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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Judge's Corner
2.24.03 - Rotlung Havoc
Short Answer:
-The (converted) mana cost of an animated land is 0.
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Q: My opponent has Rotlung Reanimator and some clerics
in play, and I have Havoc Demon in play. I cast Wrath of
God. How will Rotlung and Demon's abilities resolve?
-Michael J.
A: All the new Zombies will live. Rotlung's triggers
will go on the stack first (since you are the active
player), then the Havoc Demon's trigger. So the Demon's
trigger will resolve first, giving -5/-5 to all of the 0
creatures, followed by the zombies coming into play.
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Q: Can a Morphed creature (as in faced down) block a
creature with fear?
A: No, since they are not either black or artifact.
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Q: Planar's Guide ability to remove all creatures from
the game and return to play EOT, does it return himself
as well?
-Kelvin
A: No. The Guide is not there when the creatures are
removed, so it doesn't come back.
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Q: In my hand I have a Kilnmouth Dragon, Artificial
Evolution, and five assorted Goblin cards.
Am I allowed to cast the Kilnmouth Dragon, and while it
is still on the stack, cast Artificial Evolution to
change it's amplify text from dragons to goblins, and
when it comes into play reveal the five goblin cards
that are currently in my hand to power up the Kilnmouth
Dragon?
-Andy R.
A: Yes.
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Q: I had a card that had protection from creatures. My
friend had a Festering Goblin going to the graveyard. Is
the -1/-1 considered an ability of the creature, or a
graveyard effect.
Does my pro-creature card get the -1/-1?
-Michael D.
A: The -1/-1 effect is coming from a creature, so it
can't target a creature with protection from creatures.
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Q: If I had a Time Vault and a Voltaic Key out in play,
would I have infinite turns without having to skip any?
-Eddie
A: No.
Time Vault
{2}
Artifact
Time Vault comes into play tapped.
Time Vault doesn't untap during your untap step.
Skip your next turn: Untap Time Vault and put a time
counter on it.
{T}, Remove all time counters from Time Vault: Take an
extra turn after this one. Play this ability if only
there's a time counter on Time Vault.
Since Time Vault doesn't have a time counter on it when
you untap it with Voltaic Key, you can't activate the
ability to give you an extra turn, as you have to have a
time counter on Time Vault to play that ability.
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Q: How exactly does Rowen work? Do I get keep on drawing
till I reveal a nonbasic nonland card(i.e. I drew a card
and reveal it and it's a basic land, then I draw another
one which is also a basic land and keep on drawing)? Or
does it only work once?
-Alex Y.
A: Rowen
{2}{G}{G}
Enchantment
Reveal the first card you draw each turn. Whenever you
reveal a basic land card this way, draw a card.
Since you only reveal the first card you draw, you can
only draw one extra.
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Q: Can Death Match target creatures with protection from
Black? I think it can because it specifically says that
'Whenever a creature comes into play, _that creature's
controller_ may have target creature of his or her
choice get -3/-3 until end of turn.'
So I'm guessing that what Death Match ACTUALLY does is
give each player an activated ability, and technically
it itself does nothing else. One of my friends reckons
that it still doesn't work because the ability is still
from a black source. So which way does it go?
-D.Rodoy
A: Even though the player is playing the ability, it
still comes from Death Match, so you can't target a
creature with protection from black.
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Q: My friend (the guy who got me into Magic) and I were
playing, he was playing with a variant of U/G madness
and I was playing with U/W angels. My opponent begins
his turn with a Wild Mongrel already on the board, at
the beginning of his main phase he discards two Arrogant
Wurms to his Wild Mongrel, paying their madness cost to
put them in play. In response I played a Remove Soul on
one of the Wurms. Now here's the argument ... He says
that by discarding Arrogant Wurm and paying it's madness
cost that it's no longer a "creature" spell and can't be
countered by my Remove Soul.
A: Your friend is incorrect. Even though he is playing
it by madness, it is still a creature spell, and can be
countered by Remove Soul.
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Q: He was playing Sligh, I was playing red burn/land
destruction. During my main phase I played Lay Waste,
and targeted his only Mountain. He in response tapped
the land for mana to play Reckless Abandon sacrificing
his only creature in play to deal me 4 and kill me.
here's my question, If I Lay Waste to his land, can he
tap it in response to me killing it?
-Barry F.
A: He can tap the mountain for mana in response, yes. He
can't, however, play Reckless Abandon during your turn.
Reckless Abandon is a sorcery.
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Q: I have a question about the card Dwarven Bloodboiler.
If my friend plays a Dwarven Recruiter and gets out 4 of
these guys will a target creature get +8/+0 every time
he taps a dwarf?
-Logan W.
A: No. You have to tap a dwarf as a cost of playing the
ability, so he can only give a creature +2/+0 every time
he taps a dwarf.
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Q: I am currently building a standard Elf deck, can I
put in 4 Elvish Champion, 2 from 7th and 2 from Invasion
and it will still be legal?
A: Yes.
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Q: What happens if I have 3 Lightning Rifts in play and
then I cycle a card, do I get to nuke 3 things or does
it just trigger 1 of them?
-Bader B.
A: You can nuke 3 things (or one thing 3 times, etc.).
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Q: I control both Phyrexian Infiltrator and Phage The
Untouchable. Can I use the infiltrator's ability, and
target my own Phage? I say it can, then switching
control to an opponent. And if so, would the comes into
play ability of Phage trigger and my opponent lose?
-Joe A.
A: No. Simply switching control of Phage doesn't cause
her ability to trigger, since she is not coming into
play (she is already in play).
If you do that while Phage's ability is on the stack
(meaning you put it into play in any other way than
casting it), and switch controllers before that ability
resolves, you will still lose. The ability triggers when
she comes into play, and changing controllers won't make
her ability affect a different player.
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Clarification/Correction:
A reader writes in regarding the following question from
last column:
>>>Q: If a player has Solitary Confinement in play, can
they discard and return Genesis to their hand in the
same turn?
-Delta
A: Yes.<<<
Q: I sent you the question about discarding Genesis to
Solitary Confinement and returning Genesis to your hand
that turn. I appreciate your answer, but have a concern.
Since your column is usually up on Thursday (and since I
needed an answer by Thursday), I called the WOTC
customer support line with the same question. They
indicated that you cannot discard Genesis and return it
to your hand during the same turn because Genesis is not
in the graveyard when the beginning of upkeep triggers
trigger. (Just to be clear, Genesis is being returned by
its ability, not some other means.) What's the real
answer? When two sources I trust conflict, I'm not sure
where to get a definitive answer.
-tchurrle
A: When my mind originally read that question, I thought
the Genesis was in the graveyard at the start of the
turn. If it is in the grave, then yes, you can get it
back and discard it again in the same turn. However, if
Genesis started in your hand, then you can't get it back
the same turn. The monkeys at WOTC Customer Service
randomly pounded out a correct answer on that one.
See you Thursday.
-Bill Guerin
PojoMagicJudge@hotmail.com
DCI Level 2 Judge
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