What would happen if I cast this? What would happen if I tapped the left side guy for his ability? What would happen if this card had fuse and I attempted to cast both sides?
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EDH RRGrenzo plays your deck, GGYeva's mono green control, WW9-tails trys desperately for monowhite not to suck RWBUTymna and Kraum's saboteur tribal, UWG Kestia's Enchantress Aggro, RUB Jeleva casts big dumb spells, RGB Vaevictis' big critters can kill your critters hard
This forum can't answer questions about speculated or custom cards. There are no rules to handle split permanents, and no intention to make split cards with permanents on them specifically to avoid having to create rules to cover this. So basically, it's a made up card, make up whatever rule you'd like.
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If your question is "What would a judge do is this situation?", only one person's answer is relevant, and that is the Head Judge at your event. I can quote the rules, but I don't know your HJ.
I'm a former judge (lapsed), who keeps up to date on rules and policy. Keep in mind that judges' answers aren't necessarily more valid than those of people who aren't judges; what matters is we can quote the rules to back up our answers. When in doubt, ask for such quotes.
The rules don't currently support split cards that have permanent types on at least one half, but only because there is no rule that says how to treat a permanent represented by a split card. Under the strict interpretation of the rules as they are now, the card doesn't work.
However, the analogous rule does exist for the stack: For a spell represented by a split card on the stack, the spell is treated as though only the characteristics of the half being chosen exist. For fused spells, both halves' characteristics exist.
We can naturally extend this rule to say that permanents on the battlefield that were put there from the stack continue to have the same characteristics as it did when it was a spell. That is, it has only the characteristics of the half that was chosen when it was on the stack, or both if the spell on the stack was fused.
Things get a bit more confusing when considering reanimation effects, but not too much. Since this is completely uncharted territory, you are free to define the interaction as you wish. Personally, I would say that if a permanent represented by a split card is returned to the battlefield, the player returning the permanent chooses one half or the other, and only that half's characteristics will exist on the permanent.
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[c]Lightning Bolt[/c] -> Lightning Bolt
[c=Lightning Bolt]Apple Pie[/c] -> Apple Pie
Vowels-Only Format Minimum deck size: 60 Maximum number of identical cards: 4 Ban list: Cards whose English names begin with a consonant, Unglued and Unhinged cards, cards involving ante, Ancestral Recall
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What would happen if I cast this? What would happen if I tapped the left side guy for his ability? What would happen if this card had fuse and I attempted to cast both sides?
RRGrenzo plays your deck, GGYeva's mono green control, WW9-tails trys desperately for monowhite not to suck
RWBUTymna and Kraum's saboteur tribal, UWG Kestia's Enchantress Aggro, RUB Jeleva casts big dumb spells, RGB Vaevictis' big critters can kill your critters hard
Arena Standard
UUUU Tempo, since before it was cool
Various Wx decks running Fountain of Renewal and Day of Glory
Anything I can cram Chaos Wand in to
If your question is "What would a judge do is this situation?", only one person's answer is relevant, and that is the Head Judge at your event. I can quote the rules, but I don't know your HJ.
However, the analogous rule does exist for the stack: For a spell represented by a split card on the stack, the spell is treated as though only the characteristics of the half being chosen exist. For fused spells, both halves' characteristics exist.
We can naturally extend this rule to say that permanents on the battlefield that were put there from the stack continue to have the same characteristics as it did when it was a spell. That is, it has only the characteristics of the half that was chosen when it was on the stack, or both if the spell on the stack was fused.
Things get a bit more confusing when considering reanimation effects, but not too much. Since this is completely uncharted territory, you are free to define the interaction as you wish. Personally, I would say that if a permanent represented by a split card is returned to the battlefield, the player returning the permanent chooses one half or the other, and only that half's characteristics will exist on the permanent.
[c]Lightning Bolt[/c] -> Lightning Bolt
[c=Lightning Bolt]Apple Pie[/c] -> Apple Pie
Vowels-Only Format
Minimum deck size: 60
Maximum number of identical cards: 4
Ban list: Cards whose English names begin with a consonant, Unglued and Unhinged cards, cards involving ante, Ancestral Recall