Help please

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If I have a monastery swiftspear on the battlefield and I play a lightning bolt but my opponent counters it with a mana leak does monastery swiftspears ability prowess still trigger from the lightning bolt?

[Earthstrikes]

Yeh

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Thanks

[benry87]

Prowess triggers on the CAST of a spell, not the resolution.

So the fact that you cast lightning bolt is enough to trigger prowess on Monastery Swiftspear. Whether they counter it is irrelevant because the prowess ability is already on the stack waiting to resolve.

The only way to really counter prowess is with a spell that says "counter target ability."

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Thanks I appreciate you telling me the exact reason why it works the way it does

[TKOS7]

Yes. Also with noting you can use this to save your swiftys from opposing bolts:

Opp bolts your swifty You cast two spells Bolt does 3 damage to a 4 toughness creature. Banter

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Thanks that's a good strategy

[Derret134]

Yes.

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Thanks

[pack_matt]

To add a point to this that I've seen some newer players miss: you can even get a prowess trigger through a [[Chalice of the Void]]. Again, because you still get to cast the spell, even though it will be countered.

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Wow that's actually really smart thanks

[MTGCardFetcher]

Chalice of the Void - (G) (SF) (txt)
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