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« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2003, 11:07:31 am » |
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List of already asked questions and answers
Individual Card Interactions:
Q: If there is an Engineered Plague in play naming Slivers, and then a player plays a Plated Sliver, will it die before its own +0/+1 ability comes into effect?
A: No. State-based effects are checked after all continuous effects are applied, not between the application of each.
Q: Can Stifle stop a Dreadnought, played by an Illusionary Mask, from being turned face up?
A: No, Stifle cannot stop creatures being turned face up.
Q: Is it possible to create an infinite loop with Oath of Druids and Gaea's Blessing in a creatureless deck?
A: No, Gaea's Blessing's effect only resolves after the Oath finishes (when there are no cards left in your library).
Q: Can you Stifle a Black Lotus?
A: No, Black Lotus's ability counts as a mana ability.
Q: Will "When ~this~ is turned face up" abilities be triggered if you turn them face up with Illusionary Mask?
A: Yes.
Q: How does the Shapeshifter/Dreadnought/Hellion combo work?
A: First, the Shapeshifter is in play as a Flowstone Hellion. You activate its ability 8-11 times and when that's on the stack, you discard Phyrexian Dreadnought so that when everything resolves, your shapeshifter is a 20/4 Trampling Phyrexian Dreadnought.
Q: How much mana do I get from mana echoes when I play Firecat Blitz?
A: You get mana equal to the number of tokens you put into play squared (so if you put 5 tokens into play, you get 25 mana). Mana Echoes is triggered when the tokens come into play, but all 5 tokens will be in play when Mana Echoes effect resolves so each token will generate 5 mana.
Q: If I duress someone while Chains of Mephistopheles is out, does he get to draw a card?
A: No, the "If the player discards a card, he or she draws a card" effect only applies if he or she discards due to the Chains.
Q: If I have both Future Sight and Oath of Druids, can I play cards with Future Sight as Oath resolves?
A: No, as the Oath's ability resolves, nobody has priority to play spells.
Q: Do you get the "imprint" when you use Copy Artifact copying an artifact with something imprinted on it?
A: No, Copy Artifact comes into play as an artifact so its own imprint ability will trigger and you have the option of imprinting something else, but you don't get the original artifact's imprint.
Q: Do animated lands trigger Fecundity?
A: Yes. They go into graveyards as creatures.
Q: Are additional costs free when you play a copy of the imprinted card on Isochron Scepter?
A: You must pay any additional costs (like sacrifices) when you play the card. You can pay for kicker/entwine/etc. too, but it's not free.
Q: Can you misdirect cards that have the potential to target multiple things (i.e. Krosan Reclamation, Violent Eruption, Contagion, etc.)?
A: Only if they choose 1 target total.
Q: Do multiple Seedborn Muses net you anything?
A: No... you may get to untap multiple times but you don't get anything out of it because you can't tap permanents when you don't have priority.
Q: Are you decked if you use Proteus Staff on a manland and reveal no creatures?
A: No. It stops once it gets to the bottom and then you get to reorganize your deck the way you wish.
Q: Can artifact lands be welded under Blood Moon?
A: Yes. Blood Moon takes away all of each nonbasic land's subtypes, and replaces them with "mountain". It doesn't take away supertypes like "basic" or "legendary", nor does it add such supertypes.
Q: Does Chalice of the Void set at 0 stop alternate casting cost spells?
A: No. The converted mana cost is always what is printed at the top right corner. Even if played "free", the converted mana cost on Force of Will, for example, remains at 5.
Q: If my opponent has Rule of Law in play, and I play a spell, and my opponent counters it, did the first spell get played?
A: If you put a spell on the stack, then it is "played", even if it gets countered
Q: Are the Lair lands (for example, Crosis's Catacombs) ability a triggered ability (when it comes into play) or a replacement effect (if it would come into play)?
A: The Lair lands all have triggered abilities.
