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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Judge's Corner
Q: If I play a Shade's Form on my opponent's creature that he has already played a Shade's Form on, if that creature dies, who would gain control of it?
-SolKanar
A: It depends on whose turn it is. Shade's Form will set off two triggered abilities, one for each player. The active player's "return under my control" effect will go on the stack first, then the non-active player's "return under my control" effect (410.3). So the non-active player's effect will return it under his/her control, and the active player's effect will be countered (since the creature is no longer in the graveyard).
So the short answer is, whoever's turn it isn't will get it.
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Q: If I play a creature such as Llanowar Elves, can I use its ability immediately?
A: No. Creature's abilities can't be used until they have started your most recent turn under control (409.3).
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Q: Also, is the same true for artifacts such as Lotus Petal?
A: Unless some effect is making the Lotus Petal a creature, then that rule doesn't apply. You can use the Lotus Petal's ability right when it comes into play.
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Q: Does a combo such as putting an Inviolability and Pariah on a Fountain Watch and having a Spiritual Asylum all in play protect you from a world effect card such as Wrath of God?
A: No. Wrath of God doesn't use the word "target," and it isn't damage, so Spiritual Asylum and Inviobility won't save the Fountain Watch.
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Q: And if you have a creature in play as well as Worship, can you spend over twenty life on playing Phyrexian Processor?
-matt
A: No. You can only spend your current life total (i.e. 20, if you're currently at 20). Also note that if you spend all the life you have on the Processor, you will die, since Worship only prevents damage, not loss of life.
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Q: If I play a Meddling Mage, when I name a card and that card is a dual card would I have to call the entire card or just one half. For example: Wax/Wane - Do I call Wax/Wane or just Wane?
-brian sysun
A: You would name the whole card. In your example, you would name "Wax/Wane."
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Q: Player has a Stampeding Wildebeests and a Spike Weaver in play with one +1/+1 counter on it. It is the start of his turn. He untaps. Now it is upkeep. He returns the Spike to his hand and pays the 2 colorless to move the counter to his Stampeding Wildebeests. My question is: does the Weaver go the graveyard since it is a 0/0 before it can be returned to his hand by the Wildebeests?
Thanks
Zorbo
A: The Spike Weaver would die from it being a 0/0 as soon as you removed the counter. So you could either play the Weaver's ability (and let him die) or return him to hand for the Wildebeests' ability.
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Q: I have threshold. Opponent has Aether Flash in play, I cast Werebear, does Werebear die or is it immediately a 4/4?
A: The Werebear would live. He comes into play as a 4/4, and then, when Aether Flash's ability resolves, Werebear takes 2 damage.
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Q: I have threshold again. I have Wild Mongrel and Basking Rootwalla in play, and I cast Centaur Chieftain, my opponent responds when it comes into play with a Fiery Temper, does my Centaur die but with all my creatures getting +1/+1 and trample or it lives with the threshold effect?
A: The Centaur will die. Centaur Chieftain's threshold ability is a triggered ability, so when the Centaur comes into play, you put "My creatures get +1/+1 and trample until end of turn" on the stack. Your opponent responds with Fiery Temper on the Centaur, dealing it 3 damage and killing it. Then the bonus to your creatures resolves.
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Q: They said that bouncing Faceless Butcher after a target creature is removed from the game will make that creature removed for the rest of the game??? What's the explanation on this?
A: Again, it has to do with triggered abilities. Both of the Faceless Butcher's abilities are triggered abilities, so they use the stack.
So, when Butcher comes into play, you choose which creature you're going to remove. Then the active player gets a chance to play abilities. So he bounces the Butcher, triggering his "leaves play" ability. The leaves play ability resolves first and does nothing (since the creature hasn't been removed from the game yet), and then the remove from game ability occurs, removing the chosen creature from the game, never to return.
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Q: Does this apply to Laquatus's Champion and Mesmeric Fiend??? To all the other "remove from the game" effects from the Torment set?
Jester
A: Yes, this same mechanic applies to all of the Nightmare cards from Torment, but there is a subtle difference with the life gain/loss ability: The life gain will happen, since the player is there to receive the life "back" before he loses it.
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Q: Does Mana Clash's effect counts as winning a coin flip?
A: No. (Ruling by Paul Barclay, in D'Angelo's rulings files).
Bill Guerin
PojoMagicJudge@hotmail.com
DCI Level 2 Judge
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