posted May 07, 2000 07:32 AM            

such as something like cursed totem.

but other than that sort of thing, you are free to respond as u wish

posted May 07, 2000 07:56 AM            

My opponent, from here on out known as Party A, puts a spell on the stack after my spell, from here on out I will be known as Party B. At the end of Party B's Combat Phase, Party B plays an Incinerate, which is put on the stack, then Party A responds with an Ertai's Meddling which is put on the stack. Then Party B Ertai's Meddling's Party A's Ertai's Meddling. As a response, Party A casts a Replenish with an Opalescence and a Humility in his Graveyard. Then Party B Mana Drains Party A's Replenish. Then Party A puts a Mana Drain on "The Stack" targeting Party B's Ertai's Meddling. It is now Party A's Main Phase, and Party A now says the Party A has 17 mana from Party A's Mana Drain and Party A then Fireballs Party B for 16, eliminating Party B's life to 0. Then "The Judge" says that Party A's Mana Drain would add mana to Party A's mana pool, even though this was cast during Party A's Main Phase. I think not. What really happens? eMail me with this response.

posted May 07, 2000 09:48 AM            

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Ok, I had this ruled against me at a Tourney. Her goes:

My opponent, from here on out known as Party A, puts a spell on the stack after my spell, from here on out I will be known as Party B. At the end of Party B's Combat Phase, Party B plays an Incinerate, which is put on the stack, then Party A responds with an Ertai's Meddling which is put on the stack. Then Party B Ertai's Meddling's Party A's Ertai's Meddling. As a response, Party A casts a Replenish with an Opalescence and a Humility in his Graveyard. Then Party B Mana Drains Party A's Replenish. Then Party A puts a Mana Drain on "The Stack" targeting Party B's Ertai's Meddling. It is now Party A's Main Phase, and Party A now says the Party A has 17 mana from Party A's Mana Drain and Party A then Fireballs Party B for 16, eliminating Party B's life to 0. Then "The Judge" says that Party A's Mana Drain would add mana to Party A's mana pool, even though this was cast during Party A's Main Phase. I think not. What really happens? eMail me with this response.

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all righty... first and foremost.. I no longer email replies.. if you need the answer.. check back.. secondly..

lets see.. play mistakes all over.. how do u respond to an ertai's meddling with a replenish? ok.. your combat phase from the previous turn is over.. now its A's turn and his main phase, it is added COLORLESS mana = to the spell countered by mana drain.. so he cant fireball u with the just the mana unless he had a red.

as of now I'm highly confused by the events due to your explanation of what has happened in seemlingly 1... or was it 2 turns??

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posted May 07, 2000 12:46 PM            

1.) If my opponent Duress me and chooses a Shock in my hand, can I, in response play the Shock and make the Duress fizzle, or does he get to choose another card to discard?

2.) What are the odds of my opponent doing Cursed Scroll's ability 5 times in a row, with 4 cards in his hand?

posted May 07, 2000 01:52 PM            

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Originally posted by coolio:
uh.. there's a link in my signature.. and insulting me wont get u anywhere..

as for the test.. its no longer online like the old arena test... too bad.. it was fun

here was one of the questions:

If player A attacks player B with a first striking sengir vampire, how many scryb sprites would player B (barring the 4 card rule) need to block with to kill the vampire?

a) 5 b) 6 c) 12 d) 8

there's is also an alternate answer (using a creature ability, no prot's)
see if u can figure it out

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I believe the answer is b 6 and I'm not about to go search through everycard in my encyclopedia to find one creature effect. i could but I'm not. there is over 4,000 cards (including land) in magic. Thanks for posting the question though. lmk if i'm correct. I came to my conclusion because the vapire gets +1/+1 when a creature it has damaged the same turn goes into the graveyard and if you have little faries and the vampire has first strike one farie dies and the vampire gets +1/+1 and then you would have to take 5 more faries to kill it. as it would have been a 5/5 .

posted May 07, 2000 02:27 PM            

DarkDamion: 1) once your opponent has looked at your hand, its past the time u can respond, duress is in its resolution.
2) unless he has the same cards in hand..
1/4 the first time, 1/16 the second time, 1/64 the third time, 1/256 the fourth time, and 1/1024 the fifth time.

Solar: yes, since fading and the tangle wire "upkeep" both triggers at the beginning of upkeep, you get to choose how to stack them, the one on top of the stack happens first... so if u stack the tap then the fading, fading resolves first then the tap amount.

Fooath: both the spellbook and necro has been errata'd

here's spellbook:
SPELLBOOK
0
Artifact
You have no maximum hand size.

and necro:
NECROPOTENCE
BBB
Enchantment
Skip your draw step.
If you would discard a card from your hand, remove that card from the game instead.
Pay 1 life: Set aside the top card of your library face down. At your next end of turn, put that card into your hand.

imagenyuss: the answer is 12 here's why: the sengir attacks and 12 block it.. attacking player assigns 4, 1 to 4 sprites each. they die.. sengir becomes 8/8, then the other 8 sprites kill it.
another answer is 6 with banding, defending player assigns all 4 to 1 sprite, sengir becomes 5/5 and the other 5 kill it.

Vagata604: yes your opponent can tap the cradle for mana in response to you tapping it with a port, and if he has a masticore, he can use the mana to ping your creatures.

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posted May 07, 2000 05:53 PM            

EX:

I have 2 Swamps a Negator and Tangle wire with 4 counters. Its my turn , I untap, I remove a counter from tangle wire and have to tap 3 things, i tap tangle wire and 2 swamps. Draw, I attack dealing 5 points of damage to my opponent. He untaps , Then says because tangle wire is tapped it is shut off and he doesn't have to tap anything, Is he right?

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posted May 07, 2000 06:23 PM            

It's price is just about to explode, think of all the decks it goes in.

posted May 07, 2000 06:44 PM            

I suppose he's abusing or trying to trick you with the old continous artifacts shut off while tapped.. well there's been an errata on the old "continous" artifacts.. those that shut off have a SPECIFIC errata on them that say they dont work unless untapped..

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posted May 07, 2000 07:15 PM            

I have a Amber Prison out,
(Pay 4 Tap: Tap target Artifact, Creature or Land. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step as long as Amber Prison remains tapped)
Can I use the Amber Prison's abilty on a target that is already tapped , so that it stays tapped?
I think i can.
ut im just checking.

posted May 07, 2000 07:26 PM            

Raker: amber prison doesnt specifically say tap an untapped artifact, creature or land. so therefore I'd rule it as yes, you can tap something that is already tapped and hold it. the rulings summary by D'Angelo doesnt have anything specific to this so its really up to the current head judge on site.

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posted May 07, 2000 07:51 PM            

1)Can I return a land to my hand?
2)If I control no permanents do i have to pay the 2 life?

posted May 07, 2000 11:06 PM            

2) If you don't have a permanent to choose, you can still choose to not pay the life and then just do nothing since there is no
permanent to choose. [bethmo 98/11/24]
That is straight from the D'Angelo's Ruling Summary and also your answer =)

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posted May 08, 2000 09:19 AM            

while you didnt cast the treachery, you do have to make all decisions for treachery before it comes into play.. and those have to be legal. while and untargettable creature is legal, a pro: blue creature isnt. yes treachery will be legal and you will gain control of the untargetable creature.

Orinn: so you just wants to know if the takklemaggot changes controller every time it bounces in and out of the graveyard.

simple answer found at D'Angelo's:
Note that Takklemaggot is always "controlled" in the game sense by the player who cast it,
even though decisions are being made by the player whose creature is affected. [Aahz
94/07/06]