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Pojo's Magic The Gathering
Judge Bill's Corner
Time Conduit
Questions: 18
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Q: If I have a Time Vault, can I use Power Conduit to
put a counter on it instead of skipping a turn since
Time Vault now requires a counter?
-Scott
A: Sure, you can put a charge counter on it any time you
like. However, Time Vault requires there to be at least
one time counter on it (in addition to untapping it) to
be able to play the ability to give you an extra turn.
Since charge counters are not time counters, you won't
be able to play the ability to give you an extra turn.
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.
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Q: If I Copy Artifact an artifact with Imprint, can I
discard a card to imprint the Copy Artifact?
A: Yes. In fact, you must, if you want the card to have
any effect, as it doesn't copy the original imprint.
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Q: If I have a Control Magic on my opponent's Tragic
Poet, can I sacrifice the Tragic Poet, have the Control
Magic go to the graveyard, then retrieve back my Control
Magic through the Tragic Poet's ability?
A: No. When the ability is announced, the target is
declared before the cost is paid. Since the Control
Magic is not in the graveyard when you announce the
ability (it gets there after the ability is announced,
as a state based effect, since the Poet isn't there any
more), you can't choose it as a target for the Tragic
Poet.
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Q: I have a Decree of Silence in play with no counters
as well as a Power Conduit. My opponent casts one spell
that is countered, and I now have one counter on my
Decree. If my opponent now plays a Brain Freeze, does
the Decree counter the original Brain Freeze as well as
the Storm copy, getting 2 counters?
A: No. Decree of Silence only affects spells that are
played. Since the Storm copy isn't played, but simply
put on the stack, Decree of Silence won't affect it.
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Q: Is it possible for me to use the Power Conduit to
remove a counter from the Decree (if it has 2 counters
before its triggered ability resolves) before I have to
sacrifice it?
A: Only if you remove a counter before it counters its
third spell. Once the third counter is put on, it is
sacrificed as part of the same effect that put the third
counter on.
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Q: My creature has Arrest on it. Would it be possible to
cast Flickering Ward on the creature naming white and
then return it to my hand by paying W before it falls
off?
-Ryan C.
A: Yes, because Flickering Ward has been errataed.
Flickering Ward
{W}
Enchant Creature
As Flickering Ward comes into play, choose a color.
Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color.
This effect doesn't remove Flickering Ward.
{W}: Return Flickering Ward to its owner's hand.
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Q: If I attack with Scalpelexis and Raven Guild Master
how would their abilities trigger?
-Art C.
A: Separately, since they are different effects. You
choose the order the abilities go on the stack, so you
could remove 10 cards with the Guild Master first, or
you could remove 4 (and repeat if 2 names match) with
Scalpelexis first.
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Q: I use a Traumatize on my opponent. Then, my opponent
uses a Stifle on the Traumatize.
A: This is not a legal play. Traumatize is a spell, and
not an activated or triggered ability.
Activated abilities are of the form "Cost: Effect," And
triggered abilities are abilities that contain one of
the following words: "when," "whenever," or "at,"
followed by a trigger condition, and then an effect.
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Q: I control a Mystic Enforcer, and I have Threshold.
Then, my friend removes the graveyard by casting
Morningtide. How big is the Enforcer now?
A: The Enforcer is 3/3. If you lose threshold, as far as
the game is concerned, the ability it had while you had
threshold "disappears." Thus, it goes back to its base
state. (If you gain threshold again later, it will again
gain the +3/+3 and Protection from Black.)
You can read more about threshold in the Comprehensive
Rulebook, rule 502.23.
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Q: If I have Threshold with a Mystic Enforcer, can my
friend use a Stifle to negate the effect of the +3/+3
and Flying?
-Sonuis
A: No. Threshold is a characteristic-setting ability,
and not a triggered or activated ability (though some
cards gain a triggered or activated ability at
threshold). See above for what a triggered or activated
ability is.
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Q: I have Death Pits of Rath & Aether Flash out on the
field. My opponent has Opposition and a squirrel nest on
two lands. If he puts two squirrels in play, could he
tap them to tap my lands with Opposition before they are
destroyed by Aether Flash?
A: Yes. Aether Flash's ability is a triggered ability,
and can be responded to before it resolves.
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Q: Are you allowed to play instants spells and abilities
during another players Untap or Upkeep step?
A: Untap, no. Upkeep, yes. Except for the untap and
cleanup steps, all players in the game get at least one
chance in each phase or step of each player's turn to
play spells or abilities.
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Q: Is using Goblin Sharpshooter's effect considered
Combat Damage?
A: No. Combat damage is damage that is dealt as a result
of a creature attacking or blocking. It does not include
damage dealt by spells or abilities during the combat
phase.
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Q: If I play Faceless Butcher and remove a creature from
the game, but then bounce the Butcher back to my hand,
does the creature stay removed?
-Ash
A: If you bounce the creature in response to the
Butcher's "remove from game" ability, yes.
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Q: If I give my Whirling Dervish double strike and he is
not blocked, will he get 2 counters?
-Guy
A: No. No matter how many times Whirling Dervish damaged
an opponent (or for that matter, how many opponents were
damaged by Whirling Dervish), it only gets one counter
at end of turn.
Whirling Dervish
{G}{G}
Creature -- Dervish
1/1
Protection from black
At end of turn, if Whirling Dervish dealt damage to an
opponent this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
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Q: Does Holy Day affect all attack phases of the turn or
just the one it was cast on?
-Junwei H.
A: Holy Day
{W}
Instant
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
So no matter how many combat phases the active player
gets this turn, all combat damage dealt in all combat
phases is prevented.
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Q: I had a Tower of Murmurs in play, and my opponent had
an Icy Manipulator in play. I activated the Tower's
ability and he then activated the Icy's ability,
claiming that that would stop the Tower from working. I
told him that since I had priority that the Tower's
ability would still work. Who's right?
-Z
A: Neither of you are exactly right. You are correct
that the Tower's ability will still work, but for the
wrong reason. The reason the Tower's ability will still
work is because once you've paid the cost (which
includes tapping the Tower), the ability exists
independently of the Tower. The only thing that could
remove the Tower's ability from the stack once it has
been played is a spell like Stifle.
Even if he was able to play the ability of the Icy to
tap the Tower first, you could still respond by playing
the Tower's ability, and have it still work.
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Q: Can Mana Matrix be used with non creature Artifacts
like Tower of Champions?
-Mike
A: No. Mana Matrix only affects Instant and Enchantment
spells; that is, spells that have the type Instant or
Enchantment. There are currently no artifacts that also
have either the type Instant or the type Enchantment.
Mana Matrix
{6}
Artifact
Instant and enchantment spells you play cost up to {2}
less to play.
See you Tuesday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge
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