1) This involves a recent dispute at FNM between players playing beside me, and I wasn't sure what the answer was, so maybe you could help. Quicksilver Gargantuan and Mimic Vat is the interaction in question. When the Gargantuan comes into play, its controller chooses another creature in play to make it a copy of, except it still being a 7/7. So when it dies and subsequently imprinted onto the Vat, will the Vat be able to make copies of a "Quicksilver Gargantuan", or of the copied card? I told them I thought it made Gargantuans, i.e. the original card, because imprinting a "copy" doesn't make sense, but I wasn't sure.
2) Another issue involved a game I was playing in. I had a Blight Mamba and he had a pinger, forgot which one, let's say a Prodigal Pyromancer. He claimed he could ping my Mamba for one at the beginning of my combat phase to force me to regenerate it (or let it die). And once regenerated, it taps, making it ineligible to attack. At the time, I thought this was wrong because I get priority at the beginning of the combat phase being the active player, so I could declare the Mamba as an attacker before tapping would cause him to not be able to attack. Still unsure though.
golem artisan costs 5 and we cannot ramp thru Reservoir is why he is not played along with the fact that without inf mana he is pretty much a dead draw. I would 90% of the time rather see a comet storm drawn than a golem artisan and with inf mana the comet storm requires only itself whereas artisan requires another creature.
The Golem can target itself.
Not to mention, the only way you'd have infinite mana is with at least three other creatures in play.
Isn't that "Fizzle"? It goes to graveyard because it Fizzles.
I.E: Aura Blast is a white instant that reads: “Destroy target enchantment. Draw a card.” If the enchantment isn’t a legal target during Aura Blast’s resolution (say, if it has gained protection from white or left play), then Aura Blast is countered. Its controller doesn’t draw a card.
I'm wondering about this, actually. Isn't the card draw for that a separate effect due to it being a separate sentence/line? Thus, you need a target to cast it, yes, but if the target becomes illegal through the methods you mentioned, the destruction effect is countered, but you would still draw the card. Is this right?
Your final sentence makes it appear that you are under the impression proliferate doubles the number of counters, when in fact it simply adds one. As mentioned, your opponent would be at 7 poison counters after combat.
He's right. Both cards will be destroyed (well, technically exiled). The Effigy's ability will go on the stack targeting your Vandal and resolves whether or not the card will still be in play. Not to mention that the stack resolves in reverse order.
He certainly can. Ezuri is an elf and his ability says "another target elf". So if an ability from another creature says "regenerate another target elf", then Ezuri is a valid target.
2) Another issue involved a game I was playing in. I had a Blight Mamba and he had a pinger, forgot which one, let's say a Prodigal Pyromancer. He claimed he could ping my Mamba for one at the beginning of my combat phase to force me to regenerate it (or let it die). And once regenerated, it taps, making it ineligible to attack. At the time, I thought this was wrong because I get priority at the beginning of the combat phase being the active player, so I could declare the Mamba as an attacker before tapping would cause him to not be able to attack. Still unsure though.
Anyway, thanks for the help.
The Golem can target itself.
Not to mention, the only way you'd have infinite mana is with at least three other creatures in play.
I'm wondering about this, actually. Isn't the card draw for that a separate effect due to it being a separate sentence/line? Thus, you need a target to cast it, yes, but if the target becomes illegal through the methods you mentioned, the destruction effect is countered, but you would still draw the card. Is this right?
In the third example, it would deal 4 because effects resolve in reverse order.