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Quickcast reactions before creature activation?
« on: May 25, 2013, 11:16:54 AM »
As a new player, I have a few questions related to quickcast actions.

Basically, during some games as the beastmaster, I will (before activating my creature) quickcast Battle Fury on my Steelclaw Grizzly in order to full attack and then quick attack. (In these instances, my creature and my opponent share a square before I quickcasted Battle Fury) Then, in response to my quickcast, my opponent will quickcast a Teleport to be out of range of my creature.

My questions are:

Would a quickcast reaction possible in a situation like this?

If yes, would initiative and/or creature ownership effect the order of quickcast reactions (before creature activation)?

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Re: Quickcast reactions before creature activation?
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2013, 02:06:08 PM »
Yes and Yes

Remember the First Quick Cast Phase and Final Quick Cast Phase are Mage only actions. So if you were to cast the Battle Fury in the First Quick Cast phase, you opponent would get the turn to perform an action like cast a "Teleport".

But if you waited to take your Quick Cast Action "Immediately before or after any creature you control takes its Action Phase" the opposing mage would not get a chance to cast a Teleport spell.  However he could reveal an Enchantment like Jinx (place on you previously).

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Re: Quickcast reactions before creature activation?
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2013, 08:37:02 PM »
Clearly stated and clean. good work.
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Re: Quickcast reactions before creature activation?
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2014, 01:41:20 AM »
Hello i have one question, and i don't want to create new Quickast topic.

Can i do something like this:
My quickcast + Full action.
or is it gona be something like this:
My Quickcast, enemy quickast, my/creature full action

I was playing yesterday, and my friend told me that every time i make quickcast he can respons with his quickcast
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Re: Quickcast reactions before creature activation?
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2014, 01:53:51 AM »
Hello i have one question, and i don't want to create new Quickast topic.

Can i do something like this:
My quickcast + Full action.
or is it gona be something like this:
My Quickcast, enemy quickast, my/creature full action

I was playing yesterday, and my friend told me that every time i make quickcast he can respons with his quickcast
No a Mages Quick Cast can only happen (during the Action Phases) between Friendly creature activations. Now during the First and Last Quick Cast Phases it is done in order of Initiative.
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Re: Quickcast reactions before creature activation?
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2014, 02:04:05 AM »
Hello i have one question, and i don't want to create new Quickast topic.

Can i do something like this:
My quickcast + Full action.
or is it gona be something like this:
My Quickcast, enemy quickast, my/creature full action

I was playing yesterday, and my friend told me that every time i make quickcast he can respons with his quickcast
No a Mages Quick Cast can only happen (during the Action Phases) between Friendly creature activations. Now during the First and Last Quick Cast Phases it is done in order of Initiative.

okey let me see if i get it right.

I want to activate my Mort, and befor its action i can cast a quickcast Melee +1 on him, and the Mort in hist attac will have that melee +1, and my opponent can't react, because it's my creature
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Re: Quickcast reactions before creature activation?
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2014, 05:41:12 AM »
Exact.