"Ending the turn" immediately skips to Clean-Up, which means that any "at the beginning of the End Step" abilities missed their trigger.
Any "at the beginning of this turn's end step" abilities miss their trigger, but not any "at the beginning of the next end step" abilities, because their trigger hasn't happened yet. They're still waiting around.
A: Yep! Mimic Vat's ability only triggers once, at the beginning of the next end step. Once that ability triggers, it'll never trigger again. Activating the Sundial is a good way to make sure that ability never resolves, and your token's good forever.
I believe this trick will work *only* if you activate the sundial of the infinite during the end step, once the delayed triggered ability is already on the stack. If you activate the sundial before the end step of your turn, won't the ability that forces you to sacrifice the token just happen at the next end step (on your opponent's turn)?
Demonic Interference3BB
Sorcery
Target player reveals his or her hand and discards all non-artifact cards from it.
Cycling 3BB
When you cycle Demonic Interference, target player reveals his or her hand and discards all artifact cards from it.
Why would you ever cast this instead of cycling it, since it's a sorcery, but cycling is done at instant speed and nets a card draw?
Oh, whoops, just noticed that the cycling gets rid of just artifacts, which is less powerful. So it's kind of modal in nature. I'll modify the card based on the way I misread it:
Empty Interference2BBB
Sorcery
Target player reveals his or her hand and discards all non-land cards from it.
Cycling 1BBBBB
When you cycle Demonic Interference, target player reveals his or her hand and discards all non-land cards from it.
Slightly more expensive for instant speed and cantrip.
Memnarch's Phoenix4:symr::symr:
Legendary Creature - Pet Phoenix
Flying
When ~ enters the battlefield, gain control of target artifact.
When ~ is sent from anywhere to the graveyard, you may sacrifice the controlled arifact. If you do, return ~ to your hand
Cycling: 3R(Discard this card, draw a card - Blurb)
If you cycle ~, you gain control of target artifact until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.
I'e received two more at my MTGS-exclusive address. They appear to be originating from phished/hacked yahoo addresses now (unlike the first one). I am changing my registered address on here and setting up that address to bounce as undeliverable.
I have not received anything else. I wonder if it is possible that when I first registered, my e-mail address was publicly visible on my profile for any period of time?
We have been closely monitoring all site and database accesses for the past three days and nothing suspicious has come up.
The only way to collect a lot of emails would be through a flaw in the control panel of vBulletin, but all accesses are logged too, and I have checked those logs thoroughly.
I have also created a new account but have not received any emails on that address, so it most likely isn't something that is ongoing.
Whenever something similar has happened via other sites (manhunt, for example), I have changed my account e-mail address to something different. Yet I never got similar spam at the new address. I agree that these exploits are probably one-time hits, not an ongoing backdoor-usage.
@OP - You really have a different email for every website you're registered at ever? That's really diligent.
Well, I control several domain names, including gemini6ice (dot-com). So when i register for a website, it's simply a matter of registering [some unique name, such as the website's name]@[my domain name].
I have my webhosting set up to flow all e-mail into one mailbox. It's pretty simple.
This exact email has been around for several months as a Google search revealed. On one of my accounts where I receive a lot of spam I have several copies of it (and unrelated to MTGS).
ganderin_dan also said he received several copies, it might be that whoever sends those just sent out a couple million today.
I think both of these suspicions are probably true.
I use a different e-mail address for each website I am registered on, and I've just received spam at my MTGS e-mail address. The most likely explanation, imho, is that MTGS's database security has somehow been compromised? This e-mail address is nowhere publicly visible, afaik.
It is a phishing e-mail purporting to be from Blizzard:
We have verification the password for the World of Warcraft account associated with this email address. verification password, please click the following link and follow the instructions:
If you notice issues with the World of Warcraft account or associated games after logging in with your account, please contact the appropriate support department for assistance immediately: http://www.blizzard.com/support/index.xml?gameId=11
Please remember that it is your responsibility to keep your login information confidential. You may not share access to the account with anyone who is not expressly permitted in the World of Warcraft Terms of Use and the Terms of Use for the games you play. You are also responsible for every use of your login information, whether you have authorized it or not.
Billing and Account Services can be reached directly at 1-800-592-5499. Players in Australia and Singapore should call 1-800-041-378 and 800-2549927 respectively if unable to connect via the first number. Our representatives are available Monday through Friday, between 8:00AM and 8:00PM Pacific Time.
Thank you,
Blizzard Entertainment
If an MTGS admin could look into the issue, please let me know, and I can forward you the raw headers of the e-mail.
Hellish FanaticismBR
Enchantment
Whenever you sacrifice a creature, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain haste until end of turn.
Footprints of The GoryoXXBB
Sorcery
Put X creature cards from your graveyard onto the battlefield. Then sacrifice X creatures. At the beginning of the next end step, exile X creatures you control.
Creature - Dwarf Rogue
T, Discard two cards: Draw a card. Add RR to your mana pool.
0/2
Any "at the beginning of this turn's end step" abilities miss their trigger, but not any "at the beginning of the next end step" abilities, because their trigger hasn't happened yet. They're still waiting around.
I believe this trick will work *only* if you activate the sundial of the infinite during the end step, once the delayed triggered ability is already on the stack. If you activate the sundial before the end step of your turn, won't the ability that forces you to sacrifice the token just happen at the next end step (on your opponent's turn)?
Why would you ever cast this instead of cycling it, since it's a sorcery, but cycling is done at instant speed and nets a card draw?
Oh, whoops, just noticed that the cycling gets rid of just artifacts, which is less powerful. So it's kind of modal in nature. I'll modify the card based on the way I misread it:
Empty Interference 2BBB
Sorcery
Target player reveals his or her hand and discards all non-land cards from it.
Cycling 1BBBBB
When you cycle Demonic Interference, target player reveals his or her hand and discards all non-land cards from it.
Slightly more expensive for instant speed and cantrip.
Infernance Dragon
3(P/R)(P/R)
Artifact Creature - Dragon
Flying
Artifactcycling 1(P/R)(P/R)
Whenever you cycle a card, ~ deals 3 damage to target artifact creature or player.
4/4
Wait, a five-mana spell that effectively stops your opponent from *ever getting another card*?! Way too powerful!
Mindnumber 4
Artifact
At the beginning of your draw step, you may choose not to draw any cards and pay BB. if you do, target player discards a card.
Elusive Phoenix :symr::symr:
Creature - Elemental Bird
Flying
Cycling: 2R
When you cycle ~, you may gain control of target artifact until end of turn. Untap it.
2/2
Whenever something similar has happened via other sites (manhunt, for example), I have changed my account e-mail address to something different. Yet I never got similar spam at the new address. I agree that these exploits are probably one-time hits, not an ongoing backdoor-usage.
Well, I control several domain names, including gemini6ice (dot-com). So when i register for a website, it's simply a matter of registering [some unique name, such as the website's name]@[my domain name].
I have my webhosting set up to flow all e-mail into one mailbox. It's pretty simple.
I think both of these suspicions are probably true.
I haven't gotten the money ones via my MTGS address (yet). I don't play WoW either, which is what made it (even more) obviously a phishing e-mail.
It is a phishing e-mail purporting to be from Blizzard:
If an MTGS admin could look into the issue, please let me know, and I can forward you the raw headers of the e-mail.
Footprints of The Goryo XXBB
Sorcery
Put X creature cards from your graveyard onto the battlefield. Then sacrifice X creatures. At the beginning of the next end step, exile X creatures you control.