Counterbalance related question

[ryO!]

Say opponent has in play
@SDT
@CB
@enough land
@in hand : w/e
I do have
#Grindstone
#enough land
#in hand : ReB & a 2CC spell


here how it goes,
#i cast the 2CC spell
@he answers by using SDT putting a 2CC spell on top
#i answer by activating Grindstone
@he answers by using SDT rearranging his deck so the 2 first card don't share a color, last one being the 2CC one
#i answer by casting ReB on CB

can he SDT again putting a 1CC spell on top, resolve ReB's CB trigger, then SDT again & put a 2CC spell on top for my 2CC's spell CB trigger ?

thanks for your help.

[cdr]

That's really annoying to try to read, but no spell or ability will ever resolve without both players passing in succession - you can always let one thing resolve and then do something before the next thing resolves.

[DerFern]

The stack will most likely look like this:

Bottom
your cmc2 spell
Counterbalance trigger
SDT activation
Grindstone Activation
SDT activation
REB
Counterbalance trigger
SDT Activation

before any of those things resolve, in APNAP order you both need to pass priority. So yes, the whole action could look like this:

SDT Activation resolves, putting a card with cmc1 on top
Counterbalance resolves, revealing a card with cmc1 to counter REB
REB is no longer on the stack
SDT resolves, rearranging cards so they share no color
Grundstone resolves, putting only tweo cards into the graveyard
SDT resolves, putting a card with cmc2 on top
Counterbalance resolves, revealing a card with cmc2 and counters your spell
your spell is no longer on the stack
now the stack is empty...

[ryO!]

That's really annoying to try to read, but no spell or ability will ever resolve without both players passing in succession - you can always let one thing resolve and then do something before the next thing resolves.

Hey,

Thanks for the answer, i wasn't really sure. And sorry if it wasn't that clear, i just tried to make it simple/basic, but i guess it wasn't, except for me :p.

So the only way to do it correctly (either destroying CB or resolving any spell) is to deprive my opponent of mana so he cannot use SDT anylonger.