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Yes the opponent knew what the card was and confirmed that when asked by the judge. Essentially there were no discrepancies in the story from both sides. My friend was just the first of them to put his hand up and say "JUDGE!".

A friend of mine was recently playing in a Grand Prix. Domri Rade was on the board and he used his first ability, revealed the card to his opponent and put it into his hand. Immediately after doing this he realized that the card was not a creature and called a judge.

The judge ruled that this was drawing extra cards and issued a game loss.

My issue with this is the card was allowed to be looked at by the player according to Domri Rade's first ability, so the player had no additional information, as would be the case if they drew an extra card. Also the card had been revealed to the opponent so they knew which card had been placed into the player's hand. Also the player was obviously not trying to cheat as they immediately informed their opponent and called a judge.

It seems to me that no advantage was gained by the player and he was clearly not trying to cheat and therefore a game warning would have been more appropriate. However I would like to find out what the official ruling should be for this situation.

Thanks.

Quote from Plasticbag25

Also, I lost both games of the u/w match to Gideon Jura. My opponent made it impossible to attack him with gideon's +2 and slowly killed my dudes then me.What do you think about dealing with Gideon?

I run 2 Maelstrom Pulse sideboard to deal with Gideon Jura. Of course you can catch it with Thoughtseize, but I like having a way to remove it if I miss.

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Some thoughts about Infect now that the dust has settled from the Pro Tour.

Aside from the ridiculous amount of land hate that is around now weakening Inkmoth Nexus, I think the scariest development is that 3 of the Eldrazi top 8 decks were running 4 x Chalice of the Void main.

Chalice of the Void requires answers, and the best that we have are Viridian Corrupter and Wild Defiance. I will be running 2 of both main. There is also the possibility of a big hit with Become Immense, if you don't run into Relic of Progenitus. I suppose Spell Pierce out of the side is something to consider also, but it does feel like it is going to be a dead card some of the time.

The inclusion of Gut Shot in the sideboard of these Eldrazi decks makes me want to run 4 x Mutagenic Growth. Not only is it the perfect defense against Gut Shot, it combines well with Wild Defiance, and also can really help win the game early. Winning the game early seems more important than it has ever been!

I agree. I've always used 4 mutagenic growths and I think they'll play a larger role in the new meta. If we drop the spell pierce would we replace it with more Nature's Claim or hurkyl's recall

Slip through Space netted me a Game One, Turn 3 kill today (Friendly Playtesting) as it let me draw a Fetchland to enable a Delve of Become Immense for a 10 poison counter alpha strike. Distortion Strike would not have enabled the Delve. I will be swapping the DS out for StS as soon as possible.

Tom and Anderson both play ug since it is strictly better in an expected meta where eldrazi decks are probably rising, tron decks dominate and grixis is declining. Grixis Control which is our worst matchup and the biggest reason to play bg just loses to eldrazi and tron so less people are going to play it.
Considering those aspects ug is simply a better choice.

So I'm really set on the 2 Twisted Imaged main deck, I can't tell you how many Jace, Vyrns Prodigy I've killed with it. Also paired with Pendel heaven it does 1 extra damage.

[quote from="dreamcaster »" url="http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/tier-1-modern/557165-infect?comment=2312"]Two Infect lists in the DFW modern open top 32. Top 8 list below. Lost to GR tron unfortunately which is typically a good matchup.

Yes it was a good tournament for me. Took down #23. Got a feature match in round 11 vs Danny Jessup playing grixis control. Sylvan scrying and wild defiance both did work.

I made top 4 in a 29 player 1k at Channel Fireball this past Sunday with Infect.

Round 1 vs RG Tron (2-1)
Lost game 1 to a turn 3 All Is Dust, but easily win games 2 and 3.

Round 2 vs Affinity (2-0)
I have a slightly faster hand than my opponent in game 1, and game 2 he draws 3 non-mana spells.

Round 3 vs Affinity (0-2)
Opposite of my last Affinity match. He draws gas all game long and I am never able to stabilize. Game 2, he has both of his sideboarded Thoughtseizes and rips my 2 creatures.

Round 4 vs Infect (2-0)
This is a match-up that is determined almost entirely on who has more Noble Hierarchs. Both games, he is able to get a turn 2 Spellskite, but I am able to win off the back of a Blighted Agent with multiple Hierarchs in play.

Round 5 vs Grixis Twin
ID

Top 8 vs UR Twin (2-0)
Game 1, I kill him on turn 3 and he wasn't able to do anything about it.
Game 2 is a little grindy. He has a Deceiver Exarch in play, and is digging through his deck for a 5th land to play Splinter Twin with Dispel back up, while I whittle away at him with a 3/4 Blighted Agent. On his last turn, he has to go for the combo, and I cast Vines of Vastwood to secure the win.

Top 4 vs Naya Zoo (1-2)
I have to mulligan every game in this match, and end up stealing game 1, but losing to my opponent having a ton of removal in games 2 and 3.

Quote from Ultra_Magnus »

David Phelps had the only Hardened Scales deck to make day 2 at the Indy SCG Open. It finished 16th.

David Phelps 16th Indy SCG OpenMagic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards
Land 22 8 Forest 1 Plains 4 Canopy Vista 1 Flooded Strand 4 Windswept Heath 4 Wooded Foothills Creatures 22 4 Hangarback Walker 2 Abzan Falconer 4 Avatar of the Resolute 4 Den Protector 4 Managorger Hydra 4 Servant of the Scale	Other Spells 16 4 Hardened Scales 4 Dromoka's Command 3 Feat of Resistance 1 Inspiring Call 4 Valorous Stance	Sideboard 3 Arashin Cleric 1 Hidden Dragonslayer 1 Evolutionary Leap 1 Feat of Resistance 2 Inspiring Call 2 Plummet 2 Surge of Righteousness 2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 1 Flooded Strand

It is interesting that the mana base is essentially green, mainly relying on fetching Canopy Vista for white mana. I guess that solves the problem with double green for Avatar of the Resolute.

I am glad to see the deck had some amount of success at the tournament. I find his choice to run so many protection spells mainboard interesting but not really surprising. I suppose Valorous Stance doubles as a removal spell though.

I still cant decide if I want to splash blue for some counter spells, and Woodland Wanderer effectivly slowing down the deck a bit but making it better in the long game, or to stick to the consistent early aggro plan the G/W list offers above.

Just returned from my WMCQ. I was first in swiss after 6 rounds, beat Esper Dragons in QF, then lost in SF to Abzan Control (I had him at 1 life in game 1 before Sorin took over and mulled to 5 in game 2).
Played WRg Heroic and had a feeling like I was playing legacy/modern deck in standard
Too bad it is over now since nothing about Zendikar is appealing to me.
Nice send off and we can lock this subforum finally.

The latest episode of the Hardcast Podcast (episode 37) has an excellent analysis of the current Infect deck and matchups.
http://hardcast.libsyn.com/hardcast-episode-37-infected-meat-hooks

Speaking of "enjoying", went 4-1 yesterday at a small tournament (23 Players)! Pure U/W Mize style. The matches were all kinda favorable. U/R Tutelage (1-2 no lands at the last game), GR Dragons, U/G Turbo fog, Jeskai tempo and RDW (that feeling of casting a EOT Erase on a Heidollon, oh god! So much luv! <3)