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Master of the Floodgate
10.15.04
Questions: 11
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Q: If I have two Student
of the Elements and a Floodgate, if I use Gempalm
Sorcerer's cycle ability to give all wizards flying,
will the Floodgate gain flying and be destroyed when
the students flip or will the students destroy each
other (Legends rule) before my other creatures gain
flying?
A: The Floodgate would
have flying and be destroyed before the stack cleared.
Note also, that there would be one Tobita, Master of
Winds and one Student of Elements sometime during this
stack.
This is because the flip
triggers on Student of Elements are just a normal
triggered ability, and use the stack ... the just
don't flip immediately when they gain flying.
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Q: Let's say I'm playing a
1.5 game in a tournament, and the current match is
1-1. My opponent, down on his luck in round 3, has Uyo
Silent Prophet in play, decides to cast Shaharazad. He
then using Uyo, he "forks" the Shaharazad 3 or 4
times, with 15 minutes or so on the clock, in an
attempt to stall that game to a draw. If I called you
over to judge this how would you rule even though his
play is legal?
-DM
A: Have fun. *walks away*
This is a totally legal
set of plays. The player is not playing slowly.
You have the right to
concede any of the subgames, if you wish.
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Q: If a player has been
gaining ten life a turn with Tower of Eons for two
turns. Then you ask to see his mana, he has only 7
and a Sword of Kaldra upside down in the pile. If he
hadn't gained 20 life he would be dead what is the
ruling?
A: Typically, I would just
assess a Warning for Procedural Error - Major to both
players. It really doesn't matter that the player is
below 20 life at this point - he could have had other
plays that might have kept him alive.
And yes, the player who
brought this up (not using the Tower) would also get a
warning. This is because it is BOTH PLAYERS'
responsibility for maintaining a correct game state at
all times.
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Q: The other night at our
Magic gathering, something came up in a match that
seemed 'wrong' to me. I was not involved in the match
directly but caught the general idea. Here goes.
Player A is attacking with
a 2/2 creature. Player B defends with a 1/1 that has
an ability to tap and do a point of damage. He blocks
and then taps as he put it 'Before the damage is
resolved'.
Now it just may be me...
But if Player B's creature blocks... Then it dies. And
if it taps... Then it can't block.
I'm fairly new to the game
and need help. Please reply.
-Bill
A: Welcome to Sixth
Edition Rules. This is perfectly legal.
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Q: I have a question about
a nasty little infinite loop that came up. If my
friend played Panoptic Mirror and imprinted Time
Stretch onto it, and continuously took extra turns,
what would happen? The game wouldn't end in a draw
because it is not a mandatory loop, and rule 421.2
states "If the loop contains one or more optional
actions and one player controls them all, that player
chooses a number. The loop is treated as repeating
that many times or until the other player intervenes,
whichever comes first." Now obviously we might get
into a position where we cannot intervene and stop the
loop, and since he has a choice of stopping it he can
go on for as long as he wants. Is this a legal way to
play the game or would something stop this crazy
Mirror?
-Jon S.
A: He would take turns
until he lost or until no significant game actions
take place (for example, Platinum Angel, no library,
no cards in hand). Then, AND ONLY THEN, would I apply
the "loop" rule.
Of course, he could choose
to not play the Time Stretch at some point, stopping
the loop himself.
He can't just say "I'll
take Time Stretch turns until [condition]." He
actually has to take the turns (in a timely manner)
until one of the above conditions comes up.
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Q: If someone plays a
Chastise on an attacking artifact creature, can you
sacrifice the artifact to an Atog just before the
instant work so they wouldn't gain the life?
-Samuel S.
A: Yes. The Chastise will
be countered in this instance.
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Q: If there is an Aether
Flash in play and I play a Grizzly Bear, can I use
Healing Salve to prevent the damage from the Aether
Flash?
A: Yes. Aether Flash is a
triggered ability. ALL (and yes, I do mean ALL)
non-mana triggered abilities use the stack and can be
responded to.
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Q: Does Konda's Banner
also give the equipped creature the bonus (two
+1/+1's)?
A: As long as the creature
has a color and creature type, then yes, it will get
+2/+2.
Remember, "colorless" and
"artifact" are not colors, and "artifact" is not a
creature type.
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Q: I know that if you use
Astral Slide on a flipped creature, it comes back into
play unflipped. Is the same true for Phasing?
-Ryan
A: No. In the same way
Mistform Ultimus is the exception to most creature
type questions, Phasing is the exception to the
resetting of creatures when they leave play.
Phasing "remembers" how
the creature was before it left play, and will return
that creature card to play in the same manner.
(Enchantments and equipment phase with the creature
they are attached to.)
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Q: If I have a Mycosynth
Golem, a Mycosynth Lattice, and 7 artifacts out would
Plated Slagwurm cost me 3 or 0?
A: It will still cost {4}{G}{G}{G}
(but you can pay 7 mana of any color due to the
Lattice). Being colorless does not make a card an
artifact. Only cards in play are artifacts with the
Lattice out.
Mycosynth Lattice
{6} Artifact All permanents are artifacts in addition to their other types. All cards that aren’t in play, spells, and permanents are colorless. Players may spend mana as though it were mana of any color.
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Q: Will Wrath of God or
Worldslayer kill an indestructible creature?
-Aaron S.
A: No. Wrath and
Worldslayer both use the word "destroy."
Indestructible creatures can't be destroyed by any
destroy effect, targeted or not.
See you Tuesday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge |
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