posted August 18, 2001 09:01 AM            

most of your answers can be found at www.wizards.com/dci/oracle.asp (this is the
oracle with specific card wordings..) www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/summaries.html
(this is where all the card specific rules are.. all updated except for planeshift at the time
I'm posting this..)
and your simple 6th edition rule book..
or if you dont know where that is.. you can always find the rulebook and universial
tournament rules here: www.wizards.com/dci/utr_intro.asp

or.. you could even search for the card you have a question on in noteworthy topics and
find your answer there as I'm sure the more questioned cards have already had questions
and answers given on them

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posted August 18, 2001 09:21 AM            

when you have a circle of protection out, i know you pay 1U for protection from any creature but can you pay 1U for your opponent to be protected from burns or do you pay mana for certain spells that they have in their hand like shock or something, if so can you use the circle of protection ability as an instant. people just tell me different stuff about this question.

and

when you play accumulated knowledge it say draw a card and then draw a card equal to the # of a.k. cards in your graveyard, well when you play it it goes straight to your graveyard so do you draw 1 or 2 cards for your first a.k.?

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posted August 18, 2001 11:29 AM            

Opposition says

Tap an untapped creature you control, tap target artifact, creature or land

Please Lmk who's right, me or my opp

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posted August 18, 2001 11:35 AM            

quote:

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Originally posted by avatar of hoe:
i have two questions:

when you have a circle of protection out, i know you pay 1U for protection from any creature but can you pay 1U for your opponent to be protected from burns or do you pay mana for certain spells that they have in their hand like shock or something, if so can you use the circle of protection ability as an instant. people just tell me different stuff about this question.

and

when you play accumulated knowledge it say draw a card and then draw a card equal to the # of a.k. cards in your graveyard, well when you play it it goes straight to your graveyard so do you draw 1 or 2 cards for your first a.k.?

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1)
Circle of Protection: Black
Color: White
Type: Enchantment
Cost: 1W
Sets: BUR4567(C1)/IA(C1)/TE(C1)
Text(6th/7th): {1}: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

* Can be used even when there is no damage to prevent. It prevents the next damage (if any) from the source this turn. [D'Angelo 99/05/01]
* A source is a permanent (a land, creature, artifact, or enchantment) or a spell. [D'Angelo 99/05/01]
* Can be used multiple times each turn for damage from the same source or for damage from different sources. [D'Angelo 97/10/10]

Read G's explanation, I misread CoP again, you do have to have a source to prevent damage from, so you can only activate it when a spell, or permanent is going to deal damage to you.

2) Accumulated Knowledge
Color: Blue
Type: Instant
Cost: 1U
Sets: NE(C1)
Text(NE): Draw a card, then draw cards equal to the number of Accumulated Knowledge cards in all graveyards.

* The count does not include the card that is currently resolving. The card does not go to the graveyard until after it is done resolving. [Nemesis FAQ 00/02/07]

posted August 18, 2001 11:38 AM            

quote:

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Originally posted by Qu@$!modo:
I have a Voice of All in play with protection from blue, my opponent wants to tap her with an Opposition but Opposition is blue so I say it's impossible

Opposition says

Tap an untapped creature you control, tap target artifact, creature or land

Please Lmk who's right, me or my opp

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You're right, voice cannot be targeted by opposition because protection says that the creature can't be the target of blue spells or abilities

posted August 18, 2001 11:43 AM            

quote:

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Originally posted by morphling69:
ok my friend has a volrath's shapeshifter out with a elvish lyrist in play also he has a phyrexian dreadnought on top of his library well i cast a crater hellion which kills some of my creatures and his elvish lyrist also dealing 4 dmg to the shapeshifter ok my question is when the elvish lyrist goes to the graveyard would the dmg from the hellion last untill end of turn and kill the shapeshifter or am i just stupid he says its a 12/12 the lyrist dies and the shapeshifter lives i don't know please help thx

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214.4. When a permanent's type or subtype changes, the new type(s) replaces any existing type(s).
This changes only the permanent type—the card type doesn't change. Counters, effects, and
damage affecting the permanent remain with it, even if they are meaningless to the new type.

posted August 18, 2001 09:21 PM            

* A source is a permanent (a land, creature, artifact, or enchantment) or a spell. [D'Angelo 99/05/01]

When you activate the circle, you must choose a permanent in play or a spell card on the stack. If it's in their hand, it's not a spell yet.

posted August 19, 2001 10:36 AM            

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posted August 19, 2001 12:37 PM         

quote:

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Originally posted by gzeiger:
I think your answer to Avatar of Hoe is a bit misleading, Inzane. You cannot use the circle to prevent damage from a card in the opponent's hand because of the rule you posted.

