posted August 08, 2001 11:57 AM            

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posted August 08, 2001 12:22 PM         

attack
ice
Fact or fiction

thats the stack thus far

attack
ice
Fact or fiction - resolves first

gets the Snake in hand

stack looks like this:

attack
ice

you can now add an instant to that stack

so he mystic snakes

attack
ice
mystic snake

now it goes through.

posted August 08, 2001 01:07 PM            

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posted August 09, 2001 03:49 PM            

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Originally posted by Vegeta19:
If I play Urza's Rage with kicker against my opponent can also Memory Lapse the Rage to have it go back to the top of my Library?

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Memory Lapse
Color: Blue
Type: Instant
Cost: 1U
Sets: HL(C4)/MI(C1)/567(C1)
Text(6th/7th): Counter target spell. Put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.

* The card does not go to the graveyard before being put on the library. [bethmo 97/10/19]
* If the spell is not countered (because the spell it targets cannot be countered), then it does not go to its owner's library. [D'Angelo 01/04/16]
* This card has a self replacement (see Rule T.10.13). This means that it replaces going to the graveyard before any other effect can replace that event. [Rules Team 01/05/01]
* Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this card was of type Interrupt.

posted August 13, 2001 12:21 AM            

iff this can and -8 becomes 0 can you pump it back to 5/6??.

posted August 13, 2001 09:14 AM         

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Originally posted by MyKoL:
Q:
can you make morphling -8/11 or so?

iff this can and -8 becomes 0 can you pump it back to 5/6??.

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K.10 - Creature Power and Toughness

K.10.3 - A creature with negative power or toughness is considered to have zero power/toughness for all reasons other than for changing the power/toughness. [D'Angelo 99/05/01] For example, a creature with power of -2 deals zero damage in combat (which is to say, it does not deal damage at all).

So the answer to your first question is yes, you can pump a Morphling to a -8/11. The answer to your second question is no, you cannot pump a Morphling to a 5/6.

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posted August 13, 2001 09:24 AM            

please let me know I'm having a prob with it.

posted August 14, 2001 12:43 AM         

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Originally posted by Ricochet:
for things such as lowland basilisk/hermetic study, and spinal embrace.
Is there a combat phase even if there is no attack declared?
Can you simply skip your combat phase?

please let me know I'm having a prob with it.

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Well, you can't exactly "skip" the attack phase itself. You can, however, declare an attack with no attackers. The ruling below should further explain the point.

C.3 - Step 2: Declare Attackers
C.3.1 - At the start of this step, the current player declares any creatures he or she wants to attack with this turn. If no attackers are declared, the game skips the rest of this step, all of steps 3 and 4, and goes directly to the End of Combat step (see Rule C.6). This is called a "null attack". If a legal attack is declared, first place any triggered abilities which triggered on the attack declaration on the stack, then the current player receives priority to play spells and abilities. [CompRules 99/04/23]

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posted August 14, 2001 11:04 PM            

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posted August 15, 2001 07:04 AM            

my friend and I are playing our cadaverous bloom decks against eachother, and he has a squandered resource out on the table. He also has a gemstone mine, with a single counter on it. Is he allowed to tap the gemstone mine (now with zero counters on it), and later sacrafice that gemstone mine to the squandered resources in order to add another mana on top of that? he does it all the time, and I just need to know if he's not cheating me. thank you for your time.

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Originally posted by Raatcharch:
My opponent has Natural Emergence out. He attacks with all his lands. I cast boomerang on the Emergence. What happens?

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The lands are no longer creatures, and thus they are removed from combat. Unless the damage from the lands is already on the stack, the lands will do no damage - they will still be tapped though.

I hope that helps,

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Originally posted by Greven53:
This has probably been said already, but I don't really want to look back at the previos 17 pages. Anyway, can you counter a spell with Suffocating Blast with no creatures in play? I have heard answers both ways and all seem logical. I don't think you can, but, can you? All answers will be appreciated. Thanx.

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Here is the current wording of Suffocating Blast..

Suffocating Blast
1UUR
Instant
Counter target spell and Suffocating Blast deals 3 damage to target creature.

Suffocating Blast needs both a spell on the stack and a targetable creature in play for it to be legally cast.

I hope that helps,

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Originally posted by DragonSoul:
alright...

my friend and I are playing our cadaverous bloom decks against eachother, and he has a squandered resource out on the table. He also has a gemstone mine, with a single counter on it. Is he allowed to tap the gemstone mine (now with zero counters on it), and later sacrafice that gemstone mine to the squandered resources in order to add another mana on top of that? he does it all the time, and I just need to know if he's not cheating me. thank you for your time.

sincerely,

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Here is the Oracle wording on Gemstone Mine:

Gemstone Mine
Land
Gemstone Mine comes into play with three mining counters on it.
T, Remove a mining counter from Gemstone Mine: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. If there are no mining counters on Gemstone Mine, sacrifice it.

Every time the mana ability of the gemstone mine is activated, it checks to see if there are 0 counters on it, and if so forces you to sacrifice gemstone mine. Since this is part of a mana ability, it does not go on the stack. Therefore, your opponent has been playing this all wrong. You cannot sacrifice the gemstone mine to any spell or effect once it has 0 counters.

The confusion here is that usually whenever a spell says "Whenever", it is a triggered effect which goes on the stack. But since this is part of a mana ability it does not use the stack at all.

I hope that helps,

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Originally posted by Donater:
I played oath and oathed for a creature.
A blessing hit my graveyard but all my creatures wern't in my library anymore but in my graveyard.
Question, did i deck myself or can i still shuffle because of the blessing ability and continue the oathing for a creature.
Please explain so, thankx.

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When you use an Oath of Druids with 0 creatures in your graveyard, the Oath of Druids will try to complete itself as much as possible. In this case, you will "mill" your entire library into your graveyard.

When the Gaea's blessing goes to the graveyard, it created a triggered effect that will go on the stack the next time either player gains priority.

Once the whole library has been "milled", then the Gaea's Blessing ability goes on the stack. (Allowing your opponent to respond with a "Target player draws a card" effect which would kill you) When the ability resolves, you will shuffle your graveyard into your library. Then you would stop. You do not continue "milling" your new library. (Unless, of course, you have more than one Oath of Druids in play!)

I hope that helps,

posted August 15, 2001 06:12 PM            

If you have an older version of a card that is tourny legal right now, would that card be tourny legal? Like a tempest Lobotomy..

If I have a Elfhame Sanctuary, and I use the land ablity, could I also use Island Sanctuary's ablity, because I skip my draw step, therefor skip drawing a card?

Thanks!