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11.27.04
Title: Flipping Out
Questions: 13
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Q: You tap Nezumi
Shortfang, targeting your opponent with its
discard ability. Your opponent has only one card
in hand, Shock, which he casts in response,
targeting Nezumi Shortfang. Since your opponent
now has no cards in hand, does Nezumi Shortfang
become Stabwhiskers, the Odious, a 3/3 which
survives the Shock, or does the Shock resolve
first, killing Nezumi Shortfang while it is
still a 1/1?
-Owl
A: The "flip" only
occurs as a part of the discard activated
ability. Since the activated ability hasn't
resolved yet, the Shock will kill the Shortfang
before it flips.
(If he Shocked you, the Shortfang would still flip, as when the ability resolves, the only thing targeted is the player. Your opponent doesn't have any cards in his hand to discard, but the ability did resolve, so the flip will occur as the second part of the ability.)
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Q: I have a quick
question on the Kaldra set. Supposing that a
Kaldra token has been created, and is currently
equipped with the Sword/Shield/Helm of Kaldra.
When in combat with a non-first strike creature
(or non-double strike for that matter), am I
correct in thinking that the Kaldra token would
deal its first strike damage (due to the Helm),
triggering the Sword's 'remove from game'
ability and removing the opposing creature
before any damage is done to Kaldra?
A: Assuming the
creature survives the 9 points of damage Kaldra
deals, then yes.
(If the damage from
the Kaldra token kills the creature, the dead
creature won't be removed from the game [since
it's not in play when the Sword's triggered
ability resolves.])
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Q: Example: Opponent
attacks with a Darksteel Colossus. I declare my
Kaldra token (with all 3 equips) as a blocker.
Kaldra would deal first strike damage to the
Colossus, triggering the Sword of Kaldra to
remove the Colossus from the game. I'm thinking
that the Colossus would be removed from the game
before it has a chance to deal damage to Kaldra,
but am unsure, so I thought I'd clarify.
-Derek
A: You are correct.
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Q: I have Recycle in
play. Which of the following would cause me to
draw a card?
a) Playing a land b) Playing a land from the graveyard via Crucible of Worlds c) Flashing back a Moment's Peace d) Madnessing out a Rootwalla during my discard phase.
A: All of the above.
Recycle doesn't care on how the card was played,
it only cares that it was played.
(In (d), though,
you'll still have to discard down to 2 again
after the Rootwalla comes into play.)
Recycle
4GG Enchantment Skip your draw step. Whenever you play a card, draw a card. Your maximum hand size is two.
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Q: If both players control a Platinum Angel and have no cards in their hand or library, what happens?
A: The game is
declared a draw, and you play another.
(If one of the
players refuses to do so, when I am called over,
I would politely suggest that the player does
so, or that he will likely not be playing in the
tournament any more [Cheating - Stalling].)
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Q: My opponent plays a Fireball for X=some obscenely high amount. Is its converted mana cost still 1 and thus a legal target for Liquify, or because it's being played, is its converted mana cost an obscenely high number and requiring a harder counter? A: While that Fireball is on the stack, its mana costs is the obscenely high number+1. You'll probably need a hard counterspell to counter it.
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Q: I control Kamahl,
Fist of Krosa, Forbidden Orchard, and Intruder
Alarm. Can I tap the Orchard for a green mana,
put the mana into Krosa in order to turn the
orchard itself into a creature, and have the
Orchard untap when the Spirit token comes into
play?
A: Yes.
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Q: If so, how many
times can I do this in a single turn? As many
times as I have lands for Kamahl to target, or
as many times as I want?
-Brian M.
A: As many times as
you want. (Turning a land that's already a
creature into a creature again won't do
anything, though. There's probably a better use
for that mana at that point.
Once the Orchard is
made a creature once, it will untap every time a
spirit comes into play on the opponent's side.
You don't need to make it a creature every time
the Intruder Alarm triggers.)
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Q: Can Bringer of
the Red Dawn take control of untapped creatures?
A: Sure. (If they
didn't want it to, it would say "target tapped
creature.")
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Q: If a creature is
tapped, can it still use abilities that don't
require it to be taped?
A: Yes.
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Q: Can equipment be
un-equipped by paying its equip cost?
A: No.
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Q: Assuming a player
controlled the Helm, Shield, and Sword of Kaldra,
could that player create more then 1 4/4 token
each turn by spending more mana to use the
ability more then once?
-Anthony
A: You could
_create_ the tokens, but the even numbered
tokens wouldn't last long. This is because when
a second token comes into play, both it and the
other Legendary token (that was created in the
previous activation) would be put into the
graveyard due to the legend rule. This happens
before you can do anything else.
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Q: When do you take
mana burn?
-Duelist
A: At the end of
every phase. (The phases are: Beginning
[containing the untap, upkeep, and draw steps],
first main, combat [containing the beginning of
combat, declare attackers, declare blockers,
combat damage, and end of combat steps], second
main, and end [containing the end of turn and
cleanup steps].)
See you Tuesday.
Bill Guerin
DCI Level 2 Judge |
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