After that turn-based action, Amy gets priority, then Nicole, then we move on to the combat damage step. In the declare blockers step, Nicole declares no blockers.They pass and move on to the declare blockers step. She and Nicole both pass, then the geist’s triggered ability resolves, and both players get priority again. This ability is put on the stack before either player gets priority. After this turn-based action, there is a triggered ability waiting to go on the stack (triggered abilities will be covered in more detail in a future lesson). In the declare attackers step, Amy first declares her set of attacking creatures (in this case, Geist of Saint Traft).She passes priority, then Nicole passes, which brings us to the declare attackers step. Now Amy gets priority because she is the active player and an object on the stack resolved. She passes, then Amy passes, then the ability resolves. Nicole then gets priority because she activated an ability. Nicole now has priority and uses it to activate her Bident of Thassa. Amy passes priority in the beginning of combat step.She passes, and so does Nicole, so the game moves on to the beginning of combat step. Amy gets priority after playing her land (after taking a special action, the player who took it gets priority again).Special actions will be discussed in more detail in a future lesson. This is a special action, so no one can respond to it. After drawing, Amy and Nicole both must pass priority to progress to the precombat main phase Because both players passed priority in succession, the game progresses to the draw step. After that turn-based action is over, the game progresses to the upkeep step (no one gets priority during the untap step).
On the other hand, check out this in-depth description of what actually went down: What happened?Ī: You (and Amy and Nicole) know what happened perfectly fine. In her second main phase, Amy plays a Grizzly Bears, which Nicole Counterspells, then says “go”. Nicole takes six, then Amy exiles her token. She plays a land, then attacks with her Geist of Saint Traft because Nicole used her Bident of Thassa on it during the beginning of combat step. Q: Amy untaps her permanents, then draws for turn. If all players pass priority while the stack is empty, the game progresses to the next step or phase.