Does the new communication policy, specifically that:
Now, if a spell or ability you play gives an opponent a choice, you must get confirmation from them that they aren’t doing the optional thing.
Apply to the case of me controlling The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale and my opponent taking his or her turn and not acknowledging the trigger to keep a creature they control and simply going to Draw Step and drawing a card? In other words, would I need to remind them they have a choice in their upkeep, since I control Tabernacle, or not since Tabernacle gives the ability to their creature and so they control the trigger?
It's a little confusing because the ability of my Tabernacle gave them an ability that gave them a choice. Which is different than just giving them a choice, but certainly (at least to me) against what would seem to be the idea of the above change to the communication rules. It might just be a case of the rules simply not being meant to cover such a (sort of) convoluted case where abilities are granted to other's permanents.
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The part of M.T.R. 4.2 you speak of applies only "during the resolution of one of [the] spells or abilities" of the player in question (without more, I assume it means a spell or ability that player controls); more specifically, it applies only if, during the resolution of a spell or ability, an opponent of that spell or ability's controller could make a "choice with no visible impact" (an example is Soul Echo's triggered ability). Here, there is no such ability involved.
The actual text of the new communication rule is "During the resolution of one of their spells or abilities, a player may not assume their opponent has taken a shortcut. They must seek confirmation that a choice with no visible impact was taken." For example, if you cast Path to Exile on one of your opponent's creatures and your opponent just exiles the creature without searching their library, you need to confirm with them that they intended to skip the search.
Tabernacle is just the usual case of you not being responsible for triggers controlled by your opponent. Also, in this situation there's no choice for them to make that would have no visible impact on the game state. They have to either pay 1 or sacrifice the creature, either of which is going to be pretty visible.
Apply to the case of me controlling The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale and my opponent taking his or her turn and not acknowledging the trigger to keep a creature they control and simply going to Draw Step and drawing a card? In other words, would I need to remind them they have a choice in their upkeep, since I control Tabernacle, or not since Tabernacle gives the ability to their creature and so they control the trigger?
It's a little confusing because the ability of my Tabernacle gave them an ability that gave them a choice. Which is different than just giving them a choice, but certainly (at least to me) against what would seem to be the idea of the above change to the communication rules. It might just be a case of the rules simply not being meant to cover such a (sort of) convoluted case where abilities are granted to other's permanents.
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
beginning on Sep. 29:The part of M.T.R. 4.2 you speak of applies only "during the resolution of one of [the] spells or abilities" of the player in question (without more, I assume it means a spell or ability that player controls); more specifically, it applies only if, during the resolution of a spell or ability, an opponent of that spell or ability's controller could make a "choice with no visible impact" (an example is Soul Echo's triggered ability). Here, there is no such ability involved.
Tabernacle is just the usual case of you not being responsible for triggers controlled by your opponent. Also, in this situation there's no choice for them to make that would have no visible impact on the game state. They have to either pay 1 or sacrifice the creature, either of which is going to be pretty visible.
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