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11.19.04
Coming Unhinged
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Q: Ok, I know Unhinged is
a nightmare for Judges, but I am going to the
tournaments at Gen Con So Cal so I was curious
regarding this card:
Moniker Mage
2U Creature - Human Wizard U, Say your middle name: Moniker Mage can't be the target of spells or abilities this turn. U, Say an opponent's middle name: Moniker Mage gains flying until end of turn. 2/2
Could I pay blue and then
say "your middle name" to activate the first ability?
and pay a blue and then say "an opponent's middle
name" to activate the second ability?
-Chad
A: Unhinged is going to be
a lot like Unglued when it comes to tournament
questions - it's the prerogative of the person running
the tournament to make the ruling.
My ruling? No. The intent
of the card is to say the actual middle name, and not
the words "your middle name" or "an opponent's middle
name." So you'll have to say your middle name to
activate the first ability, and you'll have to say an
opponent's actual middle name (guess at it until you
get it, and he has to be honest) to activate the
second ability.
Again, with all things
Unhinged, ask the person in charge how it's going to
be ruled there.
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Q: If I use the mana
produced by Boseiju, Who Shelters All to pay for the
cost of flashback, kicker, buyback and such does the
spell become uncounterable?
-Allan E.
A: Yes. You did spend the
mana on an instant or sorcery spell.
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Q: 1. I can't play any
spells or abilities while something is resolving or
while another spell or ability is being played. (18
April 02, modified 11 May 04)
I'm curious of how this
would effect my situations.
1) My field is a face down
Aphetto Exterminator and a Phage the Untouchable. His
side is a Intrepid Hero and a Auriok Bladewarden
that's a 3/3. I attack with Phage and he attempts to
destroy it with Hero's ability. I decrease Phage to a
1/1 by flipping Aphetto. He then increases her stats
back to 4/4 due to Auriok. Can he use still kill her
off?
A: Yes. Each player is
able to respond to a spell or ability before it
resolves.
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Q: Can he play a ability
while something is resolving?
A: No. But the Intrepid
Hero's ability hasn't resolved yet.
When both players pass,
only the spell on top of the stack resolves. Both
players then have the chance to play more spells
before the next spell resolves.
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Q: If he plays a Ravenous
Rat and makes me discard a card, am I allowed to play
the card that's an instant in response?
A: Sure. BUT, if you have
another card in your hand, the Rat will make you
discard that instead. The Rat doesn't choose the card
to eat until its ability resolves.
(You can't let the Rat's
ability resolve and then try to play the card you're
discarding, though.)
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Q: If he attacks with a
6/6 Wurm, and I block with a Fleeting Image, can I
block, then return Fleeting Image with its ability?
-Majestic
A: Yes. Mantra 10 deals
with the combat phase in detail. You actually have 2
chances to return it before it would die.
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Q: Can Provoke target an
untapped creature?
A: Yes. Provoke does not
specify that it has to be "target TAPPED creature,"
only "target creature."
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Q: If my opponent attacks
with an Atog and I block with a boosted Basking
Rootwalla, then he casts a Shrapnel Blast on it,
sending the Rootwalla to lizards' heaven: does the
Atog die?
A: Depends on when he
played the Shrapnel Blast. Most likely, he played it
before damage was put on the stack, so no, the Atog
won't die, as the Rootwalla hadn't assigned its damage
yet.
(If damage had been
assigned before he Blasted the lizard, then yes, it
would die. [He could sacrifice a different artifact to
make the Atog live before damage resolves.])
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Q: If my opponent attacks
with a 2/2 creature and I block with a 2/1 creature,
then use Waterfront Bouncer to get it back into my
hand:
- their creature dies,
right?
A: Assuming optimal play,
yes. (Optimal play is to put damage on the stack
before using the Bouncer.)
[Sub-optimal play, that
is, Bouncing your creature before damage is put on the
stack, will make his creature live though.]
