Grumgully combo

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Post by The Fluff » 4 years ago

Hi, if my opponent has assembled the combo of Skirk Prospector, Grumgully, the Generous, and murderous redcap.

Can I stop the combo by lightning bolt grumgully in response to the first time they sac the redcap to the prospector?

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by WiseWarriorQc » 4 years ago
You can stop the combo that way, yes. You can't respond to the sacrifice itself, nor to the Prospector's ability since it's a mana ability and it doesn't use the stack, but you can respond to persist, which is a normal triggered ability and uses the stack. With Redcap in the graveyard and its persist trigger on the stack, bolt and kill Grumgully, so it's not there when the persist trigger resolves, Redcap enters with just a -1/-1 counter and won't be able to persist again.
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Post by WiseWarriorQc » 4 years ago

You can stop the combo that way, yes. You can't respond to the sacrifice itself, nor to the Prospector's ability since it's a mana ability and it doesn't use the stack, but you can respond to persist, which is a normal triggered ability and uses the stack. With Redcap in the graveyard and its persist trigger on the stack, bolt and kill Grumgully, so it's not there when the persist trigger resolves, Redcap enters with just a -1/-1 counter and won't be able to persist again.
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Post by The Fluff » 4 years ago

thanks for the detailed explanation. All clear to me now.

asked because my friend uses the combo. And I need to know exactly how to stop it.
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