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Author Topic:   The Rulings Thread part 55 - Please post ALL Rules Questions here!
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Post all your rules/tournament questions here and they will get answered. Please wait a bit before you think we ignored you, we all live lives outside of MOTL but we do answer when we see them.

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psrex
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posted November 27, 2013 11:00 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for psrex Click Here to Email psrex Send a private message to psrex Click to send psrex an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
What happens if I have Pacifism on an opponent's Fleecemane Lion and the Fleecemane Lion becomes monstrous? Does the hexproof ability make Pacifism fall off?
 
mikeyk135
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posted November 27, 2013 11:14 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for mikeyk135 Click Here to Email mikeyk135 Send a private message to mikeyk135 Click to send mikeyk135 an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by psrex:
What happens if I have Pacifism on an opponent's Fleecemane Lion and the Fleecemane Lion becomes monstrous? Does the hexproof ability make Pacifism fall off?

No, Pacifism stays as long as it is already on the Lion before monstrous. It is no longer targeting it and is just enchanting it. (Protection would cause it to fall off however)

 
Styrofoam02
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posted December 01, 2013 12:39 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Styrofoam02 Click Here to Email Styrofoam02 Send a private message to Styrofoam02 Click to send Styrofoam02 an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
Player A plays Aetherling
Player B plays Dissolve, targeting aetherling
Player A plays Counterflux, targeting Dissolve
Player B plays another Dissolve targeting the Aetherling spell on the stack


Legal or not? As I read the text, the spell is being targeted... but if it is buried in the stack somewhere can it not be targeted? I'm curious as to how that would work?

 
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posted December 01, 2013 12:42 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for thror Send a private message to thror Click to send thror an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
counterspells can target anything on the stack. nothing is 'buried'. perfectly fine.

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interesting, thank you.
 
thror
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posted December 01, 2013 02:40 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for thror Send a private message to thror Click to send thror an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Styrofoam02:
interesting, thank you.

our of curiosity, where did you get the idea that it didnt work this way?

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Styrofoam02
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I guess it was just out of habit of counterspell wars.

Counter X with counterspell. I counter your counterspell. I counter yours etc.

It just never goes to I counter the original spell instead of the counter... the end result is the same, so it's never come up. But with Counterflux being uncounterable, I was trying to find a way to get around it, and this came up to my head. I figured it *DID* work, but I was wondering why it just doesn't happen more often.

 
Styrofoam02
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I also assume that if the player B pays the overload cost for Counterflux, and player A casts dissolve targeting Aetherling, LIFO would go Dissolve resolves, countering Aetherling, then counterflux resolves countering the other dissolve on the stack, which would be countered, and since the first dissolve resolved, Aetherling would be countered?

Is this correct?

 
thror
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posted December 01, 2013 06:05 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for thror Send a private message to thror Click to send thror an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
correct.

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<KIP_NZ> we kiwi's like our sheep

 
keywacat
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posted December 03, 2013 01:03 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for keywacat Click Here to Email keywacat Send a private message to keywacat Click to send keywacat an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
Ciao all;

I need confirmation about Flickerwisp / Conjurer's Closet. If I control both and send the Flickerwisp into the closet at the beginning of my end step, when it comes back out the 'beginning' will have passed and whatever I chose to flicker will not return until the beginning of my opponent's end step, yeah?

Cheers for it;
keywacat

[Edited 1 times, lastly by keywacat on December 03, 2013]

 
Pail42
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quote:
Originally posted by keywacat:
I need confirmation about Flickerwisp / Conjurer's Closet. If I control both and send the Flickerwisp into the closet at the beginning of my end step, when it comes back out the 'beginning' will have passed and whatever I chose to flicker will not return until the beginning of my opponent's end step, yeah?

Correct.

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513. End Step

513.1. First, all abilities that trigger "at the beginning of the end step" or "at the beginning of the next end step" go on the stack. (See rule 603, "Handling Triggered Abilities.")

513.1a Previously, abilities that trigger at the beginning of the end step were printed with the trigger condition "at end of turn." Cards that were printed with that text have received errata in the Oracle card reference to say "at the beginning of the end step" or "at the beginning of the next end step."

513.2. Second, the active player gets priority. Players may cast spells and activate abilities.

513.3. If a permanent with an ability that triggers "at the beginning of the end step" enters the battlefield during this step, that ability won't trigger until the next turn's end step. Likewise, if a delayed triggered ability that triggers "at the beginning of the next end step" is created during this step, that ability won't trigger until the next turn's end step. In other words, the step doesn't "back up" so those abilities can go on the stack. This rule applies only to triggered abilities; it doesn't apply to continuous effects whose durations say "until end of turn" or "this turn." (See rule 514, "Cleanup Step.")


 
wayne
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posted December 04, 2013 09:02 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for wayne Click Here to Email wayne Send a private message to wayne Click to send wayne an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
There is one Pack Rat on the table, no copies of it. Player A activates its ability, Player B bounces it while the ability is one the stack. What happens?
 
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posted December 04, 2013 09:23 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for Volcanon Click Here to Email Volcanon Send a private message to Volcanon Click to send Volcanon an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by wayne:
There is one Pack Rat on the table, no copies of it. Player A activates its ability, Player B bounces it while the ability is one the stack. What happens?

A 1/1 Pack Rat token comes into play with the pack rat ability.

 
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quote:
Originally posted by Volcanon:
A 1/1 Pack Rat token comes into play with the pack rat ability.

