Let's look at the current “problem case” with “resolve automatically”:
Player A attacks with Pyreheart Wolf onto an empty board. Player B
casts Restoration Angel. Player A says “you know that can't block,
right?”
B is basically in a Gotcha situation. There is no way he can know if
the trigger has been missed or not because asking “block?” would be
too late and asking “passing priority?” or “you done, stack is empty?”
would be a huge hint…
==> The state of the game is undefined and clearly favor A.
Let's look at the current “problem case” as the rules are now written:
Player A attacks with Pyreheart Wolf onto an empty board. Player B
casts Restoration Angel. Player A says “you know that can't block,
right?”
As John said, we could interpret it so that A hasn't taken an action
and thus, didn't miss the trigger. B can't block with his angel…. B
is also basically in a Gotcha situation. There is no way he can know
if the trigger has been missed or not because asking “block?” would be
too late and asking “passing priority?” or “you done, stack is empty?”
would be a huge hint… If the angel had been there already, we could
have “rewinded” the game to the right step (because we are still in
declare attacker, the trigger is resolving) and B would have been able
to block differently… but still:
==> The state of the game is undefined and clearly favor A.
I think what Scott proposed (and everyone seem to ignore) would leave
the game in a very defined and clear state without favoring either
player. Of course, now, if you want your trigger, you have to show
awareness of it… But if you want mana, you have to tap your land as
well (I know, not really the same)!
Again for those who don't want to scroll upwards:
“Once you've passed priority, or given the clear impression that
you're passing priority, you've missed the opportunity to acknowledge
triggers.”
So you want the Wolf trigger? They make a noise or point to it and
grunt or do SOMETHING!
+1 for Scott's Proposal from me :)
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:25 PM, James Bennett
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