With soul warden on the battlefield under control of player 1, player 1 casts karlov of the ghost council.
Karlov enters battlefield and should recieve 2 +1/+1 counters on him.
As a reaction on karlov entering the battlefield player 2 plays Lightning bolt on karlov.
Will Karlov die (being 2/2) or will it already have 4/4 (2/2 and 2 +1/+1 counters) and stay alive?
Triggers on the stack need to resolve to do anything. And triggers can be responded to. So when Karlov enters, Soul Warden triggers, and that trigger goes on the stack. The opponent can now Bolt the still 2/2 Karlov and kill it. With no further responses, the life gain trigger resolves, and you gain 1 life. There is no further trigger here as Karlov has already left tzhe battlefield and cannot see you gain life, nor could he get +1/+1 counters even later.
Karlov enters battlefield and should recieve 2 +1/+1 counters on him.
As a reaction on karlov entering the battlefield player 2 plays Lightning bolt on karlov.
Will Karlov die (being 2/2) or will it already have 4/4 (2/2 and 2 +1/+1 counters) and stay alive?
Thanks for any clarifications.
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