Opponent plays something that creates energy and says "pass". I make my attacks assuming he has no energy. On his turn he attacks and uses his two energy, and apparently he had an energy token with a small dice on it to represent the counters.
I didn't see this and he didn't verbalize announce it. The token representing the energy was off his playmat to the side, but also when he said "pass" I started looking at my hand and didn't see it.
Is this a missed trigger, or am I at fault for just not noticing? I know you don't have to verbally announce triggers if you represent it some how, but you should also be tracking energy on paper and not a dice so how would this ruling go? I'm assuming the combination of no verbal announcement and him not having it written down would favor me?
It is your fault for not noticing. Keeping track of energy with a die is perfectly legal. He didn't announce it verbally because he was keeping track with a die, which shows that he remembered his trigger. Next time keep a closer eye on the board, you may ask you opponent to put there energy counters where you can seem them better or keep track of their energy yourself on paper.
I know you don't have to verbally announce triggers if you represent it some how, but you should also be tracking energy on paper and not a dice so how would this ruling go? I'm assuming the combination of no verbal announcement and him not having it written down would favor me?
Why do you say it should be tracked on paper? There's no rule that requires that.
And how would that have changed literally anything - you would've noticed him writing something but not him changing a die off to the side?
Further question on this. since it IS a trigger shouldn't it go on the stack since you can stifle/trickbind etc it? specially since there the new counter in Aether revolt?
Yes. Triggers (that aren't mana abilities) use the stack, they can be responded to, and they can be Stifled. If your opponent simply adds the energy counters right away, he's proposing a shortcut (for all players to pass priority and let the trigger resolve). You can shorten or reject the shortcut if you want. Then the game gets rewound to the point where you want to interfere. But you can do so only, if you take a different action than proposed for you (to pass priority) for that time in the shortcut.
I'm going to quote the Judging at Regular document here, as this most likely occurred at the prerelease this weekend which is run at Regular Rules Enforcement.
A player forgets a triggered ability (one that uses the words “when,” “whenever,” or “at the
beginning”, usually at the start of the ability's text)
These abilities are considered missed if the player did not acknowledge the ability in any way at the point that it required choices or had a visible in-game effect. If the ability includes the word “may,” assume the player chose not to perform it. Otherwise, use your judgement to decide if putting the trigger on the stack now would be too disruptive - don’t add it to the stack if significant decisions have been made based on the effect not happening! Unlike other illegal actions (which must be pointed out), players may choose whether or not to point out their opponent's missed triggers, though we should encourage them to do so.
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As he did perform an action to acknowledge the ability, the trigger is not considered missed.
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I didn't see this and he didn't verbalize announce it. The token representing the energy was off his playmat to the side, but also when he said "pass" I started looking at my hand and didn't see it.
Is this a missed trigger, or am I at fault for just not noticing? I know you don't have to verbally announce triggers if you represent it some how, but you should also be tracking energy on paper and not a dice so how would this ruling go? I'm assuming the combination of no verbal announcement and him not having it written down would favor me?
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Why do you say it should be tracked on paper? There's no rule that requires that.
And how would that have changed literally anything - you would've noticed him writing something but not him changing a die off to the side?
No, he didn't miss a trigger.
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As he did perform an action to acknowledge the ability, the trigger is not considered missed.