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Mana and Lands
09.28.04
Questions: 6
Q: When Vault of Whispers
comes into play is it counted as one land and then
when tapped adds another land to equal 2 lands or is
it that it goes in the land pool and when you tap it,
then you get 1 mana?
-Doug
A: Your latter explanation
is the more correct one. Lands do not produce any mana
when they come into play ... they only produce mana
when they are tapped for mana.
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Q: I control a Rootrunner
and my opponent has 3 lands open, 1 Island and 2
Forests. After I attack I sac Rootrunner and target
the Island to go on top of his deck. He responds by
tapping 3 to play Thirst for Knowledge. Can he do
this?
A: Yes. The ability of
Rootrunner is a normal activated ability. Since it is
not a mana ability, it can be responded to before it
resolves.
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Q: If I have an Arcbound
Ravager out, and both me and my opponent have a
Disciple of the Vault out, and I have less life than
him, but more artifacts than he does life, can I kill
him on his turn?
-Duelist
A: Yes. Sacrifice an
artifact. Since it is his turn, his Disciple trigger
goes on the stack below your Disciple trigger. Let
your Disciple trigger resolve, then, before his
Disciple trigger resolves, sacrifice another artifact.
repeat until your opponent is dead.
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Q: Hypothetically, could I
activate Akki Avanlancher's ability multiple times
before the first one resolves off the stack and it's
"play this ability only once per turn" clause
activates? Or would it counter the other activations
of the ability which are still on the stack?
-Terence P.
A: No. "Play this ability
only once each turn" means exactly that - you can only
play the ability once each turn. After the first time
you play the ability, the game won't let you play the
ability again.
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Q: Can a provoke creature
equipped with a Whispersilk Cloak still provoke?
A: The creature with the Cloak on it can still use the provoke ability. However, when it comes time to declare blockers, the creature that was provoked won't be able to block the Cloaked creature, since that creature is unblockable. (If there are other creatures attacking, that means the provoked creature can block any of the other creatures.) So the net effect is the provoke ability "won't work" on an unblockable creature. ---
Q: what does Phasing do?
-Richard S.
A: Phasing is defined in
section 502.15 of the Comprehensive Rules.
It has many aspects, which
would be better covered by reading the rule than
attempting an explanation here, but the basic concept
is that the permanent with phasing gets "sucked into
another dimension" every other turn (when it phases
out) and comes back on turns that it was phased out.
See you Friday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge |
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