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Column 100000000
8.27.04
Questions: 7
Yes, I really have written
100000000 columns. [(Well, as long as you know
100000000 is in binary ;)]
To start off, I'll kill 2
questions with one answer ...
Q: When I attack my
opponent with a 0/3 Abyssal Specter, does my opponent
discard a card?
-Raul F.
Q: Is it possible to deal
0 damage to someone? Like attacking with a Taunting
Elf...
-Omar S.
A: 419.5a If a source
would deal 0 damage, it does not deal damage at all.
That means abilities that trigger on damage being
dealt won’t trigger. It also means that replacement
effects that increase damage dealt have no event to
replace when 0 damage is dealt, so they have no
effect.
So your opponent will not
discard a card.
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Q: Do you have to keep
your hand in the same order at all times?
A: No.
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Q: What is the correct way
of picking a card at random?
-Joann
A: Any way that results in
a random selection is fine. The most frequent method
is to shuffle your hand, place the card face down on
the table, and have your opponent pick one. Another
acceptable alternative is to roll a die with at least
as many sides as the number of cards. Assign each card
one number, and roll the die. Pick that card. If you
roll a number not assigned to a card, roll again.
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Q: Assume player A and
player B are both playing Affinity Decks. Player A has
2 life points to Player B's 4, and it is player A's
turn. If Player A casts Shrapnel Blast, targeting
Player B, who has two Disciples of the Vault in play,
which player would die first and why?
-DM
A: Player A would lose.
His Shrapnel Blast goes on the stack, and then the
triggers from the two Disciples go on the stack. The
triggers will resolve first, since they went on the
stack last.
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Q: How can you declare a
spell before you pay the mana cost?
A: Because that's the way
the rules have you do it. Announce spell, choose modes
and targets, play mana abilities, pay costs.
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Q: When you told me that I
could declare my Tendrils of Agony before I tapped 2
City of Brass when I was at 2, it didn't make sense
though?
-Omar S.
A: Sure, you can do that.
The Cities of Brass will trigger while you play the
spell, but since you are playing a spell, the triggers
wait until you are done before going on the stack on
top of the spell. Thus, the City of Brass triggers
will go on top of the Tendrils, and the triggers will
resolve first, putting you to 0 life before the
Tendrils resolve, resulting in a dead player.
(Of course, if a spell has
been played this turn BEFORE the Tendrils, you can
stack it so you can live. When you tap the Cities for
mana, you also have a Storm trigger to deal with. Put
the Cities' triggers on the stack first, then the
Storm trigger. The Storm trigger will resolve first,
putting the copy [or copies] of Tendrils on top of the
City triggers. Thus, the copy [or copies] will resolve
before the City triggers, letting you live.)
See you Tuesday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge |
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