i have three questions.the first situation is:person A plays somethingperson B plays an instant in RESPOND to person A's creatureQEUSTION : can person A play a SORCERY in RESPOND to person B's instant?the second question:what is the difference between the LEGEND rule and the PLANESWALKER rule?the third situation:person A plays halimar excavatorperson A then plays a jwari to put it in as a halimarperson B responds to the jwari and plays path to exile(halimar removed)person A plays another jwari in response to path to exilemy assumption is that the last jwari played will come in as a halimar, then the one on the field will be removed due to path to exile. then the first jwari played will come in as a halimar since there is a jwari(halimar) on the field.is this correct since the text of jwari says come in to play as any ally on the battle field? (not targeting any allies on the battlefield)
1. One of the restrictions of playing a sorcery is that the stack must be empty, so no. 2. If two or more legends with the same name are in play, they all go to their owners' graveyards. If two or more planeswalkers with the same subtype are in play, they all go to their owners' graveyards. For example, you can have both legendary creatures Mirri, Cat Warrior and Mirri the Cursed in play, since they have different names. But you can't have both planeswalkers Ajani Goldmane and Ajani Vengeant, since they share a subtype (Ajani). 3. That's not right at all. First of all, player A can't play another Shapeshifter in response to the Path - like sorceries, creatures can only be played when the stack is empty. Second of all, the creature being copied by the Shapeshifter isn't chosen until the Shapeshifter begins resolving - and by that point, it's too late to respond. So player A plays a Shapeshifter. Player B responds by playing Path to Exile, targeting the Excavator. Path resolves and exiles the Excavator. Then the Shapeshifter resolves, and player A chooses an Ally to copy. If there are no other Allies in play, the Shapeshifter will be unable to copy anything, enter the battlefield as a 0/0, and die soon after. If player B let player A choose an Ally to copy with the Shapeshifter, he's essentially allowed the Shapeshifter to resolve. If player A then says that he's copying the Excavator, then it happens immediately - player B can't back up and Path the Excavator in response.
First question: No. Until the entire stack resolves, only an instant could be played to respond to player B's response. Second: legend rule destroys permanents with the same name. The planeswalker rule destroys planeswalkers with the same sub-type. For example, Chandra nalaar and Chandra ablaze share the same subtype (planeswalker - CHANDRA). Third: A's first jwari will come into play as a halimar. If B responds to it by exiling halimar, the first jwari will still come in as a copy of halimar. Player A cannot respond to path by playing a creature unless he or she plays the creature after the stack with path resolves. If there is a jwari that copied halimar on the field and A plays another jwari, he or she can copy the jwari to become a second halimar because the first jwari is a copy of an ally, thus it takes on the creature type ally
1) No. Only Instants and abilities that function at Instant-speed (which most do) may be used when anything is on the stack. 2) The Legendary rule also applies to Planeswalkers,even though they aren't Legendary, but it is the same rule effectively. 3) No, just with answer 1, you cannot play creatures while anything is on the stack (unless the creature has the Flash ability). As such, the second Jwari could not be played, the Path to Exile would remove the Halimar, and the first Jwari would have no Ally to copy (unless there were others on the field you didn't mention), would be forced to enter as its 0/0 self, and immediately be sent to the graveyard as a state-based action.
