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↑ Section 508. Declare Attackers Step

508.2 Second, the active player gets priority. (See rule 117, “Timing and Priority.”) ☆

• ☆ 508.2a 🔗 Abilities that trigger on a creature attacking trigger only at the point the creature is declared as an attacker. They will not trigger if a creature attacks and then that creature’s characteristics change to match the ability’s trigger condition. Example: A permanent has the ability “Whenever a green creature attacks, destroy that creature at end of combat.” If a blue creature attacks and is later turned green, the ability will not trigger.
• ☆ 508.2b 🔗 Any abilities that triggered on attackers being declared or that triggered during the process described in rules 508.1 are put onto the stack before the active player gets priority; the order in which they triggered doesn’t matter. (See rule 603, “Handling Triggered Abilities.”) (refs: 508.1, 603)

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