Can you react to Viktor Legend's ability, and are tokens summoned immediately without going to the chain?
Ruling: Viktor's activated ability goes on the chain and can be reacted to. Once the ability resolves, the Recruit token it creates will finalize and immediately resolve without a window to react to the token itself.
Sequence:
- Viktor's activated ability is placed on the chain
- Players can react to the activated ability
- When the ability resolves, it instructs you to play a Recruit token
- The Recruit token finalizes and immediately resolves (no reaction window for the token)
Nuances:
- Effects that instruct you to play units or tokens do linger on the chain and can be reacted to, but the units/tokens themselves resolve immediately when finalized
- This is the same interaction as Aurora triggers - you can react to the trigger, but not to the unit card being played
- Rule 333.1.c applies to "[Abilities that Add resources], [Units], and [Gear]" - meaning units and gear themselves resolve immediately, not abilities that create them