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Q: - my creature lives,
right?
A: In either case, yes. It
isn't around when damage is done, so it doesn't take
the damage.
(Might I suggest reading
Mantra 10? It's a long read, but it may help answer
more questions like this.)
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Q: Can Artifact Creature
be chosen as a creature type?
A: No. There are no
creatures with a type of artifact.
(Artifact is a card type
of its own, just like creature. Things that look for
creature type look for words behind a dash on the type
like right after the word creature, for example,
"Artifact Creature - Golem." If there is no dash after
the word creature, then the creature has no type.)
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Q: Can flashback be played
during your opponent's turn?
A: If the type of the card
you are flashing back is an instant, yes. You can only
play a card with flashback when you could normally
play the regular card.
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Q: If so, can you block
with the recently flashbacked creature?
A: ?????
There are no creatures
with flashback (flashback is only on instants and
sorceries), so I don't get what you are asking here.
(If you are talking about
one of the flashback cards that makes creatures, then
if that card is an instant, you will be able to play
it and block with it on the turn it is made, yes.)
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Q: What about madness? Can
it be played on your opponent`s turn?
A: As long as you find a
way to discard the card first, then yes, you can play
it whenever it is discarded. (If you don't play it
right when it's discarded, though, you lose your
chance to ever play it.)
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Q: Can you block with the
recently played creature?
A: (I am assuming you are
talking about something like Basking Rootwalla here.)
Yes, if you madness out a
creature, you will be able to block with it
immediately.
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Q: If a player forgets to
pay for a cost (as in example, the cost that Ghostly
Prison establishes for each attacking creature) and
nobody on the table notices it until a few turns
later, is there a replay?
A: No. Since significant
game actions have gone by, the play stands.
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Q: What should we do then?
A: If this were a
sanctioned tournament, I would give warnings to both
players for this. (The attacker for not paying, and
the person being attacked for not maintaining a
correct game state - Both under Procedural Error).
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Q: If my opponent
activates a Ravager ability, sacrifices an artifact,
can I respond by bouncing his 2 Disciples back to his
hand? or do I have to wait until the artifact is put
in the graveyard?
A: You have to wait until
the artifact is in the graveyard (and the Disciples
have triggered). [Mantra 1] So once he plays the
ability, and he has 2 Disciples out, you're losing 2
life regardless of what happens to the Disciples.
[Mantra 8]
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Q: Is the addition of a
counter to Aether Vial each upkeep mandatory or
optional?
-Adrian L.
A: The Aether Vial says
"MAY" so you can choose not to (or forget to) put a
counter on. It is an optional ability.
(Technically, the ability
triggering each turn is not optional, but the choice
whether to put a counter on or not is optional.)
Aether Vial
1 Artifact At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on Aether Vial. T: You may put a creature card with converted mana cost equal to the number of charge counters on Aether Vial from your hand into play.
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Q: I'm curious about the
abilities of Skeleton Shard. If a creature is
destroyed by something like Dead Ringers, can Skeleton
Shard still be used to put the creature back into your
hand, even though it can't be regenerated?
A: Sure. Once it's been
destroyed, it's in the graveyard, and is a legal
target for Skeleton Shard. (Regeneration refers to the
specific process of keeping the creature in play by
removing all damage, tapping it, and removing it from
combat. This doesn't apply here, as the card is in the
graveyard.)
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Q: I was also wondering if
you can only play the ability during your turn or at
any time.
A: The card doesn't give a
restriction on when it can be played, so you can play
it any time you can play an instant.
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Q: Also, does Skeleton
Shard's ability have to be used right before the
creature is destroyed, like regeneration, or can you
play it's ability at any point in the game after the
creature is destroyed?
-Chris
A: You can't use it before
the creature is destroyed, because the card isn't in
your graveyard yet. Skeleton Shard can only return
cards from your graveyard to your hand.
See you Tuesday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge |
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