I just started learning magic a week ago and I've been playing duels of the planeswalkers 2014 to kind of get a hang of things.
I'm confused with something that has happened twice now. I'm playing against a campaign deck with a Goblin Fireslinger which has an activated ability that says:
{T}: Goblin Fireslinger deals 1 damage to target player.
So this gets cast while I have the instant Path to Exile in my hand, which "Exile(s) target creature." So I cast that.
Now it is my understanding with the way the stack works that once the GF uses its ability and then I follow it up with the Exile, the exile is resolved first so the GF should be exiled before it can resolve. And that's what the game does, but it still resolves the GF's ability while that card is exiled and deals me one damage.
I tried looking for why this could have happened, but I haven't been able to find an answer myself. I can't find anything that says an exiled spell still casts... I'm just confused about the way this works.