* A source is a permanent (a land, creature, artifact, or enchantment) or a spell. [D'Angelo 99/05/01]

When you activate the circle, you must choose a permanent in play or a spell card on the stack. If it's in their hand, it's not a spell yet.

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* Can be used even when there is no damage to prevent. It prevents the next damage (if any) from the source this turn. [D'Angelo 99/05/01]

Gzeiger, first ruling on the CoP: Black shows that you can prevent damage from a card in hand. So you could theoretically prevent a burn spell that would have killed you, even though your opponent managed to remove the CoP before they played the potential game-winning spell. An example of this scenario would be like having your opponent disenchanting a CoP: Red on his draw phase before attempting to Torch you out on his main phase.

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posted August 19, 2001 06:33 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by nemisis:
Can i use an unkickere prohibit to counter an X type spell? (i.e. ghitu fire)

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No. The X mana paid is the part of the spell's cost when the spell is on stack.

And on another topic. Killjoy, I am sorry, but you are wrong. You cannot choose a card in hand as a damage source. If you read these rulings again, you'll realise that.

posted August 19, 2001 09:43 PM            

Is there a rule prohibiting the usage of foil lands in a tournaments>

What does Storm Cauldron do?

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posted August 20, 2001 02:32 AM         

quote:

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Originally posted by Inzane:

Read G's explanation, I misread CoP again, you do have to have a source to prevent damage from, so you can only activate it when a spell, or permanent is going to deal damage to you.

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posted August 20, 2001 03:09 AM         

AFAIK there's no rule against foils in your deck.

posted August 20, 2001 03:42 AM         

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Will that work? Because it was mentioned that turning a creature's type with Unnatural Selection to Flagbearer doesn't bestow on it th Flagbearer ability. So, if you change two creatures of the same name to Legend, they won't necessarily be affected the Legend rule? I've been wondering about this lately, so if some one can elaborate the ruling i'd appreciate it. Thanks.

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posted August 20, 2001 10:37 AM            

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posted August 21, 2001 02:33 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by kingkyle3:
[b]Phoenix: No.

-DA king [/B]

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Whoa, where have I been? When did this change? I coulda swore I read that regenerated creatures that take lethal damage DO tap.

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posted August 21, 2001 04:07 PM            

Maybe the reason I'm asking is that I never tried this before. Maybe the answer is here on MOTL somewhere, but I just can't find it.

I have a necra sanctuary, llanowar elf, and a spiritmonger in play. At the beginning of my upkeep, before the effect of the necra sanctuary occurs can I tap a forest to change the color of my monger to white.

So that they would take 3 damage instead of 1.

Plz, let me know.

posted August 21, 2001 05:13 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by phoenix:
Im really sorry to post a basic question like this here but I've never used either of those sites and when I tried them I didn't really know where to look. Anyways here goes:

If you regenerate a creature does it become tapped because of the regeneration?

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419.6b Regeneration is a destruction-replacement effect. The key word "instead" doesn't appear
on the card but is implicit in its definition. "Regenerate [permanent]" means "The next
time [permanent] would be destroyed this turn, instead remove all damage from it, tap it,
and (if it's in combat) remove it from combat." Note that if destruction is caused by lethal
damage, any abilities that trigger from that damage being dealt still trigger even if the
permanent regenerates.

Okay so only if the creature has recieved lethal damage AND you have regenerated it is when it taps, you can simply pay the regeneration cost without tapping the creature, and removing it from combat, just when it finally recieves lethal damage is when you've gotta tap it.

posted August 22, 2001 05:10 AM         

Ice Cauldron
4
Artifact
X, T: Put a charge counter on Ice Cauldron and remove a spell card in your hand from the game. You may play that spell card as though it were in your hand. Note the type and amount of mana used to pay this activation cost. Play this ability only if there are no charge counters on Ice Cauldron.
T, Remove a charge counter from Ice Cauldron: Add to your mana pool mana of the type and amount last used to put a charge counter on Ice Cauldron. Spend this mana only to play the last spell card removed from the game with Ice Cauldron.

Seems pretty useless to me in general, there's a few select situations where it may be useful.

Example:
You're stuck at 4 Islands, and played the Ice Cauldron. You got a Braingeyser and want to draw some cards, 2 is a bit meager though. So use the ability for UUUU, remove the Braingeyser from the game. Then next turn, use the ability and you get UUUU then tap an extra UUUU from your lands and use it all to cast the Braingeyser so you can draw 6 while having only 4 lands in play.