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12.03.04
Title: Now Serving Error
#8675309
Questions: 4
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As the title implies, I
goofed up last column. Well, let me put it a better
way. There's an slip up, where the error is hidden
in a question deep in the column, and then there's a
HUGE F***-UP, which occurs when I make an error in a
title question. Today's correction involves one of
the latter variety of errors.
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Correction:
<<Q: I have a Horobi,
Death's Wail in play, then I play a Screams from
Within targeting my opponent's creature and thus
killing it due to Horobi's ability and returning the
Screams from Within to play. Do I get to choose a
new target and can this ultimately destroy more than
one creature? why or why not?
-Metal Biker
A: You get to choose a
new creature to put Screams from Within on, but this
is not targeted. The only time an enchantment
targets is when it is played (Cast). Any other
method of bringing the enchantment into play does
not target the creature the enchantment is being put
on.
So Horobi won't trigger
for the new recipient of Screams from Within.>>
Howdy Bill,
Seems to me that
"Screams from Within" will fizzle since its target
will be gone when it resolves, thus Screams will not
come into play from the graveyard since it never
actually enchanted its target.
Cheers,
Martin T.
A: Yes, yes it will. For
those of you who haven't written in and told me of
the error, and don't understand why it's an error,
here goes:
-You cast Screams on
Random.Creature. (Playing [casting] an enchantment
on a creature targets that creature.)
-Horobi triggers, since something is targeted, and tells you to destroy Random.Creature. -Stack Resolves last in, first out. -So Horobi's trigger resolves first, destroying Random.Creature. -Screams From Within then goes to resolves, but since all of its (one) targets are illegal, it is countered on resolution. So it is put into the graveyard instead of in play. -Since Screams never enchanted a creature to begin with, its "return me to play" trigger won't trigger.
(Thanks also to Metheus,
Freddy, Marian H., Chris R., and David G. for also
writing in. [At least, those were who wrote in as of
the time I sent this off to the editors to be
published. If I missed your name because this
article was already sent, thank you too.] Please
don't think that since 6 people wrote in on this
error, it isn't appreciated. I'd rather get 10
emails on an error, allowing me to correct it, than
to get none and let the error stand.)
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Now, moving on to the
new questions ...
Q: I've been playing
Echoing Truth against my friends Green token deck
and screwing it over, but I just realized that it
probably doesn't work. Cards like Beacon of
Creation or Monkey Cage create tokens that have
creature types but not names I believe. Does this
mean that Echoing Truth only bounces one of them, or
all of them?
-David M.
A: A token's name,
unless it specifies otherwise, is its creature type.
So when Monkey Cage tells you to put "a number of
2/2 green Ape creatures into play ...", the tokens
it makes are of creature type Ape and Named Ape. One
Echoing Truth would bounce all of the tokens created
by a Monkey Cage.
(Likewise with Beacon of
Creation, which makes Insects.)
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Q: If there is a Endless
Whispers out and a Phage the Untouchable out by
player A and the next turn player B brings out Phage
then which player would lose?
-Ben
A: The person who's turn
it isn't wins the game (in this case, Player A).
This is because Endless Whispers provides the
reanimation to the creature. This means each player
has a "return to play under opponent's control."
So in the end of turn
step, the "return me" triggers will be put on the
stack, active player (Player B)'s first, then
non-active player (Player A)'s. Player A's resolves
first, and he returns his Phage to Player B. Phage's
"you didn't play me, so LOSE SUCKA" is then put on
the stack and resolved before Player A gets Player
B's Phage.
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Q: Say I tap Forbidden
Orchard for mana. Forbidden Orchard puts a 1/1 token
on their side of the field.
Now, if I have Death
Match out, would I be the one to choose where the
-3/-3 effect goes? Or because the monster is put on
their side, would they get to choose?
-Helpoemer
A: Let's read Death
Match, shall we?
Death Match
3B Enchantment Whenever a creature comes into play, that creature’s controller may have target creature of his or her choice get -3/-3 until end of turn.
And who is the
controller of the token? Your opponent. So your
opponent will choose which creature to get -3/-3.
See you Tuesday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge
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