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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Judge's Corner
Sleighting More
Stuff
11.21.02 First, my
next column is on Wednesday. I won’t be home in time to
write a column for Monday, and I’ll be too tired anyway
from Grand Prix: Los Angeles.
Second, I’ve decided to adopt a format that Jeff Jordan
uses in his Netrep replies. First, I’ll start off with
the “Short Answers.” These are either questions I’ve
answered before, or an easy answer from which you can
apply it much more broadly than just the original
question.
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Short Answers:
-Unless the card (or the card’s wording in the Oracle)
specifies otherwise, tapped artifacts’ effects still
happen.
-You can turn a morph card over any time you have
priority.
-There is a space between declaring blockers and combat
damage going on the stack, so you can make creatures
bigger and they will deal more damage.
-Trickery Charm can’t target Goblin Piledriver, since
the Piledriver has protection from blue.
-Activated abilities are of the form “Cost: Effect.” The
cost may or may not include tapping the permanent in
question.
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Long Answers:
Q: Regarding Red Elemental Blast and Pyroblast. I've
read many a time that the Pyro is able to be Sleight of
Minded to kill things other than blue, while the REB
isn't. I would like to know how the Pyro can be
Sleighted and the REB can't. Even looking at the Oracle
listings, I can't tell much of a significant difference.
It's probably some obvious thing waving in front of me
even now, but I'd like an explanation.
Will
A: Let me put in the Oracle cards, and then describe the
subtle difference.
Pyroblast
{R}
Instant
Choose one -- Counter target spell if it's blue; or
destroy target permanent if it's blue.
Red Elemental Blast
{R}
Instant
Choose one -- Counter target blue spell; or destroy
target blue permanent.
Note where the color requirement is on each card. REB
says “target blue permanent,” so the card has to be blue
for REB to target it.
Pyroblast, on the other hand, says “target permanent (if
it is blue).” (Parenthesis inserted to make it a bit
clearer.) So the card doesn’t have to be blue to be able
to target it with Pyroblast. Pyroblast only checks on
resolution if the card is blue (or the appropriate
color, if Pyroblast has been Sleighted), since being
blue is not a requirement for the card to be able to be
targeted with Pyroblast.
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Q: I have a question about Elvish Guidance. Let's say I
have 3 elves in play. I enchant my Forest with Elvish
Guidance. Does it make 3 or 4 mana?
A: It makes 4. One from the Forest, and 3 additional
from the Guidance.
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Q: If I put more then one Elvish Guidance on a single
land (lets say 3 Elvish Guidances on a land with 3 elves
in play.) would it make 9/12 mana, or only 3/4 mana?
-Jacob T.
A: The land would make 10 mana. You get 1 from the
Forest’s built in ability, and 3 for each Guidance. So
1+3+3+3=10.
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Q: If you have a Rotlung Reanimator and three 2/2
clerics in play could you sacrifice the 3 clerics and
after that when the zombies come into play sacrifice
them also to summon a Phyrexian Dreadnought?
-Icebox
A: No. All of the creatures are sacrificed at the same
time, and then you make the tokens. So you only
sacrificed 8 power worth of creatures, which is less
than 12, so the Dreadnaught is put into the graveyard.
See you Wednesday, or sooner if you’re coming to Los
Angeles this weekend.
Bill Guerin
PojoMagicJudge@hotmail.com
DCI Level 2 Judge
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