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Originally posted by Bugger:
Rings can't copy mana abilities, so I'm not sure how you intend to go infinite...

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Originally posted by rockondon:
I'm building an arcum dagsson EDH deck.
If I use arcum to tinker away a creature for rings of brighthearth, can I pay 2 mana to copy arcum's ability, sacking a creature for basalt monolith, then create infinite mana with the basalt/brighthearth?

I'm thinkin that I have to have the rings of brighthearth in play already when I use arcum's ability but just wanted to make sure.

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You can't copy Arcum Daggson's ability in this scenario. As you guessed, the Rings would need to already be in play.

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I have a reflecting pool and a vivid creek (with no more counters) in play. The pool can still tap for any color, correct? Because the "remove a counter" part is the activation cost of using the creek, so it doesn't matter that I can't activate it now, just that it could possibly produce any color mana.. right?

Next question:

My opponent has Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendent in play, however, it's flipped. I can't copy it with my Sakashima the Impostor right? Because it's no longer a creature?

If it wasn't flipped, and I copy it, would it work the same way and flip when I got to 30 life? If it does, does it still have the "return to hand" ability?

Thanks,
Jazaray

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Originally posted by Jazaray:
I have a couple of questions.

I have a reflecting pool and a vivid creek (with no more counters) in play. The pool can still tap for any color, correct? Because the "remove a counter" part is the activation cost of using the creek, so it doesn't matter that I can't activate it now, just that it could possibly produce any color mana.. right?

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Correct. From the Shadowmoor FAQ:

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5/1/2008: Reflecting Pool checks the effects of all mana-producing abilities of lands you control, but it doesn't check their costs. For example, Vivid Crag says "{T}, Remove a charge counter from Vivid Crag: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool." If you control Vivid Crag and Reflecting Pool, you can tap Reflecting Pool for any color of mana. It doesn't matter whether Vivid Crag has a charge counter on it, and it doesn't
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Originally posted by Jazaray:
Next question:
My opponent has Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendent in play, however, it's flipped. I can't copy it with my Sakashima the Impostor right? Because it's no longer a creature?

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Correct, it is no longer a creature, thus no longer a legal target for Sakashima, Clone, or similar effects.

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Originally posted by Jazaray:
If it wasn't flipped, and I copy it, would it work the same way and flip when I got to 30 life? If it does, does it still have the "return to hand" ability?

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It does have the flip ability, and though I can't find a specific rule for it, there is an example in the Comp Rules that suggests that the Sakashima-Rune-Tail retains Sakashima's granted return to hand ability:

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Originally posted by Comprehensive Rules, Example under rule 110.6:
Example: Dimir Doppelganger says “{1}{U}{B}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Dimir Doppelganger becomes a copy of that card and gains this ability.” It becomes a copy of Jushi Apprentice, a flip card. Through use of Jushi Apprentice’s ability, this creature flips, making it a copy of Tomoya the Revealer with the Dimir Doppelganger ability.

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If my opponent and I both ONLY have Exotic Orchard out, do either of them produce mana?

Thanks,
Jazaray

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What is the my maximum hand size if I have a Spellbook/Reliquary Tower in play?

Since the Spellbook/RT has a negative in it's wording ("no), it takes precedence correct?

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Originally posted by ryan2754:
Say I have a Recycle of Null Profusion in Play.

What is the my maximum hand size if I have a Spellbook/Reliquary Tower in play?

Since the Spellbook/RT has a negative in it's wording ("no), it takes precedence correct?

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Originally posted by ryan2754:
Real quick, another question.

I have a Pestilence and Fungusaur in play.
If I used Pestilence ability twice, Fungusaur is still alive because he had a +1/+1 counter after the first activation.

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Originally posted by ryan2754:
Real quick, another question.

I have a Pestilence and Fungusaur in play.
If I used Pestilence ability twice, Fungusaur is still alive because he had a +1/+1 counter after the first activation.

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Correct, the Fungusaur would trigger after the top activation of Pestilence on the stack resolves, and that trigger resolves before the second Pestilence activation.

Which of the following are legal uses of rings of brighthearth?:
1) fetch an additional land when using fetchlands.
2) copy the copper gnomes ability and put a 2nd artifact into play.
3) transmuting tolaria west will fetch me two zero-cost cards.
4) sacking a 4/4 creature to altar of dementia will mill 8 cards off the opponent's deck.
5) you can mindslaver two opponents instead of one.
6) sacking kuldotha forgemaster and 2 other artifacts will fetch an additional artifact.
7) myr retriever returns an additional artifact.
8) using tezzeret the seeker for a 4-cost artifact will fetch an additional 4-cost artifact.
9) using sensei's top to draw a card and put the top on the library will fetch an additional card.
10) I can fetch an additional land with expedition map.

11)I attempt to equip Arcum dagsson with lightning greaves. My opponent responds by casting swords to plowshares on Arcum. I respond by copying the equip ability of the greaves (using the rings of brighthearth) which equips Arcum and protects him from the stp.

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Originally posted by Darkwing:
Would playing a Red Sun's Zenith, paying "X" of zero still "target" a creature? (specifically wondering about playing a zero-damage RSZ on an opponent's Illusion creature to cause it to be sacrificed)

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Originally posted by caquaa:
rockondon: Those look fine except for the last one. Rings is a triggered ability so it goes on the stack when you activate lightning greaves. You can pay the 2 mana when the triggered ability of rings resolves, not whenever you want to.

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Originally posted by yukizora:
If his opponent doesn't say he let's ring's ability resolve first, too bad for him.
As described, it would work, but there's a way for his opponent to avoid it

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Originally posted by Kyzneg:
Still doesn't work. The Rings triggers and puts its triggered ability on the stack before either player gets priority after the Lightning Greaves equip ability is put on the stack. So the first chance the opponent gets to cast StP is when both the greaves' and the Rings' abilities are on the stack, so the StP will resolve before either ability has a chance to equip Greaves to a creature.

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Originally posted by rockondon:
So my monoblue general (Arcum) needs mana creatures for fodder for him. I can put in myr such as gold myr, copper myr, etc right? (yes I know they would produce colorless mana)

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They still aren't legal, see rule 903.5c:

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Originally posted by Comprehensive Rulebook, 903.5c:
A card can't be included in a Commander deck if it has any colors that aren't part of the commander's color identity or if it has any mana symbols in its mana cost or rules text that aren't of a color in the commander's color identity

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And for reference, color identity is 903.4:

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Originally posted by Comprehensive Rules, 903.4:
The color identity of a deck's commander is the color or colors of any mana symbols in that card's mana cost or rules text, plus any colors defined by its characteristic-defining abilities

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If a card happened to have both Flashback and BuyBack. Could you pay both costs and get the cards back from your hand despite playing it from your graveyard?

Would the same go for Madness and Buyback?

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Originally posted by ryan2754:
Just out of curiousity.

If a card happened to have both Flashback and BuyBack. Could you pay both costs and get the cards back from your hand despite playing it from your graveyard?

Would the same go for Madness and Buyback?

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Flashback says you get to exile if it would go anywhere out of the stack, so nope.

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Originally posted by mattw:
When you get attacked with a general do you take just the general damage or also take that much damage from your life total?

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