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Originally posted by ryan2754:
I have a Maelstrom Nexus in play. I play a cascade spell. Do I get 2 cascade triggers?

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Originally posted by Sovarius:
Activated abilities are those with a cost: effect, triggered abilities are your various if and when statements.

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Originally posted by rockondon:
If I'm playing a multiplayer game and someone casts a spell, lets say a disenchant, and I respond by casting a spell to kill that player (eg, lightning bolt), would his disenchant fizzle?

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It doesn't "fizzle", however...

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Comprehensive Rules:

800.4a When a player leaves the game, all objects (see rule 109) owned by that player leave the game, any effects which give that player control of any objects or players end, and all spells and abilities controlled by that player on the stack cease to exist. Then, if there are any objects still controlled by that player, those objects are exiled. This is not a state-based action. It happens as soon as the player leaves the game. If the player who left the game had priority at the time he or she left, priority passes to the next player in turn order who's still in the game.

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Originally posted by Timmyhill:
What happens if I use a Frost Titan to tap Grafdigger's Cage?

I remember a while back people taping howling mines to stop the card drawing... but I don't remember if that was right or not.

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then you have a tapped grafdigger's cage, nothing more.
That rule was removed quite a long while ago and some cards received an errata to make them work as they previously did, others did not.

Howling Mine:
At the beginning of each player's draw step, if Howling Mine is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

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You can declare mogg fanatic as a blocker and sac him to deal the one damage to something and still have whatever creature it blocked remain blocked.

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Originally posted by mattw:
If I have a propaganda in play do my opponents have to pay 2 to attack a planeswalker I control?

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The Oracle Text on Propaganda says "Creatures cannot attack you unless"

The Oracle Text on Norn's Annex says "Creatures cannot attack you or a Planeswalker you control unless"

So there's obviously a distinction at the moment that means with Propaganda/Ghostly Prison etc, you can still freely attack someone's Planeswalkers.

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Originally posted by Darkesthour:
If my opponent has royal assassin and I attack, can he destroy the creature before it deals damage? Please explain the timing on this as well. Thank you

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Combat has the following steps:
Beginning of combat (both players may cast instants/activated abilities, nothing else happens)
Declare attackers (active player declares attacking creatures, tapping them, then each player may cast instants/activate abilities)
Declare blockers (defending player/s declare blocks. attacking player orders blockers. then each player may cast instants/activate abilities)
Combat damage (creatures in combat all deal damage SIMULTANEOUSLY, then each player may cast instants/activate abilities)
End of combat (each player may cast instants/activate abilities, nothing else happens)

At any time before the combat damage step, if your attacking creature is killed, it will deal no damage. So your opponent has 2 places to kill your guy, in the attack step, and in the block step. Once you get into the combat damage step, it is too late to pump/regenerate/remove a creature from combat to save it.

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Originally posted by Darkesthour:
If my opponent has royal assassin and I attack, can he destroy the creature before it deals damage? Please explain the timing on this as well. Thank you

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Your best bet is to check out a turn structure chart.

To answer your questions simply; yes.

There are multiple steps in the combat phase. After you declare attackers, players receive priority and cast spells and activate abilities and what not. This is when Assassin can do his thing. After declaring blockers, players receive priority again. Assassin could do it at either of these times.

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Originally posted by Darkesthour:
what and where is this turn structure chart and thanks for the input

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http://www.wizards.com/magic/rules/EN_MTGM12_Rulebook_web.pdf
Page 17 - Parts of a Turn

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Originally posted by flavor_of_the_weak:
Can i turn Grand Architect to a artifact during my upkeep so i can pay the upkeep of Esperzoa?

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Yes.

But are you reading the card correct? You seem to think that Grand Architect can make artifacts, he makes blue creatures.

board: i have mycosynth lattice, march of machines, quicksilver elemental, nicol bolas planeswalker, and garruk wildspeaker in play

question 1: i use the elementals abilty to use nicols + ability can i pay another blue to use garruks ability since quicksilver is not a planeswalker?

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Originally posted by ectomanic:
two questions same board state

board: i have mycosynth lattice, march of machines, quicksilver elemental, nicol bolas planeswalker, and garruk wildspeaker in play

question 1: i use the elementals abilty to use nicols + ability can i pay another blue to use garruks ability since quicksilver is not a planeswalker?

question 2: if i use the last of the loyalty on one of the planeswalkers does it still leave play even though it has a toughness?

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For question one, the restriction of once per turn is tied to loyalty abilities in general, it's no longer a characteristic of the planeswalker card type. The relevant rule text is:

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MTG Comprehensive Rules #606.3:
A player may activate a loyalty ability of a permanent he or she controls any time he or she has priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of his or her turn, but only if none of that permanent's loyalty abilities have been activated that turn.

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So since you already activated a loyalty ability of Quicksilver Elemental (the Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker's +3 ability in this case), you can't activate another loyalty ability, regardless of whether it's another of the abilities gained from Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker or an ability gained from Garruk Wildspeaker.

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Originally posted by tragicmagic:
I've read that having two Parallel Lives in play doesn't create infinite tokens. Is it because they are the same card? And does that mean having a Parallel Lives and a Doubling Season in play would generate infinite tokens?

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Parallel lives is Cumulative. If you have 1 in play, any time you would get a token, it puts 2 into play instead. If you have more, the first one makes it 2, the next makes it 4, a third in play would make it 8, and so on. Doubling season works the same way. Each enchantment doubles it once, and that's it. You do not get infinite tokens.

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http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=249662

At the very bottom: If there are two Doubling Seasons on the battlefield, then the number of tokens or counters is four times the original number. If there are three on the battlefield, then the number of tokens or counters is eight times the original number.

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614.5. A replacement effect doesn’t invoke itself repeatedly; it gets only one opportunity to affect an event or any modified events that may replace it.
Example: A player controls two permanents, each with an ability that reads “If a creature you control would deal damage to a creature or player, it deals double that damage to that creature or player instead.” A creature that normally deals 2 damage will deal 8 damage—not just 4, and not an infinite amount.

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