door of destinies/ force of savagery

[joshisme]

if you play a door of destiny, choose elemental, and on the same turn play a force of savagery (p/t 8/0) would it die immediately or would the +1+1 counter effect kick in fast enough to save it?

[joshisme]

also, anyone know any other low mana cost ways to keep it alive? preferably green..

[Cait_Sith]

Force would survive.

When you play the Force of Savagery spell, the +1/+1 ability will trigger and resolve while Force is still on the stack. By the time it hits play it will receive the global +1/+1 for being an elemental and survive at a safe 9/1.

[joshisme]

awesome, thanks for the reply.

[vanele]

Would Simic Initiate work, or would it die before you had the chance to graft it?

[Cait_Sith]

Graft is triggered. Force would die before it could get the +1/+1 counter.