, whether controlled by one player or several, are destroyed due to combat damage at the same time, then instead of them going to the graveyard, you exile all those creatures instead.) However Ranar's last ability doesn't care who exiles any permanents or cards.
Note also that it's not damage, by itself, that destroys a creature, but rather a state-based action could do so (C.R. 120.5, 704.5g-h).
EDIT: Edited to add note about damage, after comment 9 was posted.
EDIT (Mar. 15): Edited.
EDIT (Apr. 22): See comment 10.
EDIT (May 1): One rule was renumbered with Strixhaven.
EDIT (Aug. 14): Edited, including to conform to updated text in Modern Horizons 2.
EDIT (Aug. 15): Edited slightly.
EDIT (Aug. 4, 2023): Correctness edit.
EDIT (Aug. 5, 2023): Clarification.
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For example, say an opponent of yours controls Howling Mine. You cast Mythos of Nethroi, targeting Howling Mine and spending BBB. In response, you cast Karn's Touch targeting Howling Mine. All players pass, then Karn's Touch resolves and turns Howling Mine into an artifact creature. Then all players pass, then Mythos of Nethroi resolves; Howling Mine is destroyed since it's now a creature.
EDIT (Jul. 20, 2023): Clarification.
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See also:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/13czj2z/jingitaxias_the_great_synthesis_questions/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/x08ll0/flickering_a_double_faced_card_while_on_the_back/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/nlw6k6/flicker_effects_and_flip_cards_like_delver/
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(C.R. 122.6).
See also:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/yyra3z/reyhan_and_hardened_scales/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/rk5l2w/vorinclex_and_moving_11_counters/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/12ou796/enters_with_counters_laezel/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/xwb56c/couple_of_questions_regarding_11_counters/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/uo1ohz/is_put_a_counter_give_a_counter/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/119843j/enters_with_counters/