Do triggered effects interrupt the card that caused them?
No. A card always finishes its whole effect first. Anything it triggers waits in line and resolves afterward, in the order it was triggered.
Step by step
- Player A sacrifices Black Jade Decoy and deals 2 damage to player B’s Cinderwake Ritualist.
- Cinderwake Ritualist’s damage trigger goes into the line, but Black Jade Decoy is not finished yet.
- Black Jade Decoy finishes by letting player A play a 2-cost entity into their Garden.
- Now Cinderwake Ritualist resolves. It can send its damage at the entity that was just played.
Good to know
A “whenever” effect joins the line as soon as it triggers, so it still resolves even if its card is destroyed before its turn comes. When several cards trigger at once, the active player orders theirs first, then the opponent orders theirs.
From the official game rules.
