Yangtze2000 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:57 am
What does the Marvels Told action do, please?
It is a container for all actions that it creates. Player does not declare a discarding of event, cc performed by sage independently.
He declares them together along with Marvels Told.
Yangtze2000 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:57 am
Yes, at the moment when Marvels Told (the card) tries to resolve in chain of effects, not on declaration. Paying the cost is part of the resolution, not the declaration. A declaration is just that: a declaration. No actions are taken. No annotation should be permitted to overturn that basic concept.
Annotation 5: If an action requires an entity to tap as a condition for the action's main
effect, that entity must be untapped when the action is declared; else, the action may
not be declared. Tap the entity at this point; this is considered synonymous with the
action's declaration, i.e., it is not a separate action. When it comes time to resolve the
action in its chain of effects, that entity must still be in play and tapped or the action is
canceled.
Your "basic concept" contradicts with Annotation 5.