Talk:Direct Dynamic Diamond Overhead!!/@comment-26021817-20180129020858/@comment-27282915-20180129034043

Hmm. There might be some confusion going on here, possibly regarding the difference between "turn player priority" and "priority during a Play Timing."

Had a quick look back at the conversation you mentioned.

Let's start by cleaning up Mcb172's question a little bit. During phases, the turn player always gets first crack if they want to play a card. When they wish to move on to the next phase, the opponent will then get priority to play a card during that phase. Saying something like "my opponent also wants to play DDDO" is a misrepresentation of how the steps work. Turn player gets priority.

With this is mind, we can then address the misconception in your question: the impact going second does have Counter - it's DDDO. For Mcb172's question, Caardian OVER HEAT! would be cast, and the opponent would respond to it with DDDO, defeating the Caardian player before the Caardian impact would hit.

In the case with what you wanted to do - beat DDDO's priority - you will need to effectively say "I'm moving on from the final phase". This will give your opponent an opportunity to do something. If your opponent were to then use DDDO, you could use your Counter, allowing your Counter to go first, and beating DDDO's priority.

Of course, if what you wanted to use doesn't have Counter, you're out of luck there.