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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Judge's Corner
7.07.03 The Type Line
Questions: 11
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The new Oracle is out, changing all of the cards to
their Eighth Edition wording. (See http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dci/oracle
to get your copy.)
With that, I'd like to take the next little bit
describing a part of the card that has received more
attention under Eighth Edition rules - the "Type Line."
Eighth Edition has brought us a change in wording
describing the "Type line." (For those of you who don't
know what I'm talking about, the type line is the line
where the card describes what it is. For example,
Mischievous Quanar has "Creature - Beast" on its type
line, while Mind's Desire has "Sorcery" on its type
line.)
Let's go through the rules of the type line, rule by
rule. My explanation is in brackets [ ]:
205. Type Line
205.1. The type (and subtype and supertype, if
applicable) of a card is printed directly below the
illustration. (See rule 212, “Type, Supertype, and
Subtype.”)
[See my explanation above. 212 goes through the rules
more specifically with regards to each type, and is good
reading if you want to go further in depth with regards
to this subject. We won't go through 212 today,
however.]
205.2. Types
205.2a The types are artifact, creature, enchantment,
instant, land, and sorcery.
[Anything other than this on the type line is a
Supertype or Subtype. The type line will always have one
or more of these six words on it.]
205.2b. Some objects can have more than one type (for
example, an artifact creature). Such objects satisfy the
criteria for any effect that applies to any of their
types.
[So, if you had a Tribal Golem out ("Artifact Creature -
Golem"), it could be destroyed by a Naturalize (destroys
artifacts) or a Dark Banishing (destroys creatures).]
205.3. Subtypes
205.3a A card can have one or more subtypes printed on
its type line.
[Can, but doesn't have to.]
205.3b Creature and land subtypes are always single
words and are listed after a long dash. Each word after
the dash is a separate subtype. Creature subtypes are
also called creature types. Land subtypes are also
called land types. Creatures and lands may have multiple
subtypes.
Example: “Basic Land — Mountain” means the card is a
land with the Mountain subtype. “Creature — Goblin
Wizard” means the card is a creature with the subtypes
Goblin and Wizard.
[So if you play Dragonstorm (search your library for a
Dragon and put it into play), you will search your
library for a card that has "Dragon" as a subtype.]
205.3c Enchantment subtypes consist of the word
“enchant” and the word(s) that follows it: “enchant
creature,” “enchant land,” etc. A card with the type
“enchantment” has no subtype. An enchantment’s subtype
specifies what the enchantment can be legally attached
to. (Also see rule 212.4, “Enchantments.”)
[This one is pretty self explanatory, although 212.4
does a nice job of going more in depth.]
205.3d Artifacts, instants, and sorceries don’t have
subtypes.
[Although Artifact Creatures, since they are creatures,
may have creature subtypes.]
205.4. Supertypes
205.4a A card can also have one or more supertypes.
These are printed directly before the card’s types. If
an object’s types or subtypes change, any supertypes it
has are kept, although they may not be relevant to the
new type.
[I only see two Supertypes currently in the Oracle, both
covered below. Please email me if you find another, as I
can't find a situation where that last phrase has any
relevance, as a legendary non-creature turned into a
creature still is effected by the Legend rule, and all
spells that change a land into something else say "It's
still a land."]
205.4b Any land with the supertype “basic” is a basic
land. Any land that doesn’t have this supertype is a
nonbasic land.
Example: Note that cards printed in sets prior to the
Eighth Edition core set didn’t use the word “basic” to
indicate a basic land. Cards from those sets with the
following names are basic lands: Forest, Island,
Mountain, Plains, Swamp, Snow-Covered Forest,
Snow-Covered Island, Snow-Covered Mountain, Snow-Covered
Plains, and Snow-Covered Swamp.
[This is another reason to always look in the Oracle.
Those 10 cards have the Supertype Basic in the Oracle.]
205.4c Any permanent with the supertype “legendary” is
subject to the rules for Legends and legendary
permanents. See rule 215, “Legends and Legendary
Objects.”
[The Supertype Legendary is equivalent to the Creature
Subtype Legend.]
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Now, on to the questions for today.
