he cannot respond before exalted is on the stack if you’ve committed to attacking. however, he can respond to the exalted trigger before your creature gets the bonus.

How do triggers go on the stack?

Once an ability has triggered, its controller puts it on the stack as an object that’s not a card the next time a player would receive priority. See rule 117, “Timing and Priority.” The ability becomes the topmost object on the stack.

How does attack work in MTG?

Attacking causes a creature to become tapped. Both players are given a chance to cast instants and activate abilities after attackers have been declared.

What are activated abilities?

An activated ability is an ability that can be activated by a player by paying a cost. The cost can be almost anything, such as sacrificing a permanent, paying mana, paying life, or tapping the permanent with the ability ( ).

What happens when you gain control of a creature in magic?

But there are a few more things about Equipment that you might not know yet. Gaining control of an equipped creature doesn’t give you control of the Equipment on it. The Equipment remains attached to the creature, but only the Equipment’s controller can play its equip ability. An Equipment that becomes a creature can’t be attached to a creature.

Can a creature’s controller play the equipment ability?

Only the Equipment’s controller can play its abilities. However, if the Equipment adds an ability to the equipped creature (with “gains” or “has”), the equipped creature’s controller is the only one who can play that ability. The official rules for the equip ability are as follows:

What’s the name of the creature that equipment is attached to?

212.2j The creature an Equipment is attached to is called the “equipped creature.” The Equipment is attached to, or “equips,” that creature. 212.2k An Equipment’s controller is separate from the equipped creature’s controller; the two need not be the same. Changing control of the creature doesn’t change control of the Equipment, and vice versa.

Can a creature equip itself with an illegal permanent?

Equipment that loses the subtype “Equipment” can’t equip a creature. An Equipment can’t equip itself. An Equipment that equips an illegal or nonexistent permanent stops equipping that permanent, but remains in play. (This is a state-based effect. See rule 420.) 212.2j The creature an Equipment is attached to is called the “equipped creature.”