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Originally posted by skizzikmonger:
I have a Venser, the Sojourner and a Glimmerpoint Stag in play.  I use Venser's +2 ability to flash the Stag.  When the stag returns the battlefield, I flash an opponent's creature.  Will the creature return to the battlefield at the end of my opponent's end step?

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Originally posted by Havoc Demon:
The Leyline of the Void/Helm of Obedience combo still works under the current rules right? I can't shake this notion that something has changed to stop it from working.

Also Leyline of the Void prevents the shuffle trigger of Emrakul, Kozilek, and Ulamog right?

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Originally posted by NoobieToTheBone:
Does Sunder work with Taniwha? Would I be able to Sunder prior to my lands phasing out? Or rather pool mana and Sunder after the lands phase out.

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Originally posted by NoobieToTheBone:
Does Sunder work with Taniwha? Would I be able to Sunder prior to my lands phasing out? Or rather pool mana and Sunder after the lands phase out.

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If I have a Disciple of the Vault and 2 miscellaneous artifact creatures in play and all 3 are assigned lethal combat damage, does my opponent lose life for the artifact creatures going to the graveyard?

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Originally posted by taitai_bewd:
2 questions:

If I have a Disciple of the Vault and 2 miscellaneous artifact creatures in play and all 3 are assigned lethal combat damage, does my opponent lose life for the artifact creatures going to the graveyard?

If I use Astral Slide's remove until end of turn ability on an enchanted creature, all enchantments attached to said creature are destroyed, yes?

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yes and yes

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]When something goes to the graveyard at the same time as other permanent(s) that would trigger its "put into a graveyard from play" ability, it will 'see' those permanents and trigger.

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Originally posted by DeMoNiC DuNcE:
My friend seems to think this doesn't work:

I have pyromancer's ascension on the field with 0 counters on it. I cast steady progress and proliferate a counter on it. Even though it has no counters on it, doesn't the game see it as "0 counters?" making it a viable target?

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No, that does not work.

701.23. Proliferate

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Originally posted by Meddling Pimp:
No, that does not work.

701.23. Proliferate

701.23a To proliferate means to choose any number of permanents and/or players that have a counter, then give each exactly one additional counter of a kind that permanent or player already has.

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Even the reminder text on Steady Progress makes this clear:

Proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)

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Originally posted by CrazyBones:
If i have cards in play that give goblins +1/+1, does that stack and add to the direct damage the Murderous Redcap deals?

Thanks in advance!

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Originally posted by blee1149:
I play Meddling Mage and say... Doran (which is his general). Can his general still be played?

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Nope. Generals are Cast from the command zone, and Mage says doran cant be cast. No dorans for him.

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Originally posted by psilence6k:
Does Quicksilver Gargantuan + Myr Propogator = 7/7 Propogator Tokens? Lol

Thx! Carl

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I declare attackers with a eldrazi (with annihilator) choosing the planeswalker as the target for the attack. When the annihilator trigger resolves, my opponent chooses to sacrifice the planeswalker being attacked.

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Originally posted by Drexus:
My opponent has a planeswalker out.

I declare attackers with a eldrazi (with annihilator) choosing the planeswalker as the target for the attack. When the annihilator trigger resolves, my opponent chooses to sacrifice the planeswalker being attacked.

Does attack not go through?

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well its still attacking but it will deal no damage to the other player.

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Originally posted by TimeBeing:
yes

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Originally posted by psilence6k:
Can those tokens come into play as things other than myr propagator?

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like a Necrotic Ooze? Yes

"* If an activated ability of a card in a graveyard references the card it's printed on by name, treat Necrotic Ooze's version of that ability as though it referenced Necrotic Ooze by name instead. For example, if Cudgel Troll (which says "{G}: Regenerate Cudgel Troll") is in a graveyard, Necrotic Ooze has the ability "{G}: Regenerate Necrotic Ooze.""

So a Necrotic Ooze with a Myr Propagator in the graveyard would have

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Originally posted by psilence6k:
Can those tokens come into play as things other than myr propagator?

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Originally posted by TimeBeing:
like a Necrotic Ooze? Yes

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If you copy a Myr Propagator with a Quicksilver Gargantuan, you will get a 7/7 Myr Propagator. This is because Quicksilver Gargantuan copies everything(name, type, mana cost, abilities, etc. except P/T, which it sets to 7/7). If you use the ability of this beefy Myr Propagator, it will produce 7/7 Myr Propagator tokens. The tokens can not come into play as things other than Myr Propagators because they are not copies of Quicksilver Gargantuan, they are copies of what the Quicksilver Gargantuan is copying.

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