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Short Answers:
-When a card says "target player," you can target ANY
player (barring something like an Ivory Mask). Reward
the Faithful can target the player that is casting it.
-Another line of questions I will answer for the last
time: Provoke only forces the provoked creature to block
that creature IF IT IS ABLE TO. If it isn't (for
example, it is tapped), then nothing happens, and the
creature is not forced to block.
-There is a space to play spells and abilities after a
creature is provoked, but before it is forced to block.
So if the creature has an ability that taps it (for
example, Wellwisher), then you can use that ability and
end up not blocking.
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Q: I wish to use Dragonspeaker Shaman to lower the
casting cost of Day Of The Dragons. Is this possible,
i.e., in what sense does Day Of The Dragons "officially"
count as a "dragon" spell as per the ability on the
Shaman?
-Buck
A: This is not possible. Drgonspeaker Shaman only
reduces spells that have "Dragon" as a subtype.
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Q: I have a question about Mist of Stagnation. Do I have
to have tapped permanents if I untap at the beginning of
my upkeep?
A: No. You can untap untapped permanents just fine.
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Q: For example: I have 3 untapped lands, 2 tapped lands
nothing else and 5 five cards in my graveyard. Can I
untap both the tapped lands I control and the untapped
lands I control or do I have to untap 3 tapped
permanents of my opponent?
I guess I can just untap my untapped permanents since
that's legal or am I wrong?
-Erik
A: You can untap your 5 permanents. You don't have to
untap any of your opponent's.
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Q: I use Threaten to bring a creature to my side. can I
sacrifice it to an ability (for example, Nantuko Husk)?
A: Yes.
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Q: If so, would it remain in my graveyard, or return to
my opponent's?
-Nerd
A: It would go to your opponent's graveyard. Cards that
go to a graveyard go to their owner's graveyard.
(217.4a)
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Q: If I play a Mogg Infestation, and then I play Brand,
would I get the tokens?
A: Yes. Tokens are "owned" by the player that played the
spell or ability that created them. (216.1)
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Q: Also, would a token creature going to the graveyard
activate an ability that looks for a creature going to
the graveyard from play?
-Art C.
A: Yes. Killed tokens are actually put into the
graveyard before they are removed from the game.
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Clarification:
>>>Q: About Force Bubble: If I have two Force Bubbles
out, and let's say I take 7 damage. Do both Force
Bubbles receive 7 counters each, or can I have 4
counters on one and 3 on the other force bubble?
-Mr. M
A: Force Bubble's first ability is a replacement
ability. Therefore, one of the Force Bubbles will
replace the 7 damage with putting 7 counters on that
Force Bubble, and since the damage is no longer there to
be replaced, the other Force Bubble's ability will do
nothing. Therefore, you will have one Force Bubble with
7 counters on it (and it will then be sacrificed, since
it has more than 3 counters), and a Force Bubble with no
counters on it.
It is not possible to split the counters between two
Force Bubbles, so this is the only possible scenario
involving 2 Force Bubbles.<<<
C: Ummm.... if I understand the rules right then I think
you may have oversimplified this answer.
The questions says 7 damage, not 7 damage from one
source. Your answer is perfect if the damage came from
one source (say a 7/7 green beast attacking)...
But if the 7 damage came from different sources I think
you might have it wrong. Say he was attacked (and didn't
block) a 4/4, 2/2, and a 1/1. Then I think he do the
following counter distributions:
Bubble A/Bubble B
4/2+1
4+1/2
4+2/1
4+2+1/0
He can replace any damage from any single source with
either bubble.
-Christopher D.
A: I only answer what is written. He wrote he was taking
7 damage, and didn't specify that it was coming from
multiple sources, so I have to assume it is only coming
from one source. Your explanation is correct (Note that
the characterizations of "Bubble A" and "Bubble B" are
arbitrary, so there are actually 8 possible ways to put
counters on in your scenario. Just switch the 2 Bubbles
for the other 4). (However, why would you want to put
any counters on the one that is staying in play? Put
them all on the one that is being sacrificed, so you
still have a fresh one out.)
See you Thursday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge
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