posted March 07, 2003 05:44 PM            

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Originally posted by Tab:
If I have a vile deacon (when VD attacks it gets +x/+x for each cleric in play), and my opponant has an ensnaring bridge, the ensnaring bridge checks to see if the VD can attack before it gets the +x/+x, right?

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As long as Ensnaring Bridge's controller has at least two cards in hand, Vile Deacon will be able to attack. Once attackers are correctly delcared, the Deacon's ability triggers and goes on the stack.

posted March 08, 2003 08:25 AM            

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Originally posted by vacalicious:
Ug, another stupid question here. I couldn't figure this out from CrystalKeep. Does Abeyance prevent a player from attacking? Lmk, thanks!

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No, attacking does not count as an activated ability.

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posted March 10, 2003 12:16 AM            

1st:

Me and my friend are playing a game. I'm playing R/B/W Slivers, he's playing B/U 'Tog/Control. I'm at 4 life, and he attacks with a Psychatog and Shadowmage for 4 (he pumped the 'tog). I play Pristmatic Strands, and he counters it. Okay, expected that. So I play Humble (Target creature loses all abilities and is a 0/1 creature until end of turn) targeting his 'Tog. This is where the B.S. comes in. As an instant, he plays Fact or Fiction to look for a Counterpsell of some sort to counter the Humble, and there's one there, so he chooses it either way, and says he counters my humble with it. Am I right in saying that that wouldn't work, due to how that would end up on the stack? Wouldn't the counterspell have lost it's target by then?

2nd Question:

Simple really. I have a Ward Sliver in play, and all my creatures have protection from Black (a Sliver deck). He Morph's his Bane of the Living, giving all creatures -2/-2 until end of turn. Does this effect my Slivers? If it does, I must say that it's one of the more stupider rules out there, as it totally contradicts the purpose of "protection."

3rd Question:

A little more complicated. Once again involving the Bane of the Living and Humble. Would the Morph trigger on Bane of the Living be considered an ability? I was wondering if I played Humble when my friend morphed it (Humble is an instant), would it lose it's Morph ability? Or, another question is, if I played Humble on it while it was a Morphed creature (2/2 face-down), would it lose it's ability to Morph?

posted March 10, 2003 03:13 AM            

2) Protection does not help against global -x/-x effects. Protection = DEBT = Damage, Enchantment, Block, Target. Protection from black means, Damage from black sources are prevented, canot be enchanted by Black local enchantments, cannot be blocked by Black creatures, cannot be targeted by Black spells or abilities from Black Permanents.
The Bane of the Living effect is not included in DEBT, so protection from Black doesn´t help against it.

posted March 10, 2003 05:58 AM            

1) I have seen it done several times by different people but am confused on exactly why it works this way - I'm playing someone with an Oath deck. When they Oath they find a Gaea's Blessing before a creature... so they say, "continue oathing", and after they find a creature they shuffle their deck for the blessing.

My problem is that wouldn't the blessing be like an interupt, and finish itself out before oathing could continue? I would think its effect would be immediate. This wouldn't matter at all either way except if the Blessing were to resolve first then there's a possibility that they would lose a lot of thier deck before finding that creature depending on how they shuffled.

2) Why can you tap Tangle Wire to itself and still impose it's effect on your opponent? I was under the impression that when an artifact was tapped it lost it's effect... is this the case? and if so, why does the Tangle Wire still work?

Thanx!

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posted March 10, 2003 06:33 AM            

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Originally posted by Eron the Relentless:
Couple questions...

1) I have seen it done several times by different people but am confused on exactly why it works this way - I'm playing someone with an Oath deck. When they Oath they find a Gaea's Blessing before a creature... so they say, "continue oathing", and after they find a creature they shuffle their deck for the blessing.

My problem is that wouldn't the blessing be like an interupt, and finish itself out before oathing could continue? I would think its effect would be immediate. This wouldn't matter at all either way except if the Blessing were to resolve first then there's a possibility that they would lose a lot of thier deck before finding that creature depending on how they shuffled.

2) Why can you tap Tangle Wire to itself and still impose it's effect on your opponent? I was under the impression that when an artifact was tapped it lost it's effect... is this the case? and if so, why does the Tangle Wire still work?

Thanx!

