Response

A response ability is a type of triggered ability, indicated by the bold “Response” timing trigger. Response abilities may be executed after the specified triggering condition occurs, as described in the response’s ability text.

• Players can only trigger response abilities on cards they control or on encounter cards.

  • Players cannot trigger response abilities on obligations in other players’ play areas.

• Multiple responses may be executed from the same triggering condition, but each response may only be triggered once per occurrence of the triggering condition.

  • Multiple copies of a card with a response can each be triggered by the same triggering condition.

• If single effect causes multiple triggering conditions to occur, responses to each of those triggering conditions can be resolved in any order.

  (For example, if an attack triggers both “after you attack” and “after you defeat” responses, those responses can be resolved in any order.)

• Once all players decide they do not wish to resolve any (further) responses to a triggering condition, (further) responses to that instance of that triggering condition cannot be used.

See also

• Ability
• Triggered Ability
• Triggering Condition