Question about Cadaverous Bloom

Arjen Gnodde

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Sep 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/4/97

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In a recent tournament I had the following situation:

I was playing a mono green deck (yes, stompy:) and was playing
against a Prosperity Bloom deck. After game 1 I sideboarded in
my anti-bloom cards: 3x gemstone mine 4x undiscovered paradise
and 4x abeyance.

Because stompy is such a fast deck, the bloom-player only has 1
turn to get the combo working (turn 5). And at that point
I have the white mana needed and after the prosperity I cast an
abeyance after any action they take. That was my plan.

The game went as I expected and he had to try to make the kill
on turn 5. He casts a prosperity for 12 cards. I get my abeyance.
And when he sacs the cards to the Cadaverous Bloom for a Drain Life
I cast an abeyance in respond to activating the Bloom, before he
casts the Drain Life. He immediately gave up. 2-0 for stompy.

But after I told this to a friend who is a Level 2 judge (not
judging at that tournament) he told me that I could not respond
to the Cadaverous Bloom's because that is played as a mana source and
I could not react to this.

Was he right?
Was I unable to respond to the Bloom's sacrifice?

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Mike Marcelais

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Sep 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/4/97

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> The game went as I expected and he had to try to make the kill
> on turn 5. He casts a prosperity for 12 cards. I get my abeyance.
> And when he sacs the cards to the Cadaverous Bloom for a Drain Life
> I cast an abeyance in respond to activating the Bloom, before he
> casts the Drain Life. He immediately gave up. 2-0 for stompy.

But this was illegal. Sacrificing stuff to the Bloom is a mana source effect
which cannot be interrupted or responded to. The first opportunity you have
to cast the newly drawn Abeyance would be in response to the Drain Life (which
doesn't stop the Drian Life at all).

>
> But after I told this to a friend who is a Level 2 judge (not
> judging at that tournament) he told me that I could not respond
> to the Cadaverous Bloom's because that is played as a mana source and
> I could not react to this.
>
> Was he right?

Yes.

> Was I unable to respond to the Bloom's sacrifice?

Yes.

Ingo Warnke

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Sep 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/4/97

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Arjen Gnodde (master.de...@iwg.nl) wrote:

: In a recent tournament I had the following situation:

: The game went as I expected and he had to try to make the kill

: on turn 5. He casts a prosperity for 12 cards. I get my abeyance.
: And when he sacs the cards to the Cadaverous Bloom for a Drain Life
: I cast an abeyance in respond to activating the Bloom, before he
: casts the Drain Life. He immediately gave up. 2-0 for stompy.

: But after I told this to a friend who is a Level 2 judge (not

: judging at that tournament) he told me that I could not respond
: to the Cadaverous Bloom's because that is played as a mana source and
: I could not react to this.

: Was he right?
: Was I unable to respond to the Bloom's sacrifice?

Your friend was right.

Using the Bloom is a mana source, so it can not be responded to. Your
opponent (as the active player) has priority, and thus can do as much
mana sources as he wants before casting his next non-mana source spell.
If this is a Drain Life, your Abeyance won't stop it.

Ingo Warnke

Ruediger Bess

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Sep 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/4/97

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Arjen Gnodde wrote:
>
[...]

> The game went as I expected and he had to try to make the kill
> on turn 5. He casts a prosperity for 12 cards. I get my abeyance.
> And when he sacs the cards to the Cadaverous Bloom for a Drain Life
> I cast an abeyance in respond to activating the Bloom, before he
> casts the Drain Life. He immediately gave up. 2-0 for stompy.
>
> But after I told this to a friend who is a Level 2 judge (not
> judging at that tournament) he told me that I could not respond
> to the Cadaverous Bloom's because that is played as a mana source and
> I could not react to this.
>
> Was he right?
> Was I unable to respond to the Bloom's sacrifice?

Yes, you cannot respond to mana sources. Use memory lapse instead
of Abeyance.
"I throw away 11 cards for 22 black and cast drain life for 20"
"Ooops. Memory Lapse. Try it again next turn :-)"