-Eron-

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posted March 10, 2003 08:03 AM            

My problem is that wouldn't the blessing be like an interupt, and finish itself out before oathing could continue? I would think its effect would be immediate. This wouldn't matter at all either way except if the Blessing were to resolve first then there's a possibility that they would lose a lot of thier deck before finding that creature depending on how they shuffled.

Although the Gaea's Blessing is triggered when it is put in the graveyard during the activation of Oath of Druids, it doesn't happen immediately. A triggered ability doesn't go on the stack until the next time a player gets priority. During the resolution of a spell/ability, neither player has priority. That is why it waits until the Oath effect is complete before it shuffles the graveyard back into the library.

I know Phage sucks but... can't you use it with an Illusionary Mask?

Yes. From the Illusionary Mask rulings:

posted March 10, 2003 08:14 AM            

If I play Gilded Drake, and I take on of my opponents creatures, can I play Unsummon next on the gilded Drake to return it to my hand? Or does it return to my opp's hand?

well, that's it!

posted March 10, 2003 08:21 AM            

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Originally posted by AEther Storm:
i've got a question:

If I play Gilded Drake, and I take on of my opponents creatures, can I play Unsummon next on the gilded Drake to return it to my hand? Or does it return to my opp's hand?

well, that's it!

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Unsummon Color: Blue
Type: Instant
Cost: U
Sets: ABUR4567(C)
Text(4th/5th/6th/7th): Return target creature to owner's hand.

posted March 10, 2003 01:07 PM            

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3) When Bane of the Living is unmorphed, a triggered ability goes on the stack. Casting Humble does not counter/negate this effect.

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posted March 10, 2003 02:04 PM            

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Originally posted by grimmer:
If you Humble a face-down creature and the Humble resolves, it will lose the ability to turn face up until end of turn. Morph is a static ability and Humble reads "Target creature loses [b]all abilities and becomes 0/1 until end of turn." [/B]

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Originally posted by AEsports024
if worldgorger dragon and pandemonium come into play at the same time would you be able to deal damage with pandemonium for the dragon coming into play?

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posted March 10, 2003 07:03 PM            

2) Can I tap a brushland for colourless and then using the wake, add 1 green without dealing damage to me?

Thanks for your help!

posted March 10, 2003 07:24 PM            

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Originally posted by kevy:
With Mirari's Wake...
1) Does activating a filter land (eg Darkwater Catacombs) add 1 more mana of the colour that the land could produce. eg, I tap 1 Island followed by 1 Darkwater Catacombs, how many mana will I get?

2) Can I tap a brushland for colourless and then using the wake, add 1 green without dealing damage to me?

Thanks for your help!

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1) First, you tap Island for U, and Mirari's Wake triggers and adds U also. So, you have UU in your mana pool, and then spend one of it to activate Darkwater Catacombs. The Catacombs will produce UB, and then Wake will trigger producing your choice of either one U or one B mana. Net result after tapping an Island and then Darkwater Catacombs: Either UUUB or UUBB.

2) No. Mirari's Wake reads:
"Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana to your mana pool of any type that land produced."

Since your Brushland produced colorless mana, Mirari's Wake will only be able to add colorless mana.

posted March 11, 2003 03:55 PM            

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Originally posted by AEsports024:
My brother needs an answer:
If you have Future Sight out, can you discard the card on top your library to a Solitary Confinement?

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You can only discard cards that are actually in your hand.

posted March 11, 2003 04:02 PM            

1. if someone tap my ensnaring bridge can the attack if i have no cards in my hand. I thought they took it out a long time ago because people were tapping winter orb. I thought they changed it to when an artifact is tapped it's abilities still take effect.

2. I posted this already, but not here. If someone were to bribery me and I was to slide that creature who would get the creature.

posted March 11, 2003 04:07 PM            

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Originally posted by SpOoF:
I have a couple of questions:

1. if someone tap my ensnaring bridge can the attack if i have no cards in my hand. I thought they took it out a long time ago because people were tapping winter orb. I thought they changed it to when an artifact is tapped it's abilities still take effect.

2. I posted this already, but not here. If someone were to bribery me and I was to slide that creature who would get the creature.

e-mail me at super_spoof@hotmail.com or post. I'll be watching the post

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2. The creature would come back into play under your control. Interpret the word 'owner' literally. If it was in your deck (or sideboard) at the beginning of the game, you are the owner of the card.