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Title: Band This
Questions: 13 1.04.05
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Well, as official
previews for Betrayers of Kamigawa start next week
on magicthegathering.com, I expect to receive a
question about a card in that set any day now.
So, once again, here are
my rules for answering questions about cards prior
to the prerelease (which is on the 22nd:)
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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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Also, a clarification
from my last column:
>>>Q: A few turns later
he put out a 9/9 creature that if it deals combat
damage to me I lose the game and he banded it to a
sliver to make it have protection from green, give
it flying, and to get it stronger and he attacks
with it because it is the second turn that it has
been out of the field.<<<
Bill.....I think you
should also let this guy know that the banded
creature does not receive all those bonuses and CAN
be blocked by a simple elf.
-Michael K.
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Moving on,
Q: Can a creature with
haste just attack, or does haste make it not have
summoning sickness?
-Viabhav S.
A: Haste allows a
creature to ignore the effects of summoning
sickness. (It still has summoning sickness.)
(So you can play Vulshok
Sorcerer and tap him to do one damage to something
on the turn he comes into play.)
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Q: I'm playing a land
destruction deck against my friends zombie deck. It
is his turn and I have an Earthblighter in play. He
taps all four of his mana to put in a Soulless One
but as an instant I use the Earthblighter's ability
to destroy one of his lands. Does the Soulless One
go into the graveyard or back to his hand?
-Kirk
A: Neither. Once your
friend says he is going to play the Soulless One,
you can't do anything until he's played it. After
he's played it, he's already got the mana he needs
from his lands, so if you destroy one of the lands
he tapped, it won't do anything to the mana he
already spent from it.
So the Soulless One will
resolve and come into play.
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Q: I have Mana Echoes,
Goblin Warrens, and 3 goblins out. If I Sacrifice 2
goblins to the Warrens. From Mana Echoes do I get 12
Mana or 3 Mana.
-Mike K.
A: You sacrifice 2
goblins, leaving you 1. The Warrens ability
resolves, making 3 goblins. The Mana Echoes will
trigger 3 times, once for each goblin that came into
play.
Assuming nothing happens
before the Mana Echoes ability resolves, each goblin
will give you 4 mana, and 4*3=12, so you will get 12
mana total (assuming you choose to get all of the
mana. You can also choose to get 0, 4, 8, or 12 mana
total).
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Q: First, when
sacrificing a creature (through a High Market, for
example), can players respond and remove any
enchantments on the creature (such as Pattern of
Rebirth) before the sacrifice takes effect or do
onboard sacrifice effects not allow for response?
(Yes I read Mantra 1, but am unsure if it
necessarily applies here.)
A: No. the game will put
the enchantment into the graveyard as a state-based
effect before you get priority after the spell is
played.
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Q: Next up is a more
specific scenario: Player A has a 5/5 Magnivore in
play. Player B casts Goblin Grenade and targets the
Magnivore, doing 5 points of damage. Does the
Goblin Grenade card count toward assessing the
power/toughness of the creature or does the sorcery
not go into the graveyard until after lethal damage
has been dealt? Player A asserts that the spell is
successfully cast and should thus count (making his
creature a 6/6) before determining whether the
damage is lethal or not, while Player B counters
that damage from the spell goes off before the card
hits the graveyard. Who is right?
-Confused in Arizona
A: This one was a little
tricky for me, so I'll walk you through it.
-There are 5 sorceries
in the graveyard, so Magnivore is 5/5.
-Player B plays Goblin Grenade. To keep things simple, no one has a response, and it resolves. -Magnivore takes 5 damage. -Goblin Grenade has finished resolving, so it is put into the graveyard. -Now, we check state based effects, since someone is about to receive priority. There are now 6 sorceries in the graveyard, so Magnivore is a 6/6. It only has 5 damage on it, so it lives.
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Q: I'm pretty certain
I'm right but abilities that creatures get as they
come into play (such as the Phyrexian card that
makes the opponent discard their entire hand)...
A: I can't find the card
you are referring to on
Gatherer. For purposes of this question, I am
going to go with a very similar card, Ravenous Rats.
Ravenous Rats
1B Creature — Rat 1/1 When Ravenous Rats comes into play, target opponent discards a card.
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Q: ... do not actually
happen if the creature spell is countered, as the
creature never comes into play.
A: Correct. If the
Ravenous Rats never makes it into play, it didn't
come into play, so the opponent of the controller of
Ravenous Rats will never discard a card.
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Q: My opponent is trying
to say if he plays that card I can't counter it
because I have to discard my hand. (Bill's note: or,
in my substitute case, the only card in your hand,
assuming you have just one card.)
A: Wrong. Your card, or,
in my case, Ravenous Rats, goes on the stack and has
to resolve before it can actually come into play.
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Q: Do counterspells
counter any spell (i.e. instant, creature, or any
others).
A: Counterspells can
counter any spell as its being cast (unless the card
says otherwise ... see Obliterate).
The rules define a spell
this way ..
213.1. Every nonland
card is a spell while it’s being played (see rule
409, “Playing Spells and Activated Abilities”) and
while it’s on the stack. Once it’s played, a card
remains a spell until it resolves, is countered, or
otherwise leaves the stack. For more information,
see rule 401, “Spells on the Stack.”
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Q: I know playing a land
is not a spell, correct?
-Jesse M.
A: Correct.
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Q: Will March of the
Machines kill Artifact Lands (on account of the no
cost) like it kills 0 cost artifacts, or does it not
affect them due to no printed cost?
-Dallas S.
A: Question
6, and
Question 3
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Q: I play Buried Alive
and put 2 Twisted Abominations and 1 Soulless One
into my graveyard. I had 2 mana left over so I used
them to regenerate my Twisted Abomination....
-Chris C.
A: Say what? Question
4.
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Q: I was just wondering
what would happen if I had a Deathgazer with Lure
attached and attacked an opponent with a Royal
Assassin to defend? what would trigger first, Lure,
or the Assassin's activated ability?
-Chris S.
A: As detailed in
Mantra 10, after you attack, your opponent can
play spells or abilities before he has to block
(defend). So before he has to block, your opponent
can play Royal Assassin's ability, killing the
Deathgazer. Then, since the Deathgazer isn't around
any more, the Assassin won't have to block it.
(Besides, even if the
Assassin did block the Deathgazer, it wouldn't die.
Deathgazer's ability only kills nonblack creatures.)
Deathgazer
3B Creature — Lizard 2/2 Whenever Deathgazer blocks or becomes blocked by a nonblack creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.
See you Friday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge |
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