If you discard a card with madness to pay the cost of a spell or activated ability, that card's madness triggered ability (and the spell that card becomes, if you choose to cast it) will resolve before the spell or ability the discard paid for
Theyve opened up new possibilities for deckbuilding, allowing players to include more situational and powerful cards in their sideboards
Thanks to Stain the Mind and Infinite Obliteration, we have already seen similar mechanics to Denied
Delney also gives each creature under their protection evasion, enabling them to avoid being blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater, making swarms of 1/1 and 2/2 tokens into serious threats against most boards
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