I built the Red/Blue spells deck where I'm only running Torrential Gearhulk and some Wandering Fumarole creatures so I'm casting tons of instants to create energy off of Dynavolt Tower. My question is sort of two fold:
One, when my opponent casts say Angel of Invention and I immediately cast say Lightning Axe, does LA immediately kill the angel or does it have to wait to enter the battlefield since LA only kills creatures?
Two, the goal of my deck is to obviously keep creatures off of his board so I don't want him to fabricate two servos. Would this prevent the fabricate ability from taking effect?
No on both. Axe only kills creatures, yes, so you can only cast it after the angel hit the ground and the trigger went off. The trigger will resolve even if you kill the angel.
Also note that, in this specific example, the axe will still kill the angel even if your opponent chooses the +1/+1 counters, so you're better off waiting for it to resolve before casting your axe, just in case he does pick counters.
One, when my opponent casts say Angel of Invention and I immediately cast say Lightning Axe, does LA immediately kill the angel or does it have to wait to enter the battlefield since LA only kills creatures?
Two, the goal of my deck is to obviously keep creatures off of his board so I don't want him to fabricate two servos. Would this prevent the fabricate ability from taking effect?
Thanks
Also note that, in this specific example, the axe will still kill the angel even if your opponent chooses the +1/+1 counters, so you're better off waiting for it to resolve before casting your axe, just in case he does pick counters.