Ebony Maw, Enchantress and Mysterio

[firbison]

These three characters have effects that allow the attacking model to pay to have the attack resolve with the original attack type but have a question on timing.

Example:  Red skull, master of hydra attacks ebony maw and is intending to pay to have the attack resolve with there physical stat but the other player wants to resolve an effect like escort to safety on ebony maw, is the energy paid to have there available stat be in effect paid before they play escort to safety or after or can they play it after the energy cost is paid?

[Thoras]

Both Escort to Safety and Mind over Matter (and its equivalents) are step 2d defender triggers.

The defender can choose which they want to resolve first, meaning that yes, they can choose to force the attacker to decide whether they want to pay before choosing whether to use Escort to safety