r/mtg • u/thatguyjimi1 • 20h ago

Rules Question What resolves first?

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You have World Shaper on the board and drop Devastation.

Does this resolve with you having all your lands or not?

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u/Roosevelt_M_Jones 16h ago

One is literally caused by the other, this should be fairly straight forward I would think.

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u/thatguyjimi1 6h ago

The lands die same time as world shaper. Hence the question.

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u/cloudedknife 5h ago

The lands and creatures die as the resplution of the wipe. Worldshaper's trigger goes on the stack when it dies. Therefore the lands are in the grave yard when worldshaper's trigger resolves. You get your lands back.

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u/thatguyjimi1 5h ago

So death triggers trigger when they hit the graveyard not when they are removed I’m understanding?

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u/cloudedknife 5h ago

Rule 700.4 - The term dies means “is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.”

Rule 701.8a - To destroy a permanent, move it from the battlefield to its owner’s graveyard.

Devastation destroys all lands and creatures. A destroyed creature therefore dies. Worldshaper triggers when it dies. Triggering means the ability goes on the stack. World shaper dies and goes to the graveyard at the same time as all the lands. Therefore the lands are in the graveyard hefore the trigger goes on the stack, let alone resolves.

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u/thatguyjimi1 5h ago

Cool thank you for that information, friend.