In reference to turning permanents with Morph face-up, it is stated that,
"702.36e Any time you have priority, you may turn a face-down permanent you control with a
morph ability face up. This is a special action; it doesn’t use the stack..."
Does this mean that no response can be played to turning a permanent face-up, as it is a special action?
Also, in reference to abilities connected to turning a permanent face-up, it is further stated that,
"707.11. If a face-down permanent would have an 'As [this permanent] is turned face up . . .' ability
after it’s turned face up, that ability is applied while that permanent is being turned face up, not
afterward."
Does this mean that the applied ability is also not placed on the stack, or does it act as a triggered ability?
Either you have it spot on or you are missing something. It is hard to tell without card examples.
So far, just going over the rules, you seem to understand the rules themselves well enough but it is tough to say that you understand their applications. There are a number of things that can happen when dealing with face down permanents. Let's take 3 examples:
Now, to start with, you are correct that the act of turning something face up is a special action. It does not use the stack and cannot be responded to. Thus, for all 3 of these, no one can respond to wanting to turn them face up. You basically declare what you want to do, pay the cost, and it is done; it is face up.
Now, for the rest of it. You will notice that nothing happens when Prodigy is turned face up. It has no abilities that care about turned face up so it is simply face up and sits there. Nothing more happens beyond it being turned face up.
Hooded Hydra fits into the wording of the second rule you quoted. This is similar to something like Clone entering the battlefield. The effect that happens "as it is turned face up" is not a trigger; it is a replacement effect. And replacement effects cannot be responded to. You will notice in this particular case why that is important. If this would go onto the stack, the Hydra would die before the trigger would resolve since it is a 0/0. Being a replacement effect allows it to happen during the process of being turned face up and, thus, before State Based Actions are checked. It gets its counters before anyone can respond and it lives.
Now, Bane of the Living doesn't have a replacement effect; it has a trigger. Notice the use of the word "When" ("Whenever" and "At" are the other two words that denote triggers). Again, turning the Bane face up cannot be responded to. However, that trigger acts like nearly every other trigger in the game in that it goes onto the stack. Since it goes onto the stack, it can be responded to. It will not resolve immediately and will give players a chance to buff their creatures or to sac them or whatever.
Duly noted. I'm literally learning these mechanics for the first time for an EDH deck I'm building. On a similar note, in reference to turning over manifested cards which happen to have the morph ability, it is stated,
"701.33c If a card with morph is manifested, its controller may turn that card face up using either the
procedure described in rule 702.36e to turn a face-down permanent with morph face up or the
procedure described above to turn a manifested permanent face up."
Am I correct in assuming that turning the card over for its CMC rather than its Morph cost (For cards such as Skinthinner this would be extremely advantageous.) is only an option if the card is manifested, or played face down using a rule other than Morph?
Duly noted. I'm literally learning these mechanics for the first time for an EDH deck I'm building. On a similar note, in reference to turning over manifested cards which happen to have the morph ability, it is stated,
"701.33c If a card with morph is manifested, its controller may turn that card face up using either the
procedure described in rule 702.36e to turn a face-down permanent with morph face up or the
procedure described above to turn a manifested permanent face up."
Am I correct in assuming that turning the card over for its CMC rather than its Morph cost (For cards such as Skinthinner this would be extremely advantageous.) is only an option if the card is manifested, or played face down using a rule other than Morph?
Correct. Normally a card can only be turned face up for its morph cost. As part of the manifest ability the game allows that specific card to be turned face up for its CMC.
Am I correct in assuming that turning the card over for its CMC rather than its Morph cost (For cards such as Skinthinner this would be extremely advantageous.) is only an option if the card is manifested, or played face down using a rule other than Morph?
You can only turn Skinthinner face up for 1B (note: not its cmc, which is just "2", not even 2) if it was manifested, period. If Skinthinner is on the battlefield face-down for a reason other than being manifested or being cast as a morph (eg, Ixidron, Illusionary Mask), you cannot pay 1B, you can only pay 3BB (or in the case of Illusionary Mask, you could turn it face up by making it become tapped, getting it to deal damage, or dealing damage to it).
"702.36e Any time you have priority, you may turn a face-down permanent you control with a
morph ability face up. This is a special action; it doesn’t use the stack..."
Does this mean that no response can be played to turning a permanent face-up, as it is a special action?
Also, in reference to abilities connected to turning a permanent face-up, it is further stated that,
"707.11. If a face-down permanent would have an 'As [this permanent] is turned face up . . .' ability
after it’s turned face up, that ability is applied while that permanent is being turned face up, not
afterward."
Does this mean that the applied ability is also not placed on the stack, or does it act as a triggered ability?
So far, just going over the rules, you seem to understand the rules themselves well enough but it is tough to say that you understand their applications. There are a number of things that can happen when dealing with face down permanents. Let's take 3 examples:
Voidmage Prodigy
Hooded Hydra
Bane of the Living
Now, to start with, you are correct that the act of turning something face up is a special action. It does not use the stack and cannot be responded to. Thus, for all 3 of these, no one can respond to wanting to turn them face up. You basically declare what you want to do, pay the cost, and it is done; it is face up.
Now, for the rest of it. You will notice that nothing happens when Prodigy is turned face up. It has no abilities that care about turned face up so it is simply face up and sits there. Nothing more happens beyond it being turned face up.
Hooded Hydra fits into the wording of the second rule you quoted. This is similar to something like Clone entering the battlefield. The effect that happens "as it is turned face up" is not a trigger; it is a replacement effect. And replacement effects cannot be responded to. You will notice in this particular case why that is important. If this would go onto the stack, the Hydra would die before the trigger would resolve since it is a 0/0. Being a replacement effect allows it to happen during the process of being turned face up and, thus, before State Based Actions are checked. It gets its counters before anyone can respond and it lives.
Now, Bane of the Living doesn't have a replacement effect; it has a trigger. Notice the use of the word "When" ("Whenever" and "At" are the other two words that denote triggers). Again, turning the Bane face up cannot be responded to. However, that trigger acts like nearly every other trigger in the game in that it goes onto the stack. Since it goes onto the stack, it can be responded to. It will not resolve immediately and will give players a chance to buff their creatures or to sac them or whatever.
"701.33c If a card with morph is manifested, its controller may turn that card face up using either the
procedure described in rule 702.36e to turn a face-down permanent with morph face up or the
procedure described above to turn a manifested permanent face up."
Am I correct in assuming that turning the card over for its CMC rather than its Morph cost (For cards such as Skinthinner this would be extremely advantageous.) is only an option if the card is manifested, or played face down using a rule other than Morph?
Correct. Normally a card can only be turned face up for its morph cost. As part of the manifest ability the game allows that specific card to be turned face up for its CMC.
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