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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Judge's Corner
3.07.02
Q: Since Iridescent Angel has protection from all colors, does Overrun affect it, does it become a 7/7 flying, trample, protection from all colors?
-Aj13b
A: Protection from (color) does four things for a creature (or any permanent) with that protection:
1. All damage dealt to that creature from a source of that color is prevented.
2. That creature can't be enchanted by enchantments of that color.
3. That creature can't be blocked by creatures of that color.
4. That creature can't be targeted by spells of that color. (502.7)
(An easy way to remember what protection does is the acronym DEBT: Damage, Enchantments, Blocking, Targeting.)
Since Overrun doesn't target the Angel, and it's not dealing damage, Overrun will affect the Angel, making it 7/7, and giving it trample (until end of turn).
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Q: If I play a Meddling Mage and name a card that has flashback, such as Call of the Herd, would my opponent be able to cast the Herd using Flashback?
-Josh
A: No. Casting a card from the graveyard using Flashback is still playing it, which Meddling Mage prohibits.
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Q: Hey, if I cast an Aether Burst with another Aether Burst in my graveyard on my opponent's Skywing Aven and Wild Mongrel, can he as a fast effect discard a card to return Skywing Aven to his hand therefore fizzling my Burst?
In other words, if one target becomes illegal for a spell or ability, does the whole spell/ability fizzle?
-will
A: The Mongrel will still return to his hand. Only if all of the targets of a spell or ability become illegal does the spell get countered (fizzle). (413.2a)
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Q: If I were to change a creature's type to token, with Unnatural Selection, could I then kill it with a Dogged Hunter?
-James Allenchey
A: You can't change a creature's type to "token," as token has another meaning in the game of Magic. (214.7a)
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Q: I was wondering, if I play a Terravore and then a Wildfire (assuming that Wildfire put 5 or more lands into the graveyards) does the Terravore live? This is assuming that the toughness of Terravore was less than or equal to 4 before I cast Wildfire. Thank you.
-Wedo86
A: Yes, the Terravore would live. You don't check for lethal damage to a creature until a player would receive priority, and the lands have already gone to the graveyard, making the Terravore bigger.
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Q: I have a deck featuring Beast of Burden and many Squirrels via Nantuko Shrine (don't ask). I have, say, 7 Squirrel tokens in play and my opponent has 4. Beast of Burden is now a beastly 12/12. My opponent then plays Earthquake for 1. Does the Beast die also?
My reasoning is: Earthquake resolves, dealing one damage to all creatures. One damage is assigned to all creatures, and all Squirrels die. The Beast becomes a 1/1 again, but the damage was already assigned to it, so it stays alive. Am I mistaken?
-Dan Maftei
A: The Beast of Burden, after the squirrels are gone, is now a 1/1 with 1 damage on him. Thus, he has now suffered lethal damage and will die. Damage to creatures stays on them until the end of the turn (specifically, until the cleanup step of the end phase).
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Q: If I play a, for example, Volcanic Hammer, and my opponent plays a Counterspell or a Force Of Will, would I be able to use Red Elemental Blast to make my Volcanic Hammer go back to him?
-Jared
A: You can use the Red Elemental Blast to counter the Counterspell (or Force of Will). Then assuming your opponent can't or doesn't want to use another Counterspell (or similar effect) to counter either the Red Elemental Blast or the Volcanic Hammer, then the Volcanic Hammer will deal its' damage to him.
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Q: Hi, I emailed you about Meddling Mage and a split card. I played at FNM and the situation came up. I played a Mage and called Wax/Wane, and my opponent said fine. Then, later in the game, he proceeded to play a Wax/Wane stating that I could have only called one half of the card. The judge came over and said that my opponent was right and I said that he was not. Unfortunately this was at the end of the third game, which I was winning, and time ran out. I was credited with a draw instead of a win. Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening again?
-brian
A: Unfortunately, there's not much you can do. You could talk to the store manager, letting him/her know of your feelings as a customer about the situation. If you received a penalty (warning) for misrepresenting Meddling Mage, you can write dci@wizards.com to get the penalty removed due to the judge's error. Other than that and going to a different store to play, which is probably undesirable for several reasons, you really don't have much of a recourse.
(You can also show him the ruling of the judge list netrep, Michael Feuell, on this. It can be found at http://oracle.wizards.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0109B&L=dcijudge-l&P=R1381.)
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Clarification:
Q: Hey in the article you did about Dawn of the Dead and Birds of Paradise there was a question concerning Rites of Spring and Obsessive Search. You made the ruling right but you said you would remove the Obsessive Search from the game. Madness does not require that so why would you do that?
-donna conley
A: Actually, madness does require you to remove the card from the game instead of putting it into the graveyard if you want to play it by Madness. Madness is worded as follows:
502.24a … The phrase "Madness [cost]" means "If a player would discard this card from his or her hand, that player discards it, but may remove it from the game instead of putting it into his or her graveyard," and "Whenever this card is removed from the game this way, until he or she passes next, he or she may play it any time he or she could play an instant as though it were in his or her hand by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost. When he or she passes next, he or she puts it into his or her graveyard."
I apologize for the delay in answering most of these questions … I was waiting for my other articles to be posted before I wrote this. Please continue to send me your email, and I'll keep answering them!!
-Bill Guerin
PojoMagicJudge@hotmail.com
DCI Level 2 Judge
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