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Land's Colors
10.19.04
Questions: 12
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Q: Would a Circle of
Protection: Black prevent the damage from a Starlit
Sanctum, or would I have to use a Rune of Protection:
Lands?
-Rachel
A: Neither. Life loss is
not damage, so cards like Circles of Protection and
Runes of Protection won't effect spells or abilities
that make you lose life.
So a question that still
remains is, what color is Starlit Sanctum?
To find the color of any
card, look at its mana cost.
Starlit Sanctum has no
mana cost printed on the card, so its mana cost is
considered to be {0} for effects that ask for the mana
cost.
Now look at the colors in
the cards mana cost. The card is all of the colors in
the mana cost.
Since there are no colors
in Starlit Sanctum's mana cost, Starlit Sanctum is
colorless.
(So, if Starlit Sanctum's
ability dealt damage instead of causing life loss, a
Circle of Protection: Black wouldn't stop the damage -
you'd need a Rune of Protection: Lands.)
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Q: I have a Goblin Welder
in play, a Black Lotus in play and a Triskelion in my
graveyard. Can I use the Welder's ability to swap the
two artifacts, then sacrifice the Lotus to get 3 mana
and then get my Triskelion in play?
-Mikkel
A: No. If you do this,
when the Welder's ability resolves, one target is
illegal. Therefore, the ability won't do anything.
Goblin Welder
{R} Creature — Goblin 1/1 T: Choose target artifact a player controls and target artifact card in that player’s graveyard. If both targets are still legal as this ability resolves, that player sacrifices the artifact in play, then puts the other artifact from his or her graveyard into play.
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Q: I attack an opponent
with a 7/7 creature and he declares that he blocks
with three 2/2's and one 1/1. My creature dies, but
does he get off scot free or does he loose the 2/2's
he played. it seems a little unfair for him to be able
to assign as many blocking creatures as possible.
-Shawn
A: The controller of a
creature in combat chooses how it deals damage, so you
can choose to assign damage to the defending creatures
however you like. (Usually, this will mean you assign
2 damage each to the 2/2s, and one damage to the 1/1,
killing all the creatures.)
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Q: I have a Nezumi
Shortfang in play and I managed to flip it, means I
have to tap to do it's activation cost. So the
question is, does the Stabwhisker the Odious remain
tapped or untapped when it flips?
A: It will remain tapped
until a spell or ability untaps it, or your next turn
starts (when you normally untap everything).
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Q: An Arcbound Ravager
attacks me and there are one Arcbound Worker in play,
after the damage is dealt to me that opponents sac's
the Worker. Do I have to take the 2 damage only (
because the sac +1/+1 to it) or 3 (plus the modular
into it as instant)?
-Andrew K.
A: After the damage is
dealt? That means the Ravager dealt only one damage.
Before the damage is
dealt, you mean? The Ravager will get one +1/+1
counter from its sac ability, and one +1/+1 counter
from the Worker's modular ability (and one that it got
when it came into play), giving it 3 +1/+1 counters.
Therefore, the Ravager will be a 3/3.
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Q: Does Mephidross
Vampire's ability (making creatures Vampires) work on
creatures in your graveyard or only on the field?
-Robin C.
A: Creature cards in the
graveyard are not creatures. Creatures only exist in
the in play zone.
Therefore, your creature
cards in your graveyard are not vampires.
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Q: Can I search for a
Orochi Eggwatcher/Shidako, Broodmistress (or any other
flip creature for that matter) with Time of Need?
-Ralph
A: No.
508.2. In every zone other
than the in-play zone, and also in the in-play zone
before the permanent flips, only the normal
characteristics of the permanent apply. Once the flip
permanent in the in-play zone has been flipped, the
normal name, text box, type line, power, and toughness
of the flip permanent don’t apply and the alternative
versions of those characteristics apply instead.
Example: The “heroes” in
the Champions of Kamigawa set are flip cards whose
alternative versions are legendary but whose base
versions are not. An effect that says “search your
library for a legendary card” won’t find a hero. An
effect that says “legendary creatures get +2/+2”
affects a hero in play only if the creature has been
flipped.
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Q: Can I sac the lands I
tapped to play Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked to put more
counters on it?
-Dawy V.
A: Yes.
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Q: I tap my opponent's
Tangle Wire with my Touchstone at the end of his turn.
Do I have to tap permanents during my upkeep?
-David
A: Yes. Unless the card
states otherwise, artifacts' triggered abilities
continue to work while the artifact is tapped.
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Q: I have 4 cards that all
have the "At the beginning of your upkeep" effect. At
the beginning of my upkeep, do they all happen at the
same time, or can I arrange them in any order?
-Nikolai K.
A: Since you control all
of the cards that generate the upkeep effects, you can
put them on the stack in any order you like.
If you controlled some and
your opponent controlled some, you would put yours on
the stack in any order you wanted, and then your
opponents on the stack in the order your opponent
chooses.
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Q: I have a 2/2 creature,
and there is a Night of Souls' Betrayal out. If
someone plays a second Night of Souls' Betrayal, does
my creature die?
A: Yes. There are 3 state
based effects: the legendary status of each Night of
Souls' Betrayal, and a creature with 0 toughness. All
of the state based effects are taken care of at the
same time, so your creature will die at the same time
as the Nights of Souls' Betrayal go to the graveyard.
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Q: If there is a Night of
Souls' Betrayal in play, can I play a Ravager and
immediately sac something to it to give it a counter,
or does the effect of Night of Souls Betrayal get the
Ravager first?
-Sam
A: Your Ravager will die
(due to having 0 toughness) before you can even play
its ability.
See you Friday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge
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