My opponent has Hero's Blade on the battlefield. He plays Yisan, the Wanderer Bard and attempts to attach Hero's Blade to it. In response, I cast Lightning Bolt and attempt to deal Yisan 3 damage and kill it before Hero's Blade is able to attach. My question is, am I able to do this? Can I cast Lightning Bolt so that its effect will resolve AFTER Yisan enters the battlefield but BEFORE Hero's Blade is able to be attached?
1 Answer
Yes, you can. Hero's Blade's ability triggers "Whenever a legendary creature enters the battlefield under your control," which means that the order of events goes like this:
- Your opponent casts Yisan
- Yisan finishes resolving and enters the battlefield. This causes the Hero's Blade's ability to go on the stack. At this point, Yisan is on the battlefield
- You respond to the triggered ability with your Lightning Bolt.
- The Lightning Bolt resolves, and kills Yisan.
- The triggered ability resolves, and does nothing.
As a side note, the Equip ability can only be activated "whenever you could cast a sorcery," so your opponent would not be able to Equip the Hero's Blade in response to your Lightning Bolt.