Whenever a player plays a spell, that card goes on top of the stack. Player A doesn’t like this very much, so he plays Giant Growth “in response”, targeting Flying Men, hoping that he will save them. So, Player B plays his Lightning Bolt, targeting Flying Men. Player B would very much like to kill Flying Men. Player B has a Mountain in play and a Lightning Bolt in his hand. Let’s go through some examples and see how this thing works.Įxample #1: Player A has Flying Men and a Forest in play and a Giant Growth in his hand. In fact, this is a good way to keep track of what order things are happening and I encourage you to do it whenever things start getting complicated. The name comes from the actual stacking of the cards on the table. The stack is how the game of Magic decides and regulates when spells and abilities resolve (meaning, do their effect, such as a Lightning Bolt dealing its 3 damage). If players can understand the basics, the exceptions and peculiarities become much easier to pick up. I think the problem is that there are so many rules that it can sometimes be overwhelming.
In this article, I will try to explain the stack and the priority system, starting with very simple rules and then moving on to more complex rules. However, there are a number of players, both new and old, that do not understand the subtleties of these two things. Practically every action in the game involves them, either directly or indirectly. Priority and the stack are two of the most important aspects of the rules of Magic.
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