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Originally posted by marriedwithchildern:
I have just cast Yawgmoths win, and start to play spells from my graveyard. I cast Ancestral Recall targeting me and my opponent casts misdirection. Now I have two Force of Wills in my yard, since the Will allows me to play cards in my graveyard as though they were in my hand could I remove one Force to the other Force to counter his Misdirection?

Ethersworn Canonist says this "Each player who has played a nonartifact spell this turn can't play additional nonartifact spells." Does this count just for the turn that it comes into play or every turn?

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No, you may not use a blue card that is in the graveyard to pay the alternate cost of FoW. The only thing that Yawgmoth's Will allows you to do is to play cards from your graveyard.

The Ethersworn Canonist has a static ability that is always on. This ability creates a game rule that is constantly aware of whether a player has played a non-artifact spell this turn. If they have, they can't play another one.

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And if I can, can someone tap it (say with cryptic command, or something else at instant speed) right after I turn it into a 3/3 but right before I declare it to attack, thus stopping it from being able to attack?

Thanks, nerd-squad.

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Originally posted by OGB:
That's correct. Literally the only thing you are allowed to do during the "declare attackers" phase is declare attackers.

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Here's a nice summary I copied from a post by subx over at MTGSalvation.

Beginning Combat - both players receive priority - This is the last chance to do things like tapping creatures, or activating manlands for attacking (once you both pass priority with the stack empty, the next step happens immediately and attackers are declared)

Declare attackers - attackers are declared BEFORE players receive priority, after they are declared both players receive priority, tapping or untapping a creature doesn't remove it from combat, unless the card specifically says to do so (ie: Maze of Ith - This is the last chance to activate manlands for blocking, things like Qasali Ambusher, or tapping blockers so they can't block (again this is because once you both pass priority, blockers are declared immediately)

Declare blockers - blockers are declared BEFORE players receive priority, after they are declared both players receive priority, tapping or untapping a creature does not remove it as a blocker, and even REMOVING the creature from play doesn't mean the attacker is unblocked (if it doesn't have trample, it will deal no combat damage) - This is the last chance to do things that would affect the damage a creature will cause, for instance Giant Growth: if you don't play it now, it won't do the extra 3 damage (technically you could cast it between first and normal damage, but that wouldn't generally be a good play)

Damage - damage goes on the stack, and then both players receive priority - note that it does use the stack, you can still do things like increase your creatures toughness to save it, or in the case of Mogg Fanatic put it's ability on the stack, and it will still deal its combat damage (If something has first strike or double strike, there's two combat damage steps, and both use the same order of events). After all players pass priority with the stack empty, damage resolves.

End Combat - Generally not much happens here, but it is the last chance to do things before moving into a players 2nd main phase.

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Originally posted by OGB:
That's correct. Literally the only thing you are allowed to do during the "declare attackers" phase is declare attackers.

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Declare attackers step, and the one directly following that is declare blockers so I hope I get a chance to do something in there

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Originally posted by Odin_Tanafres:
Are Planeswalkers able to be put into play through Oath of Druids? I know they're not creatures, but are played as creature spells.

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No, they are not played as creature spells. They are played as planeswalker spells. Just like a sorcery, or instant among others, they can be countered with a Negate, but not with a Remove Soul.

The answer to your question is also no. An Oath of Druids cannot put a planeswalker into play.

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Originally posted by Kryne:
If you have a Runed Halo out with "Banefire" called and someone tries to Banefire you in the face for 5 or more, they cannot because in addition to preventing damage, "protection" does not allow targeting from whatever the protection is for.

Right or wrong?

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I realize the Mogg Fantastic "2 points of damage" tricks no longer work. This is upsetting. What does that mean with regard to following:

If I assign a creature, say, Mogg Fantastic, to block, and sacrifice it after assigning blockers to deal one point of damage to, say the other player, is the creature it was blocking still blocked? And/or is no combat damage dealt? Or is it unblocked now that M.F. is popped?

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Originally posted by Kryne:
So, I'm preempting the rule change with some dumb questions before hand.

I realize the Mogg Fantastic "2 points of damage" tricks no longer work. This is upsetting. What does that mean with regard to following:

If I assign a creature, say, Mogg Fantastic, to block, and sacrifice it after assigning blockers to deal one point of damage to, say the other player, is the creature it was blocking still blocked? And/or is no combat damage dealt? Or is it unblocked now that M.F. is popped?

Thanks in advance.

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King takes two, Lackey takes one.
State-based effects are checked, see King with lethal damage, off to graveyard it goes.
Since something happened, state-based effects check again. Lackey no longer has +1/+1 and is a 1/1 with one damage, so it joins the King in the graveyard.

The rules update does nothing with how damage works. All the relevant changes to damage are in how damage gets distributed in combat, and with some abilities that are associated with damage (deathtouch, lifelink).

Damage still stays on the creature until end of turn, and wither damage is still done to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.

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Player A has a Necroskitter in play.

Player B has a Prince of Thralls in play.

Player C has a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it.

If Player C's creature goes to the graveyard, what is the order of events if it happened on:

1. Player A's turn

2. Player B's turn

3. Player C's turn

Thanks in advance!

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Originally posted by skizzikmonger:
I'm a little unsure of how Braid of Fire works within the new rules. How I'm interpreting the rules and BoF, the mana from Braid of Fire goes away after your upkeep and before your main phase, which only allows you to play instants with the mana, and defeats the purpose of having a ton of mana. Am I wrong in my interpretation? If so, how?

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Originally posted by evilempire22:
Situation came up during a multiplayer game over lunch the other day:

Player A has a Necroskitter in play.

Player B has a Prince of Thralls in play.

Player C has a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it.

If Player C's creature goes to the graveyard, what is the order of events if it happened on:

1. Player A's turn
2. Player B's turn
3. Player C's turn

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On Players C and A's turns, Player B's trigger will resolve first. If Player C does not pay three life, Player B gets the creature. If Player C does, player A's trigger will resolve, "giving" the creature to player A.

On Player B's turn, player A's trigger resolves first, so s/he gets the creature. Player C still has to choose whether or not to pay 3 life, but not doing so won't do anything.

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Originally posted by farsk8dutch:
Do you still draw a card from Sensei's Divining Top's activated ability, while it's on the stack, once it is sacrificed in order to cast Shrapnel Blast?

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