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8.17.04
Title: Questions, Questions, Questions
Questions: 9
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Q: If I activate
Mindslaver in my turn and my opponent has
Mindslaver in their hand and enough mana to play
and activate it, and I have them play it, who
controls my turn?
-David E.
A: Who played it?
Your opponent did, while his turn was under your
control. Since your opponent played the ability,
he will control your turn.
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Q: My brother and I
were playing a draft with Fifth Dawn cards. I
had just played Solarion, and then dropped a
Endless Whispers. He cast Tel-Jilad Justice on
my Solarion. What happens? Does it move
endlessly back and forth? (If so, does this
trigger off a Disciple of the Vault infinitely)
-Ray C.
A: It will only be
put into play (and then back into the graveyard)
once each turn. When it comes into play, it is a
0/0 and dies. But since the time for "at end of
turn" effects have already passed, Endless
Whispers won't put it into play again until the
next turn..
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Q: Say I had 12
basic lands in play. I play Explosive
Vegetation, and then a 'twined Rude Awakening.
Because mana abilities don't use the stack,
could I tap those two new Explosive Vegetation
lands for mana between the entwined effects of
RA; that is, after they're untapped, but before
they're made into creatures and affected by
summoning sickness? Or are the two effects
supposed to effectively resolve simultaneously
(though in order)?
A: You can't do
this. See Mantra 1.
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Q: I'd ask the same
thing about using a stolen creature's activated
ability before the fling w/ Grab the Reins, but
that seems to be more obviously no.
-GenericKen
A: Correct. Mantra 1
again.
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Q: If I have a
Humility in play do all creatures come into play
as ability-less 1/1?
A: Yes.
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Q: Doesn't
timestamping mean that Humility would only
affect creatures that were in play when it was
cast? Or is my idea of timestamping wrong?
-Bill H.
A: I don't know
where you've got this, but your idea is wrong.
Humility's ability is a continuous effect that
effects all creatures in play. It keeps checking
and making creatures 1/1 while it is in play,
even if you cast the creature after the
Humility.
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Q: On my first turn,
I play a land and Lion's Eye Diamond. Can I
announce Goblin Charbelcher and then sacrifice
the Lion's Eye Diamond and discard my hand to
pay for the spell or does the mana have to be in
my pool before I announce the Charbelcher?
-Cory
A: Lion's Eye
Diamond has errata to bring it in line with its
intended use:
Lion's Eye Diamond
{0} Artifact Sacrifice Lion's Eye Diamond, Discard your hand: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool. Play this ability only any time you could play an instant.
Can you play an
instant while you are playing the Charbelcher's
ability? No. (Mantra 1.) So you can't activate
the Lion's Eye Diamond then either.
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Q: If I have Mogg
Maniac enchanted with a Guilty Conscience, if I
sac a Mogg Fanatic to do its one damage to the
Maniac, how much damage will my opponent take?
-Joann
A: One. Mogg Fanatic
does one damage to the Maniac, triggering the
Mogg Maniac's ability. Mogg Maniac is then put
into the graveyard. Then Guilty Conscience is
put into the graveyard, as it's not enchanting
anything any more. By the time Mogg Maniac deals
its damage, it is no longer enchanted by the
Guilty Conscience, so the Guilty Conscience will
never trigger.
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Q: When someone uses
Fist of Suns to play an X cost spell, do they
still have to pay X or can they declare X to be
any number since Fist of Suns says it can pay
for ANY spell?
-Yasei
A: They do not and
can not pay X. Fist of Suns replaces the entire
mana cost. Since you didn't pay any mana for X,
X will be 0.
See you Friday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge
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