We (or at least I) am going to more aggressively moderating the rules forum. That means if you are too lazy to include the Oracle text for the card(s) or the relevant rules text from the rules you have questions about, your thread will be locked. The reasons for this are as follows:
These are the best ways to get your question answered in a quick, coherent manner:
1. First, Look up the latest oracle card text. You can do this at gatherer.wizards.com for the latest text straight from the WoTC site. Star City
www.starcitygames.comis also a good place because when you search for a card and go into the individual card page, you can click on a link that has all rules questions matching that card from the Star City "Ask the Judge" database.
2. If the question is a mechanic-type question or something that can't be answered just with card text, look here
www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/oracle for a link to the latest Comprehensive Rules document.
This is the BEST way for you to LEARN the rules/ruling and think it through yourself and retain that knowledge, rather than just getting the "correct" answer.
If you still have questions or aren't sure, then the next step would be to post your question here.
PLEASE do the following when asking questions:
- Quote the ORACLE card text if you have questions; it's especially good to post the entire text instead of saying "relevant text" because the latter eliminates context and may remove text that was, in fact, relevant in the first place.
- quote the sections of the rules document that you aren't clear on.
If everyone does this, not only will they get the "correct" answer, but you will get more detailed explanations and you will understand where the correct answer comes from, not just get the correct answer.
The example about Necro shows that even common Vintage staples need to have the text quoted (and I do mean quoted with the text in the post, not a pop-up link, which many people at work cannot view).
This is for both ease of allowing the actual judges to respond to the question and to force the poster to actually become diligent about learning how and where to look these things up.
thanks,
Dante
