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KishinZephrite posted...

So whether it's a sorcery or an instant, the Fleeting Image can still respond and will have priority after the opponent attempts to kill it even if it's tapped?

Yes, although beware your opponent can respond to your response and that will go on top of the stack. For instance:

You: I'll attack with Fleeting Image
Me: I'll cast Lightning Bolt on Fleeting Image
You: I'll use Fleeting Image's ability to return it to my hand
Me: I'll cast a second Lightning Bolt on Fleeting Image

Again, the stack resolves top-down, so my second lightning bolt would resolve first, which would destroy Fleeting Image. Fleeting Image's ability, my first lightning bolt, and the initial attack would then all attempt to resolve (in that order), but none of them have valid targets anymore, so all of them would fizzle (i.e. fail to resolve and, in the case of the lightning bolt, get moved to the graveyard).

Note also that spell/ability costs are paid at the time of casting, not the time of spell resolution, so if you wanted to dodge the second lightning bolt, you would have to pay an additional 1U (for a total of 2UU) to trigger Fleeting Image's ability a second time.
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