So short of getting Stifled, the pack rat token is coming into play once the ability is on the stack?

 
thror
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posted December 04, 2013 10:55 AM   Click Here to See the Profile for thror Send a private message to thror Click to send thror an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by wayne:
So short of getting Stifled, the pack rat token is coming into play once the ability is on the stack?

yes. an ability on the stack is independent of its source. just like prodigal sorcerers damage ability still happens if he gets killed, a pack rat copy still gets made.

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quote:
Originally posted by thror:
yes. an ability on the stack is independent of its source. just like prodigal sorcerers damage ability still happens if he gets killed, a pack rat copy still gets made.


If you had some way to make the token not a rat, then it would die to SBE. Or maybe Infest/Wrath effects.

Only trickbind or stifle effects will counter the ability once it is on the stack.

 
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posted December 04, 2013 08:42 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for Dancam1 Send a private message to Dancam1 Click to send Dancam1 an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
I have 2 questions

1. For True-Name Nemesis - how does this work? Can I ask an opponent his name? I mean ,how specific to I need to be? Is he/she required to tell me that info? And also, stop me if I am wrong, but, it isn't that powerful, wrath of god kills it, sacrificing kills it etc. Is all this correct?

2. Say I have a God Card like Erebos in play. That is the only card in play, so, he isn't a creature, but, I can use his special ability, right? Now, part B of that question is that if he isn't a creature can my opponent cast a swords to plowshares targeting him? And what happens if Erebos is the only thing in play and the opponent casts Chanier's edict (or some other card that causes me to sacrifice a creature), even though he isn't a creature, he's still a creature card, so, I'd have to sacrifice him, or is that wrong?

Thanks in advance
Dan

 
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quote:
Originally posted by Dancam1:
I have 2 questions

1. For True-Name Nemesis - how does this work? Can I ask an opponent his name? I mean ,how specific to I need to be? Is he/she required to tell me that info? And also, stop me if I am wrong, but, it isn't that powerful, wrath of god kills it, sacrificing kills it etc. Is all this correct?


uh, wot? "As True-Name Nemesis enters the battlefield, choose a player.
True-Name Nemesis has protection from the chosen player. (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything controlled by that player.)"

I have no idea why you need your opponents name. "This has protection from you and all your stuff" is pretty straightforward. And yea, it really is fairly powerful. beyond wrath/sac, it doesn't die.


#2 - yes, you can use his ability. No, your opponent can't even target him with STP unless he's a creature. If your opponent casts chainers, you sac a creature. If he isn't a creature, you CANT sac him.

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<KIP_NZ> Anusien: I'm a kiwi and I've shagged a sheep
<KIP_NZ> we kiwi's like our sheep

 
wayne
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quote:
Originally posted by thror:
yes. an ability on the stack is independent of its source. just like prodigal sorcerers damage ability still happens if he gets killed, a pack rat copy still gets made.



Yep, I knew that, was a bit thrown off by the fact that Pack Rat was no longer in play. So the card is referring to Pack Rat the card in general and not the specific copy of it in play?

 
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quote:
Originally posted by wayne:

Yep, I knew that, was a bit thrown off by the fact that Pack Rat was no longer in play. So the card is referring to Pack Rat the card in general and not the specific copy of it in play?

Correct. The copy will ETB using the last known value of Pack Rat's copiable values. Doesn't need the original Pack Rat in play to copy.



[Edited 3 times, lastly by EuroRunner on December 05, 2013]

 
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Ciao all;

I've a friend who's trying to tell me that Spell Crumple will not 'tuck' someone's Commander in an EDH game as they can declare it will go to the command zone rather than the graveyard. Oddly enough he says Hinder will work as intuitively intended, even though I cannot see any real difference in the wording between the two.

Has anyone else heard of this sort of thing?

Cheers;
keywacat

 
psrex
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quote:
Originally posted by keywacat:
Ciao all;

I've a friend who's trying to tell me that Spell Crumple will not 'tuck' someone's Commander in an EDH game as they can declare it will go to the command zone rather than the graveyard. Oddly enough he says Hinder will work as intuitively intended, even though I cannot see any real difference in the wording between the two.

Has anyone else heard of this sort of thing?

Cheers;
keywacat


Spell Crumple already has a replacement effect, so the card wasn't going to go to the graveyard and it should be put into the library. Just point your friend to the Oracle rulings on the card:

http://magiccards.info/query?q=spell+crumple&v=card&s=cname

 
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quote:
Originally posted by chaos021:
I thought Commander/EDH had special rules that specifically affected your commander so that if it would leave play under any circumstances, it would return to the command zone instead.


http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=magic/rules/edh

If the commander were to go to the graveyard or be exiled, it goes to the command zone instead, doesn't say anything about library. So if it would be put into a library somehow it happens and does not go to command zone I guess

 
Devonin
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quote:
Originally posted by mikeyk135:
http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=magic/rules/edh

If the commander were to go to the graveyard or be exiled, it goes to the command zone instead, doesn't say anything about library. So if it would be put into a library somehow it happens and does not go to command zone I guess


In French List 1v1 you can put the Commander in the Command zone any time it would change zones from the battlefield to the graveyard, exile OR library. In regular multiplayer, you can only choose to move to the command zone in response to the commander dying or being exiled.

[Edited 1 times, lastly by Devonin on December 05, 2013]

 

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