In most cases, players can only play sorceries, enchantments, creatures, artifacts, planeswalkers and lands on their turn. Instants and Abilities can be played on anyone’s turn, as long as the ability does not say it is used as a sorcery.
Can you cast Sorceries in response?
A sorcery has its effect—in other words, you follow the instructions on the card—then you put it into your graveyard, which is the game term for your discard pile. An instant is just like a sorcery, except you can cast it just about any time you want, even during your opponent’s turn or in response to another spell.
Can a creature’s abilities be used on an opponent?
3 points · 6 years ago. Yes and yes. Activated abilities can be activated on an opponent’s turn (provided it’s not explicitly disallowed for that specific ability), whenever you could cast an instant spell.
Can a creature ability be played as an instant?
Now I get only more confused when I read my own post, but hopefully someone understands 😀 Creature abilities can be played as instants, so you can use them on your opponent’s turn. A creature that you play has summoning sickness until your next turn, so if the ability has a tap symbol in it, you can’t use it until the turn after you play it.
Can I cast instants in response to my opponent declaring?
When my opponent declares blockers, I want to be able to kill a blocking creature (with something like Hero’s Downfall) while still doing combat damage to my opponent. Is this possible? To answer the question in your title, yes, each player receives priority and can cast instants after blockers are declared.
What happens when you block an opponent’s creature?
A blocked creature will deal no damage to the defending player unless it has trample (or some other card-specific ability). It sounds like you want to kill an opponent’s creature before blockers are declared. Your last chance to do this is when you receive priority after attackers are declared.
