posted January 11, 2004 03:56 AM            

EDIT: I formulated it different..
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posted January 11, 2004 04:00 AM            

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Originally posted by Lord Titi:
What happens if I attack with a creature, and my opponent gains control of it through an instant (say, an ability)? Can he just say 'the creature stops attacking'??

EDIT: I formulated it different..

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Whenever a creature changes controllers it is removed from combat.

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posted January 11, 2004 07:31 AM            

compare this to regeneration
an example
if silvos is attacking and the controller can only regenerate him once, a shrapnel blast will use up the regen shield
even though regeneration removes the creature from combat, if damage is on the stack, silvos will die if 5 points are dealt

posted January 12, 2004 04:34 PM            

False Cure: "Until end of turn, whenever a player gains life, that player loses 2 life for each 1 life he or she gained."

Life Burst: "Target player gains 4 life, then gains 4 life for each Life Burst card in each graveyard."

My problem is: if have 3 life bursts in the graveyard and play the fourth, make him gain 16 life, then false cure him, does:
1: He lose 32 life overall (from 20)?
2: He gain 16, then lose 32, bringing him down to 4 life (from 20)?

posted January 12, 2004 04:54 PM            

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Originally posted by Guild-Keeper:
Help me dudes, I'm making a deck based around false cure and life burst:

False Cure: "Until end of turn, whenever a player gains life, that player loses 2 life for each 1 life he or she gained."

Life Burst: "Target player gains 4 life, then gains 4 life for each Life Burst card in each graveyard."

My problem is: if have 3 life bursts in the graveyard and play the fourth, make him gain 16 life, then false cure him, does:
1: He lose 32 life overall (from 20)?
2: He gain 16, then lose 32, bringing him down to 4 life (from 20)?

I really need a proper answer to this, any DCI judges out there? Thanks
Guild-Keeper (theguild@rogers.com)

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posted January 12, 2004 07:18 PM            

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Originally posted by Guild-Keeper:
Help me dudes, I'm making a deck based around false cure and life burst:

False Cure: "Until end of turn, whenever a player gains life, that player loses 2 life for each 1 life he or she gained."

Life Burst: "Target player gains 4 life, then gains 4 life for each Life Burst card in each graveyard."

My problem is: if have 3 life bursts in the graveyard and play the fourth, make him gain 16 life, then false cure him, does:
1: He lose 32 life overall (from 20)?
2: He gain 16, then lose 32, bringing him down to 4 life (from 20)?

I really need a proper answer to this, any DCI judges out there? Thanks
Guild-Keeper (theguild@rogers.com)

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The question to ask yourself is, if he didn't gain the life, then the cure wouldn't do anything, would it?

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posted January 13, 2004 08:48 AM            

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Originally posted by Drow:
if i play firey gambit and win 3+ flips do i get to do all 3 abilities or do i have to choose one?

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posted January 13, 2004 12:31 PM            

Dimensional Breach Current Rules Text
Remove all permanents from the game. As long as any of those cards remain removed from the game, at the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player returns one of the removed cards he or she owns to play.

posted January 13, 2004 10:12 PM            

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Originally posted by Spelljack:
1. Can you counterspell your own spell?
2. When you activate Isochron scepter, are you playing a spell? Does it count as a spell when you use it therefore you can't really combo it with arcane laboratory?

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1. Yes

2. Activating the Scepter isn't playing a spell, it only creates a copy of the imprinted spell. However playing that copy counts as playing as spell (note, it says "you may PLAY that spell").

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posted January 15, 2004 07:49 AM            

Howling Mine Current Rules Text
At the beginning of each player's draw step, if ~this~ is untapped, that player draws a card.

posted January 15, 2004 02:14 PM            

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What happens if I cycle Decree of Justice for 5 soldiers with a Mana Echoes in play?

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Mana Echoes will trigger 5 times. When each trigger resolves, it will count the number of creatures that share a type with the creature that triggered it and you may add mana equal to that amount. If there were no creatures in play and you cycle Decree, paying 5 for X, you would get 5 soldiers and potentially 25 mana. (5 for each soldier because it is considered to share a type with itself)

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How about if I do it again after the first 5?

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posted January 15, 2004 02:24 PM            

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Originally posted by grimmer:
Then, using your 25 mana, for W you could cycle another Decree of Justice and choose 23 for X. That would produce a potential 644 mana (28 soldiers * 23 triggers).

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[trolling]And what if he had ANOTHER decree of justice?!!!!!!![/trolling]

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posted January 15, 2004 06:08 PM            

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Originally posted by da-odd-templar:
[trolling]And what if he had ANOTHER decree of justice?!!!!!!![/trolling]

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it would be raining men.

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posted January 15, 2004 06:18 PM            

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Originally posted by super324:
it would be raining men.

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posted January 15, 2004 09:00 PM         

Can you remove the Cumulative Upkeep counters from a permanent during your upkeep, after it just got them, and before you have to pay?

In other words (Using example cards)...

1. Beginning of Upkeep
-Illusion Forces gets 1 cumulative upkeep counter
2. "During" Upkeep
-Use Power Conduit to remove the 1 cumulative upkeep counter on Illusion Forces
3. End of Upkeep
-Pay for the upkeep counters on Illusion Forces (0)

posted January 15, 2004 09:08 PM            

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I want the cards fliped over one at a time so I can clearly see what order they were in. He wants to be able to pick them up and shuffle them befor revieling them to me.
Which way is correct?

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There is no "set way" as far as I know but as axn said, noone can do anything between the time you start revealing and the stacks are divided anyway so it shouldn't matter. Technically, I would think they should simply reveal them since it doesn't say "shuffle" anywhere in the card text. Is there a reason he would want to shuffle or you would want him not to shuffle?

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Can you remove the Cumulative Upkeep counters from a permanent during your upkeep, after it just got them, and before you have to pay?

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No, but you can remove them so that you basically change it to an upkeep cost instead of a cumulative upkeep.

502.13a Cumulative upkeep is a triggered ability that imposes an increasing cost on a permanent. The phrase “Cumulative upkeep [cost]” means “At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice this permanent unless you pay [cost] for each age counter on it.”