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Missing Echo
Q: With the Echoing cards
(Echoing Ruin, Echoing Truth, etc.), if the target is
no longer in play when the ability resolves, does the
spell still affect other cards with the same name?
-Karl B.
A: No. All targets of the
spell are illegal, so the spell is countered. This
means you execute none of that spell's instructions.
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Q: If I have an Oracle's
Attendants out and also a Noble Templar if my
opponents attacking creature has Double Strike would I
be able to use Oracles' ability to divert the first
strike damage and then allow the normal one to still
hit the Templar?
-Justin B.
A: Not unless the first
strike damage kills the Attendants, or you otherwise
remove the Attendants from play before normal damage
dealing, no. When the card says ALL damage this turn,
that's what it means. You can't ignore the effect if
the Attendants are still there.
(If the Attendants are
gone, the damage is unable to be diverted to the
Attendants, since you can't divert damage to something
that isn't there. [419.6c])
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Q: Is the card Book
Burning is banned or restricted?
-VIP
A: The banned and
restricted lists for all formats can be found at
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=judge/resources/banned.
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Q: I attack with Wild
Mongrel, Symbiotic Wurm (enchanted with Rancor) and
Fallen Angel... the Symbiotic Wurm gets blocked with a
2/2 creature, the Wild Mongrel and Fallen Angel get
through. Can I sacrifice the Wurm for use with the
Fallen Angel's ability and still kill the 2/2 creature
and have trample damage the opponent?
-Ferdie
A: No. If the Symbiotic
Wurm isn't around when damage is assigned, it won't
deal its damage. See also Mantra 2.
Basically, you can choose
one or the other, but not both.
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Q: On Grab The Reins, when
it says sacrifice a creature, deal damage, etc... that
does not mean you can sacrifice any creature right?
Only your creatures?
A: Correct. You can't
sacrifice something you don't control.
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Q: My other question about
the same card is if you gain control of the creature,
as the first ability reads, then entwine it, then you
can sacrifice that creature because it is yours now
anyways, right?
A: Correct. You always
follow the instructions on the card in the order they
are written. So since you gain control of the creature
first, and then fling something, you can fling the
creature you are gaining control of.
---
Q: This allows you to get
rid of indestructible creatures, correct?
-Adam F.
A: Correct, provided you
both take control of that creature and fling it.
---
Q: I have a Quicksilver
Elemental in play and my opponent has a Crazed Goblin
enchanted with a Quicksilver Dagger. Can my
Quicksilver Elemental copy the ability of the
Quicksilver Dagger and then tap to kill the Crazed
Goblin and draw a card?
-Rusty K
A: Yes. Since Quicksilver
Dagger gives the ability to the creature, it's as if
it was printed on that creature. So the Elemental can
copy it.
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Q: What sets (blocks?)
will be the next to rotate out of Extended? And when
is this going to happen? I just built Aluren and
someone told me I've wasted my money...
-Brad
A: Assuming they follow
their previous Extended rotation announcement, in late
2005 (probably October 20), Tempest block (Tempest,
Stronghold, Exodus), Urza's Saga block (Urza's Saga,
Urza's Legacy, Urza's Destiny), and Mercadian Masques
block (Mercadian Masques, Nemesis, Prophecy), as well
as Sixth Edition will all rotate out of Extended.
(The original 17 May 2002
announcement is located at
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=sideboard/news/20020517a.
I also used an Ask Wizards question from 23 January
2003 for help in answering this question.)
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Q: I have a Mindslaver in
play with an Endless Whispers and a March of the
Machines. The March of the Machines makes the Slaver
a 6/6 creature, so when I activate the ability of the
Slaver to take my opponent's next turn, the Slaver
comes into play under their control because of the
Endless Whispers. Now my question is, if I activate
the Mindslaver, now under my opponent's control, on
their turn to take control of my next turn, do I make
the decisions on my turn, or does my opponent?
-Brandon
A: Your opponent would
control your next turn. He activated it (while his
turn was under your control).
(Activate the Mindslaver,
targeting him, to get it back on your side. Then, when
it is on your side, you can activate it, targeting
him, and since your Slaver effect has a later
timestamp than yours, you will take control of his
turn. [507.1a])
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Q: I have an Ambush
Commander, Fecundity, and 6 Forests in play. My
opponent plays Wrath of God, and in response I tap for
3 mana. After the wrath resolves, I play Caller of the
Claw. Do I get to draw a card and/or put a bear token
play for each forest that was destroyed?
-Samuel
A: Yes, to both questions.
The Forests were creatures when they were put into the
graveyard, so they will both trigger Fecundity and
count for Caller of the Claw.
---
Q: If I have 6 Islands in
play and an Isochron Scepter-Boomerang and Shifty
Doppelganger in play, can I take infinite turns with a
Wormfang Manta by playing it to the Shifty, and then
Boomeranging it back to my hand at end of turn even if
I have to sacrifice it?
-Omar S.
A: No. You didn't
sacrifice the creature, so the Shifty Doppelganger
won't return to play.
Shifty Doppelganger
{2}{U} Creature -- Shapeshifter 1/1 {3}{U}, Remove Shifty Doppelganger from the game: Put a creature card from your hand into play. That creature gains haste until end of turn. At end of turn, sacrifice that creature. If you do, return Shifty Doppelganger to play.
---
Q: When cast a spell, say
Beacon of Creation, or use an effect such as Myr
Incubator, do the creatures coming into play come into
play simultaneously on the stack, or does each
individual creature coming into play go to the stack?
A: They will all come into
play simultaneously ..
---
Q: Case in point for
Blasting Station.
-Derek
A: But each creature will
trigger Blasting Station individually. So if you put
20 Myr into play with Myr Incubator, Blasting
Station's "untap me" ability will trigger 20 times.
You can respond between each trigger resolving by
sacrificing a creature to do 1 damage, so you can do
20 damage in this manner.
---
Q: If you block with Rukh
Egg during your opponent's turn and Rukh Egg goes to
the graveyard, can the 4/4 flying token you get attack
right away on your next turn?
-Dave
A: Has the creature been
in play since the start of your turn (before you
untapped)? Yes, so it can attack this turn.
See you Tuesday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge
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