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Re: Champions of Kamigawa
9.1.04
Questions: 7
As we are starting to get
a few cards out for the new set, I have a few comments
about what I will and will not answer with regards to
a new set in this column. It was summed up nicely some
time ago, and I repeat it each time a new set starts
to get cards revealed:
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This is my policy on
answering cards before the release of the official
list (which will likely be on 19 September):
1) You must provide me
with the full rules text of the card. I will answer
the question based on the rules text you give me. If
the rules text you give me turns out to be different
that the actual rules text, then it may change the
ruling.
2) I will not answer
questions that deal with a block or set mechanic until
the FAQ for the set has been released, unless the
mechanic has been seen in another set previously, in
which case I will rule based on what we currently know
about the mechanic.
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In addition, I need you to
hold all questions related to multiple legendary
permanents of the same name for a little bit. (For
those who are unaware, Mark Rosewater, in
his column Monday, informed us there is a new rule
for legendary permanents as of Champions.)
I will be writing a column
about prereleases in my last normal column before the
prerelease. I will also be moving that column, which
is scheduled to post 16 September, up one day, and
post it 15 September (Thursday instead of Friday).
That column will deal only with the prerelease. I will
not be answering any reader rules questions in that
column - it will strictly be information about the
prerelease and Champions.
I will be going over the
new legends rule in that column. (I want to see the
FAQ, which should give us plenty of information about
it, to have solid information about it before I pass
it on.)
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Now that I have that out
of the way, we can get to the questions...
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Q: My opponent plays
Goblin Charbelcher, and activates it targeting me. He
reveals his entire deck, and there is no land in the
deck... how much damage do I take?
A: You take damage equal to the number of cards revealed (which is the number of cards in his deck). You don't have to reveal a land to do the damage.
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Q: There is a Chalice of
the Void out with 4 charge counters on it... Does that
mean that if I play Last Word, it is countered? Or
does the effect of it take place, and ignore Chalice?
A: Chalice will attempt to
counter the Last Word, and fail. Then Last Word will
counter the spell it's targeting.
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Q: If I play Chalice of
the Void for zero, can I later on play a Chalice for 1
or 2? ( or any number for that matter?) Or does
Chalice count as 0 cc no matter how much you spend
when you play it? Or does Chalice count as, say, 2
mana cc if I play it for 4 mana?
-Kyle F.
A: X, anywhere but on the
stack, is 0. So a Chalice in play has a mana cost of
0, but a Chalice on the stack is 2 times the number of
charge counters you will be putting on it. So, if you
have a Chalice with 0 charge counters on it, and you
play a Chalice for one charge counter, the Chalice
being played has a mana cost of 2, and won't be
countered by a Chalice with 0 counters on it.
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Q: Your combat phase
breakdown helped me some... but I am still a bit
confused on something. If I don't declare attackers;
will the combat phase not have happened?
-Jon N.
A: The combat phase always
happens. If you don't declare any attackers, the game
will skip the Declare Blockers and Combat Damage
steps. So the steps in a combat phase with no
attackers go as follows:
-Beginning of Attack step
(both players get priority).
-Declare Attackers Step. Once you declare no attackers, both players get priority. Once this step ends, the game skips the Declare Blockers and Combat Damage steps, and goes straight to the: -End of Combat step (both players get priority).
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Q: My opponent have a
untapped Pristine Angel in play. I cast Wave of
Reckoning. Does the Pristine Angel go to the grave due
to the damage? Or does the protection from all color
prevents all damage?
-Kotaro K.
A: This was actually
answered in the Odyssey FAQ (since the first creature
with protection from all colors, Iridescent Angel, was
introduced there):
"Protection from all
colors: This grants a creature five different
protection abilities. These are protection from white,
from blue, from black, from red, and from green."
Since Pristine Angel has
protection from all colors, it has protection from
white. Thus, the damage is prevented.
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Q: If my opponent has a
2/2 creature, and a 1/1 creature, and I have a
Fireball and 5 lands (one of them red), if I tap all
my lands, would I be able to kill them both given that
you have to pay (1) for the target beyond the first,
rounded even?
-Mad Dog
A: No. Let's go through
the spell:
It costs {R} to start,
leaving you 4 mana.
It costs {1} for the second target, leaving you 3 mana, which is the value for X. 3, divided by 2, is 1.5. 1.5, rounded down, is 1.
So each creature will take
one damage. Thus, the 2/2 will live.
You will need 6 mana to
kill both of the creatures (to do 2 damage to each).
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Q: I know that you can
have as many lands as you want, but “Cloudpost”
doesn’t seem like a regular land. And I wanted to know
exactly how many I can have in my deck?
-Vitaly P.
A: Here is the deck
construction rule:
100.2 ... A constructed
deck can have any number of basic land cards and no
more than four of any card with a particular English
name other than basic land cards.
A "basic land card" is a
land with the supertype basic. Since Cloudpost does
not have the supertype basic, you are limited to 4
Cloudposts in your deck.
See you Friday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge
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