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8.10.04 Title:
Lotsa Mantra Questions
Questions: 25
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Q: Player A controls a
Leonin Elder, and has just cast a Neurok Hoversail.
Player B said that he would cast Lose Hope on the
Leonin Elder as the ability triggered (for 1 life).
Would Player A gain life because the Hoversail has
already resolved or none because before the ability
triggers, the Leonin Elder is dead?
A: He still gains life.
Once the Elder's ability triggers, it doesn't matter
what happens to the Elder, the ability will still
resolve. See Mantra 8.
(Player B wants to cast Lose Hope while the Hoversail is on the stack instead so the ability won't trigger [since the artifact hasn't come into play yet].)
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Q: If I control a
Solarion, and an opponent casts Aether Snap, can I
let it resolve, and cast Battlegrowth to let my
Solarion live?
A: No. See Mantra 1.
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Q: Does the state-based
effect: "You lose the game if you have to draw a
card but can't" happen during your draw step or when
you are forced to draw cards (like Inspiration, or
Opportunity)?
-Ray C.
A: Yes. ANY TIME you
have to draw a card and can't, you lose the game as
a state based effect.
(State based effects
aren't triggered, they just happen.)
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Q: My opponent has a
Synod Sanctum out. He then plays a Temporary
Insanity or various other cards and temporarily
takes control of one of my creatures. Then, he
removes it from the game using the Sanctum.
If he waits a turn, when
he sacrifices the Sanctum, will it return to play
under his control permanently? (at least, until it
is sent to my graveyard or returned to my hand)
-Sean H.
A: Yes. As I have said
many times, cards do exactly what they say they do.
Also, when a permanent
leaves the in play zone, it "forgets" its previous
life. So the creature won't know it's supposed to go
back to the other player, even if he sacrifices the
Sanctum the same turn he takes the creature.
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Q: Can artifact
abilities be used on other players turns?
A: Yes, unless the card
says otherwise.
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Q: And are artifact
creatures affected by summoning sickness?
A: Yes. The are
creatures.
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Q: With Eon Hub, say you put out a card with echo, would you have to pay that echo because the upkeep was skipped, or would the card perish because you couldn’t pay that upkeep?
A: As long as Eon Hub is
out, you won't have to pay the echo, since echo
triggers during your upkeep. However, if Eon Hub
leaves play, you will have to pay the echo cost your
next turn.
502.19a Echo is a
triggered ability. “Echo” means “At the beginning of
your upkeep, if this permanent came under your
control since the beginning of your last upkeep,
sacrifice it unless you pay its mana cost.”
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Q: If a creature cant be
the target of spells or abilities can it be counter
spelled?
A: Yes. Creatures'
abilities only work in play (unless the ability can
only work in a zone other than in play).
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Q: Someone Dark Banishes
a card, can a player use Boomerang and return that
creature to his hand before the creature is killed
by Dark Banishing?
A: Yes.
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Q: Or say a creature
like Palinchron has the ability to return to owners
hand, can it use its ability before it is killed.
A: Yes.
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Q: On double strike
cards if they attack a player and aren't blocked do
they do damage twice?
-Jake
A: Yes.
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Q: If you have an
artifact out with a static ability, and you tap it,
does the ability still happen?
-Joann
A: Yes.
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Q: On imprinted cards,
if the artifact is bounced back to hand is the
imprinted card still removed from game?
A: Yes.
(Is there an echo in
here? :) )
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Q: Does False Prophet
remove itself when it goes to the graveyard?
-Mmjw
A: Y.... oh wait a
second - NO! I get to say NO!
False Prophet isn't a
creature when its triggered ability resolves (since
it's not in play), so it won't be removed.
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Q: I am attacking with a
creature and he blocks it with an Arcbound Worker,
he also has a Ravager out. Can he both block my
creature and then sacrifice the Worker to the
Ravager to add 2 counters to the Ravager (One from
the Ravager's ability, and one from the Worker's
Modular ability)?
-Zen
A: Yes.
(Oh well, it was fun
while it lasted.)
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Q: Regarding Mantra 7
(You can't do something just because you want to. A
spell or ability (or the cost of playing a spell or
ability) must tell you to do it before you can do
it.)
If my friend wants to
discard a card from their hand during their turn
even though it is the middle of their turn and they
don't have 8 cards, can they do this?
A: No. A perfect example
of Mantra 7.
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Q: Another sore spot is
sacrificing creatures, can someone just up and
sacrifice a creature or do they need a Ravager out
or something that explicitly states it like in
Mantra 7?
A: The latter. You gave
a good grasp of Mantra 7.
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Q: Can I cast Tooth and
Nail with entwine, search out an Eternal Witness
(and some other card), and then pull the T&N back
into my hand with the Eternal Witness's come into
play ability?
A: Yes. By the time you
play Eternal Witness's triggered ability, Tooth and
Nail is in the graveyard, and is a legal target for
the ability.
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Q: I am confused on
artifacts and tapping. In the past I have heard
that you can tap a Howling Mine and there by not let
people have the extra card.
A: Yes, because the card
says so.
Howling Mine
{2} Artifact At the beginning of each player's draw step, if Howling Mine is untapped, that player draws a card.
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Q: Would this work with
something like a Panoptic Mirror? if it is tapped
could they not get the upkeep bit?
A: No. See Joann's
answer above.
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Q: Mini question here,
if I tap it with a Icy Manipulator, can they still
fast effect an imprint?
-Chad B.
A: Yes. The tapping uses
the stack, and can be responded to.
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Q: Can I tap Genesis
Chamber or any other card just because I want to?
-Mike K.
A: No. (Um, didn't I
just answer this question for the last reader?)
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Q: If a sunburst card is
regenerated is it correct to assume that it loses
its counters? Or does it keep the counters that
were originally given to the sunburst card?
-Matthew S.
A: It keeps the
counters. When a card is regenerated, it stays in
play.
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Q: Do triggered and
activated abilities go on the stack or do they go
into effect as soon as they are used?
A: Triggered and
activated abilities use the stack.
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Q: For example: they use
their Icy to tap my land, can I tap their Icy so
that it won't go through?
-Omar S.
A: No. See Mantra 8 (and
the question at the very start of this column).
See you Friday.
Bill Guerin
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