So I'm
brand new to LGS magic and last night was my first FNM modern night. I had a blast but had an interaction which left me with some questions.
I was playing
living end, had a bunch of creatures in the graveyard, six lands out,
violent outburst and
beast within in my hand. My opponent has a
tormod's crypt on the field. While I ramped I kept three lands open so I could
beast within as a response to a crypt trigger. At six lands, I cast
violent outburst for the cascade- in response, he sac'd
tormod's crypt. In response to THAT, I cast
beast within, believing that as it goes on the stack, it would prevent
tormod's crypt from exiling my graveyard.
I'm a bit confused as to why this doesn't work and what I could have done to get around it. The way the other dude and the judge explained it, when
tormod's crypt is tapped, it's sacrificed as part of the cost and it's
GONE and cannot be responded to. This confuses me because I thought that anything instant-speed could go on top of the stack of, well, anything. Could I have cast
beast within first to
feint out the
tormod's crypt, then cast
violent outburst in response to the trigger to get my
living end out before the graveyard exiles?
I just want to get this straight in my head