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  • posted a message on Does it fizzle?
    If an illegal action is taken, the game rewinds to right before it happened. They will put the Swords back in their hand.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Brick


    I can remove it if anyone wants.


    It's not that it offends me, it's that it says something about you that you would even think of that.

    Posted in: Custom Card Creation
  • posted a message on Cinder Pyromancer taps to deal damage, but is destroyed
    The source of the damage is the Pyromancer, and it will deal damage when its ability resolves, even though it is dead. Otherwise how does Mogg Fanatic work?
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on "Add mana of any color" effects in colorless decks... How does this work?
    There is no rule anymore preventing you from adding mana outside your commander's color identity. You can run Coveted Jewel in any deck and tap it for any color. This changed a long time ago. You may also run Puzzlebox in any deck, even colorless.
    You absolutely can play Gauntlet of Power in any commander deck, and choose any color, no matter the color identity of your commander. You can't choose colorless, but that's because colorless is not a color, not because of any special Commander rules.
    The color identity of your commander limits what the color identity of the cards in your decklist are. This counts mana symbols and color indicators anywhere on the card, but does not count color words, "choose a color" or "any color."
    Posted in: Commander Rules Discussion Forum
  • posted a message on Dragon Broodmother Upkeep
    Dragon Broodmother

    "Each upkeep" means every single upkeep of every turn. If it meant your upkeep it would say "your upkeep."
    You control Dragon Broodmother so you control its ability. Only you make the token when that ability resolves.
    In short, you (and only you) get a Dragon token at the beginning of every upkeep no matter whose turn it is.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Yidaro, Wandering Monster and Library of Leng.. or ruling on cycling as a cost?
    Cycling [cost] means ([Cost], Discard this card: Draw a card.) The discard is before the colon, so it's part of the cost. It can't be replaced by Library of Leng.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Royal Decree (Twisting Counterspells into Spells for Other Colors)
    Let's say your opponent is going to win the game unless you remove their permanent. They'll choose to let you search their library, and win anyways, every single time.

    Let's say you really need to extraction your opponent, like they're playing a combo deck that relies on a specific card. They'll choose to let you exile the permanent, and keep the whole combo in their deck anyways, every single time.

    This card will never do what you want. It will always do the thing that makes the least impact on the game. Besides, you are greatly overvaluing the extraction effect. If I'm not playing a combo deck that requires specific one-ofs I'll let you search my deck every time you cast this spell, with zero impact on board state and a -1 in card disadvantage for you.
    Posted in: Custom Card Creation
  • posted a message on Quantum Entanglement
    Do you mean "...each opponent may create a treasure token" (i.e. the opponents of the player who controls this enchantment) or "...each of that player's opponents may create a treasure token" (i.e. the opponents of the player who cast the spell)?
    Posted in: Custom Card Creation
  • posted a message on Pili-pala and summoning sickness with grand architect
    I second peteroupc, this is a textbook case of the untap symbol and summoning sickness.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Magic Rulings vs. Logic - Flash
    Being able to cast a spell as though it had flash does not give the card flash any more than a creature being able to block as though it has flying gives it flying. That's logic. Sorry you disagree.

    I won't issue an actual warning, but be careful as to make sure your potential annoyance with someone's disagreement doesn't cross into disrespect territory. To anyone reading, I don't want to see other posts like this here. Thank you. -MadMage
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Elyra, Mercadian Merchant
    You changed the card without including a revision, so now we all look like we're talking about a different card.

    What is "Whenever an opponent pays mana for a triggered ability from a permanent you control, at the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of C equal to that spell’s mana value" supposed to mean? What spell? What mana value?
    Posted in: Custom Card Creation
  • posted a message on Elyra, Mercadian Merchant
    This is an interesting idea but in practice I fear it would make annoying cards even more annoying. People are already bad enough at evaluating when they should pay for these triggers, and to add to that we're making everyone search their library every time someone's Smothering Tithe triggers. That doesn't seem fun to me.
    Posted in: Custom Card Creation
  • posted a message on Mox Tantalite and Solemnity
    Quote from Platypus »
    Thank you for the clear explanations. I was confusing permanents with cards. Although there is currently no hack with which to remove counters from exiled cards, what happens when a card with suspend is retrieved from exile while it still has counters on it? Retrieved using cards like Riftsweeper, Pull From Eternity, or Runic Repetition? Or when a card is cast from exile using things like Ashiok, Nightmare Muse?


    Clockspinning lets you remove a counter from a suspended card. When the last counter is removed this way (or any way), you cast it without paying its mana cost.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Shim's Casino
    Seems undercosted to me. 7/8 chance of all your spells costing one less, with gravy on top of that, should cost more than 1 IMO.
    Posted in: Custom Card Creation
  • posted a message on Domino Trap Game
    Two of WHAT cards? The blood counters are on the single exiled card. Counters are not tokens, and tokens are definitely not cards.
    Roll dice if you want a 1/3 chance. This "pick a card" stuff is pointless because ultimately it's just a random chance.
    What is your intent if a token permanent is targeted? Tokens can't return to the battlefield from another zone, and tokens aren't cards so if you target one with this there is no "exiled card."
    As written the "source" has to have an ability currently on the stack to be able to cast this spell. Is that your intent, or is it just that the targeted permanent HAS an ability IN its rules text?
    Posted in: Custom Card Creation
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