Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot vs. Valgavoth, Terror Eater interaction
Something just happened that seemed incorrect according to how these two cards are written.
Valgavoth, Terror Eater says "If a card you didn’t control would be put into an opponent’s graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead. During your turn, you may play cards exiled with Valgavoth."
Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot says "Whenever you cast a multicolored instant or sorcery spell from your hand, exile that spell instead of putting it into your graveyard as it resolves."
According to Lilah, any spell that activates that ability immediately goes into exile without ever hitting the graveyard, yet when I cast and successfully resolved Broadside Barrage from my hand, Valgavoth still stole it. This shouldn't happen, as Valgavoth's ability specifically says if a card "would be put into an opponent’s GRAVEYARD". Note that Lilah specifically says "INSTEAD of putting it into your graveyard".
Am I the only one that thinks Valgavoth's ability shouldn't steal a card affected by Lilah's ability?
Skyridge#81756
shared this idea
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Rezzahan#77802
commented
Both are possible. It is the controller of the affected object (or its owner if it has no controller), that choses the first effect to apply. The other effect will then become inapplicable. This is yet another automated thing, though, that more experienced players should disable in the settings, so that they actually get presented with the choice instead of the game making it for them.