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Vanishing Cliffs
Questions: 6 10.29.04
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Q: I have a 4/4 Ravenous
Baloth out, my opponent has an 8/8 under his
control. I attack with the Baloth, he blocks with
the 8/8. Can I let combat damage go on the stack,
use the Contested Cliffs to deal enough damage to
kill my opponents creature, and sacrifice my Baloth
to gain 4 life?
A: No. If you sacrifice
the Baloth before Contested Cliffs resolves, it will
be an illegal target. Therefore, your opponent's
creature won't take damage. (Similarly, if your
opponent's creature goes away before the Cliffs
ability resolves, your Baloth won't take damage as a
result of the Cliffs.) This is because ...
413.2a ...If a target is
illegal, the spell or ability can’t perform any
actions on it or make the target perform any
actions...
and Contested Cliffs'
ability reads:
RG, T: Choose target
Beast you control and target creature an opponent
controls. Each creature deals damage equal to its
power to the other.
So both creatures are
targeted, and the Cliffs have the creatures deal the
damage.
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Q: What happens if I use
Contested Cliffs and my opponent kills my creature
in response?
-Cody
A: His creature won't
take damage.
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Q: If the opponent plays
a spell to kill a creature with a spell/ ability
that states that the creature cannot be regenerated,
am I able to still give the creature a ‘regeneration
shield’ knowing that it will do nothing? (in other
words, can I still use the ability for no ‘apparent’
reason)?
-Derek
A: Sure, The creature
doesn't even have to be dying to put a regeneration
shield on it - you can use the regeneration ability
whenever you like. (It can act as a mana sink this
way.) (Of course, if the shield isn't used by the
end of the turn, it'll wear off.)
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Q: My opponent has a two
Mirrodin's Core, each with a counter on it, and one
of every basic land type. He plays a Solarion, and
taps his basic lands for the five colors. Then,
removing counters from the cores, he says he add a
magenta and a maroon mana to his mana pool, and uses
it to pay for Solarion.
-Ricky F.
A: Sorry, no. Magenta
and maroon are not colors.
There are five, and only
five, colors in Magic: white, blue, black, red, and
green. If a spell or ability asks you to pick a
color, you must pick one of these five colors.
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Q: Can I splice Through
the Breach onto Soulless Revival and then put the
creature I returned from the graveyard to my hand
into play?
-Mike
A: Yes. You execute the
spell's instructions in order. Since you played the
Soulless Revival and spliced on the other spell, you
return the creature first.
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Q: My opponent has an
Island and a Black Lotus in play. I draw, play Swamp
and a Mox jet, and then I cast Hymn to Tourach. My
opponent responds by playing Cunning Wish sacing the
Lotus, he searches for Daze. The then uses Daze to
counter my Hymn. Can he do this?
-Juan
A: Yes. When both
players pass, only the top spell or ability on the
stack resolves. In this case, it is his Cunning
Wish. Once it resolves (and he gets Daze), both
players get priority again before the Hymn resolves.
See you Tuesday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge |
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