Q: Can Stifle stop the "sac 12" clause on Phyrexian Dreadnought?
A: No. It is a replacement effect and acts as an additional cost and cannot be stifled.
Q: What happens if you use Scroll Rack for more cards than are in your library?
A: You do not lose because Scroll Rack is not a draw effect. You get as many cards are left in your library.
Q: Can you sac Academy Rector to Cabal Therapy in response to a Swords to Plowshares?
A: Play Academy Rector. When it resolves, it comes into play, the stack is empty and you have priority. Your opponent cannot StP it before you pass priority. So, you flashback Cabal Therapy. Because the sacrifice is a cost, the rector goes to the graveyard before you pass priority, and they never get a chance to StP it.
Q: Once Hidden Herd is activated, is it an enchantment or creature?
A: It is both, and hence, any effect that could legally target an enchantment or a creature can target an activated Hidden Herd.
Q: Can a Mishra's Factory attack or pump another Factory the turn it comes into play?
A: It effectively has summoning sickness but it doesn't matter unless the Factory becomes animated. Once it's animated, it acts as if it was a creature that had just come into play. Otherwise, it can still use its ability to pump another Factory. Note that this does not mean that it has summoning sickness everytime it's animated, only the turn the land first came into play.
Q: Can you Stifle madness or flashback?
A: You can stifle the Triggered part of Madness that allows them to play the card from the removed from game zone until they next pass priority. If you do, the card stays removed from the game and cannot be played. Flashback is not an activated or triggered ability so Stifle has no interaction with it.
Q: Can you Stifle the upkeep cost to Solitary Confinement?
A: Yes, it is a triggered ability.
Q: If I have both Familiar Ground and Goblin War Drums in play are my creatures unblockable?
A: Yes.
Q: Am I forced to use Uktabi Orangutan's ability if there is an artifact in play?
A: Yes.
Q:If my opponent activates his Nevynrhal's Disk and I have Karmic Justice in play, how many permanents do I get to destroy? Does the Justice trigger for each non-creature permanent destroyed by Disk or does the ability just trigger once?
A: Karmic Justice will trigger for each permanent destroyed.
General Rules Questions (Mechanics, Play order, etc.):
Q: If I have to discard multiple cards, how is the order that they go into the graveyard determined?
A: You get to choose the order they enter the graveyard.
Q: Does change of permanent type (a.k.a. from elemental to artifact creature) change the color?
A: No. Change of type doesn't affect the color.
Q: Do playing cards out of the graveyard count towards storm?
A: Yes. Flashback is just a different way of playing the spell. It still counts for storm, as does anything cast out of the graveyard via Yawgmoth's Will.
Q: When is the first time players have priority?
A: In the upkeep step, upkeep-triggered effects go on the stack (in APNAP order), then the active player gets priority. As soon as they pass priority, you get it.
Q: If I imprint an opponent's card (e.g. through Duplicant), can they wish for it back, making my card lose the imprint?
A: Yes. It is a card they own and it is in the removed from game zone. They can wish for it back and it will no longer be imprinted on the permanent
Q: Is there any rule in magic which prevents someone from using a 2 headed or tailed coin? Because it would be quite bad winning from mana clashing turn 1 with a 2-tailed coin.
A: To flip a coin, one player flips the coin, and the other player calls “heads” or “tails” in the air. If the coin you’re using doesn’t have an obvious “heads” or “tails,” designate one side to be “heads,” and the other side to be “tails.” Rolling a die is an acceptable alternative if no coin is available.
Q: What is the converted mana cost of a card?
A: The converted mana cost is always the amount in the top right corner, regardless of how the card was played (alternate casting cost, madness, etc.).
Q: Can you choose to "untap" permanents that are already untapped?
A: Yes, unless it states otherwise on the card.
Q: I play a spell with an X in it. What is its converted mana cost?
A: On the stack, it's whatever you payed. In play, X is ALWAYS 0.\n\n
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