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Newb question:
At which time is priority passed in the battle step and when am I able to interact? E.g. I have a creature with flash in my hand. It's my opponents turn and he goes into his battle step and declares his attacking creatures. I flash in my creature. Can he bolt it before I declare my block?

Yes. Whenever something happens, both players have to pass priority back-to-back to go to the next phase or step. There is no way for you to flash in a blocker and not give your opponent a window to bolt it. (This is mostly because declaring blockers is the first thing that happens in the declare blockers step as a turn-based action that can't be responded to.

gA, if you're phoneposting these answers I think I know a workaround.

Combat Phase, not Battle Step. And several times.

First, we move to the Beginning of Combat Step to start the phase, and you get a chance to cast spells and activate abilities here, IN combat, but before attackers (this is where you'd tap an opponent's creature before attacks, but too late for them to cast a creature with Haste).

After that, Active Player will declare all their attacks, and then there's a round of priority in that Declare Attackers Step, after attacks are declared but before blocks.

Then we move to Declare Blockers Step, where the Non-Active Player declares their blocks. Then, another round of priority passes before we move on.

Then, Combat Damage Step, where all combat damage is assigned and dealt simultaneously, followed by a round of priority.

Finally, the End of Combat Step, which is the last part of the Combat Phase before moving to the next Main Phase.

So to answer your direct question, yes. After you've flashed in your creature, your opponent has priority to kill it before it can block.

No, I was posting from my computer, but it seemed like any post longer than 400 or so characters made the plugin freak out and just keep saying "connection error" over and over. I reset the settings to default and it seems to have let a long-ish post through, so there we go.

In general, priority is passed whenever the player who has it gives it up. If all players pass in succession, then the top object of the stack resolves. If the stack is empty you move to the next phase or step (minor nitpick, it's not "battle step". The five steps of the combat phase are Beginning of Combat, Declare Attackers, Declare Blockers, Combat Damage, and End of Combat.)

Do note that you can't infinitely hold priority to keep anyone else from doing anything, and you can't ask someone to give up priority just so you can kick the game into the next phase.

That is weird. I remember I had an old phone that always had connection errors if I used quick reply, but worked normally if I used the reply function at the top of the page.

But seems you got it figured out.

Did they finally fix the toolcraft exemplar loophole?

Aaaaand it's fucking eating my posts again.

Okay, it seems to be something with Veeky Forums itself or my browser, because I'm still getting errors with Veeky Forums X removed. Super.

Short answer: yes.

Im guessing the browser.

Probably, since nobody else seems to be having the issue. I'll try switching if it persists.

Can you have Sensei's Divining Tops, or illegal cards for the format in question in general, in your deckbox for the same reason you can have Super Secret Tech? As in can't be interpreted to be belonging to your 75.

Yep! Extra cards kept in your box are considered part of your sideboard... unless they're not legal for the format.

Ideally you should keep only your deck, DFCs, and tokens in the box, but if you have nowhere else to put a format-illegal card you just bought/traded for, that's fine. Just sleeve it differently from your other cards to be sure you don't accidentally shuffle it in.

Can I use torrential gearhulk to cast the memory half of commit//memory, or does it have to be commit?

You can. In your graveyard, Commit to Memory is an Instant Sorcery card, which makes it a legal target. Once you begin casting it, as with all Split casts, you decide which half to cast. Gearhulk doesn't care if you end up casting a Sorcery half.

Alright. I was wondering if the recent rules change about split cards would affect it. Thanks for the confirmation.

when i regenerate a creature, does it still deal damage to the creature that killed it?

Unless First or Double Strike were involved, yes. Your creature will deal and be dealt damage simultaneously. Then SBAs try to kill it (and possibly the other creature), but the Regen saves yours.

Bringing an Eldrazi titan in with Call to the Kindred does not trigger the eldrazi casting effects does it?

It does not, because you didn't cast it. You just put it onto the battlefield.