posted December 14, 2001 05:48 AM            

I have 3 rulings questions which I am unsure about

1) Can I use 4 mana to make a Morphling 0/7 (-1/7) and then use 2 additional mana to make him 2/5 or is the negative power taken over and thus he is 1/5 ?

2) There was a discussion about that recently at a tournament: Nether Spirit and Squee are in the graveyard. IMHO, at the beginning of upkeep you only get the Squee and the Nether Spirit stays in the graveyard. RIght ?

3) Seal of Cleansing is in play and opponent casts Recurring Nightmare - Player 1 cannot sacrifice to destroy the Nightmare - Right ?

posted December 14, 2001 07:39 AM         

2) Yes that's correct, since Nether Spirit's condition isn't true at the time the beginning of upkeep triggers are put on the stack. So Nether Spirit's ability doesn't trigger at all.

posted December 17, 2001 01:36 PM            

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Originally posted by Donater:
Hi,

I've got a question about cards like winter orb, static orb perhaps stasis.
If at any moment, if one of these cards are in play, they become tapped does their ability still work?
For instance, if i would use ice on winter orb can i untap all my land or still just one.
Some of the cards have errata i think others not, i'm not sure anymore.
Please help, thx.

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When Winter Orb, Static Orb and Sands of Time (sure on other two, but not Sands) are tapped, their abilities do not work. So yes, if you tapped it down with Ice, then on your turn you are free to untap everything and smash royal face. And about stasis...I'll leave that one to the professionals (ie: people who want to check to make sure)

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posted December 19, 2001 01:38 PM            

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posted December 19, 2001 02:12 PM            

can an enchantment be tapped?

posted December 19, 2001 02:25 PM            

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Originally posted by King Masticore:
Just popped into my mind: Can you use Mirari to fork the copy created by Mirari? For example: Can you fork Shock two times with 6 mana so you could do 6 damage?

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Here is the ruling on this card

Color=Artifact Type=Legendary Artifact Cost=5 OD(R)
Text(OD): Whenever you play an instant or sorcery spell, you may pay {3}. If you do, put a copy of that spell onto the stack. You may choose new targets for the copy.

If the spell is countered before the triggered ability resolves, then the ability will make a copy of how the spell looked right before it was countered. [DeLaney 2001/10/13] See Rule K.6.7.
You choose whether or not to pay when the trigger resolves. [DeLaney 2001/10/13]
It triggers once per spell, so you can't get multiple copies of a spell using this card. And since this card is Legendary, you can't have more than one in play. [DeLaney 2001/10/13]
Everything about the original spell is copied, including any decisions made on announcement, such as whether Kicker or Buyback were paid. Effects on the spell, such as Sleight of Mind or Flashback, are not copied. [DeLaney 2001/10/13]
If the copied spell requires a target and there are no legal targets, then the copy has the same target (which should be illegal) as the original. [Jordan 2001/10/14]
The copy is not "played" so it will not trigger anything that triggers on a spell being played. [Odyssey FAQ 2001/10/04]
Note - Also see Copy Cards, Rule E.4.
Note - Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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Originally posted by iiven:
question about Still life / enchantments in general

can an enchantment be tapped?

there was an argument about this because still life becomes a creature, attacks, taps.
when it becomes an enchantment does it immediatly untap? or can enchantments be tapped

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Yes you can tap an Enchantment, it does not have alot of point as an Enchanatment never gets "turned off" by being Tapped.
If a Creature that is tapped becomes tapped then it remains tapped intill the your next untap step.

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posted December 20, 2001 11:23 AM            

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Originally posted by -Vhati-il-dal-:
If it legal to split Liquid Fire 5/0, five going to the player, and 0 to the creature? I tried to do this once, and the local judge said that the spell has no legal target unless you deal at least 1 damage to the creature. Is this correct?

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Here is the excate ruling on this card

Liquid Fire
Color=Red Type=Sorcery Cost=4RR OD(U)
Text(OD): ~this~ deals 5 damage divided as you choose between target creature and the creature's controller.

You choose how to divide the damage at resolution. You can assign all 5 damage to either the creature or the player, or you can divide it as you choose. [Jordan 2001/09/30]
Lithatog

So the Judge was wrong sorry

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posted December 23, 2001 11:24 AM            

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Originally posted by Selvaxri:
donater: those cards are anthologies. and i think some are tournament legal (not sure which ones, especially the misprinted ones)

my question: my friend and i were talking about Mirari and Fork. i brought up the question "I cast a spell and fork it (using the fork) then i cast another fork, targetting the first fork, then i mirari the fork that is forking the fork."
in other words: I'm casting spell 'x' and forking it with Fork A, then i fork Fork A with Fork B, the i Mirari Fork B... how many copies of Spell X will i get?

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the long asked question of what if i fork the fork that forked the fork. me and my friend were talking about this not so long ago. at first glance you would think it doubles each time, but it doesnt. you will end up with only 4 spell X

one is the original.
one is fork a
one is fork b (that forked fork a, so its acutally a clone of a, which is a clone of X)
and one is the mirari (clone of b, which is clone of a, which is clone of X)

therefor you get 4