Hi, i did play with the dual dueck zendikar vs eldrazi.
We had a question about something
-only one creature was on the battlefiel and it was mine Butcher of Malakir i attacked with it so it was tapped.
-On my opponent turn he used Sheer Drop and paid it's awaken cost.
-so one of his land bacame a an elemental creature
-the question is... how the stack will work in this situation... does my Butcher of Malakir ability will trig and kill his elemantal or is it going in cemetary and do nothing because before using his Sheer Drop he had no creature on the battlefield???
Once Sheer Drop resolves your Butcher of Malakir will be destroyed and your opponent will have a land creature. Because Butcher of Malakir died his ability will trigger and your opponent will have to sacrifice a creature. If their only creature is the newly awakened land creature then they will be forced to sacrifice that.
Triggered abilities, such as Butcher of Malakir's, don't go onto the stack until the next time a player would receive priority. Before that, the currently resolving spell or ability has to finish resolving.
The effects of Sheer Drop with the awaken cost paid are to destroy the creature, then put +1/+1 counters on a land and make it a creature. All of this happens before anyone gets priority; therefore, the land is a creature by the time Butcher of Malakir's ability goes onto the stack - let alone resolves. If your opponent's only creature is that land, they'll have to sacrifice it.
We had a question about something
-only one creature was on the battlefiel and it was mine Butcher of Malakir i attacked with it so it was tapped.
-On my opponent turn he used Sheer Drop and paid it's awaken cost.
-so one of his land bacame a an elemental creature
-the question is... how the stack will work in this situation... does my Butcher of Malakir ability will trig and kill his elemantal or is it going in cemetary and do nothing because before using his Sheer Drop he had no creature on the battlefield???
thx for the explanation
The effects of Sheer Drop with the awaken cost paid are to destroy the creature, then put +1/+1 counters on a land and make it a creature. All of this happens before anyone gets priority; therefore, the land is a creature by the time Butcher of Malakir's ability goes onto the stack - let alone resolves. If your opponent's only creature is that land, they'll have to sacrifice it.