When the active player plays a spell, he gets priority again immediately afterward.
But then he has to pass priority to YOU before it resolves.
Lightning Bolt is a targeted spell that does damage to a creature or player, not a spell on the stack.
If you wanted to Lightning Bolt Jace, you would not be able to do so before your opponent has a chance to put counters on him (by paying for his top ability).
EDIT: More specific to your question, you cannot 'respond' to something 'entering the battlefield' or resolving. Responding to something is defined as putting something on top of it on the stack, before it resolves. The priority dance goes as such:
1) He casts Jace, gets priority, he passes it to you
2) You pass priority (because you can't Lightning Bolt it yet) and Jace resolves, giving him priority again
3) He can put Jace's top ability on the stack. This puts counters on Jace as part of the payment to activate it.
4) With the ability on the stack, he must pass priority before you can Lightning Bolt (if you still want to... it would no longer kill Jace)
Nope. When a spell resolves (Jace enters battlefield) priority returns to the active player. He gets to act before you do.
When something resolves, priority goes to the active player.
When you cast a spell/activate an ability, priority is yours until you pass it. (In tournament rules, it is assumed you pass unless you say you are retaining priority to do something else.)
So basically the standard interaction under tournament rules is, I am active player, I cast something, you get priority to respond while it's on the stack, it resolves, then priority goes back to me first.
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Example: my opponent plays Jace, the mindsculptor, can i play lightning bolt in response to entering the battlefield?
But then he has to pass priority to YOU before it resolves.
Lightning Bolt is a targeted spell that does damage to a creature or player, not a spell on the stack.
If you wanted to Lightning Bolt Jace, you would not be able to do so before your opponent has a chance to put counters on him (by paying for his top ability).
EDIT: More specific to your question, you cannot 'respond' to something 'entering the battlefield' or resolving. Responding to something is defined as putting something on top of it on the stack, before it resolves. The priority dance goes as such:
1) He casts Jace, gets priority, he passes it to you
2) You pass priority (because you can't Lightning Bolt it yet) and Jace resolves, giving him priority again
3) He can put Jace's top ability on the stack. This puts counters on Jace as part of the payment to activate it.
4) With the ability on the stack, he must pass priority before you can Lightning Bolt (if you still want to... it would no longer kill Jace)
When something resolves, priority goes to the active player.
When you cast a spell/activate an ability, priority is yours until you pass it. (In tournament rules, it is assumed you pass unless you say you are retaining priority to do something else.)
So basically the standard interaction under tournament rules is, I am active player, I cast something, you get priority to respond while it's on the stack, it resolves, then priority goes back to me first.