This should prove to be a pretty simple, though I might as well make a disclaimer: I know that cards associated with ante are illegal in every format of DCI game, relegated to 100% casual games in which both players are willing to play by the rules. What I do with any information I get obviously won't be going into any tournament decks.
How does the "Remove ~ from your deck before playing if you are not playing for ante" line actually work in relation to the minimum deck size of 60 cards?
If I load my 60 card deck with jeweled birds, contracts from below, and the like and then choose to NOT play for ante, is the deck "illegal" (as it has <60 cards) or is it "legal" as the removal is part of the card's rule text (I could imagine that rule text removing the card being checked after the game checks the size of my deck).
Is this just one of those areas where no tournament play = no rules?
Once again, this is not for tournament play. I just want to know for personal edification.
Since you are using these in a very casual environment the only rules are what your own play group comes up with/ willing to use.
In a sanctioned Tournament if you are found to be using illegal cards they are replaced with basic lands of the players choice, so would seem to be a possible fix for your situation but as above it needs to be something your own play group agrees to.
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I know that cards associated with ante are illegal in every format of DCI game, relegated to 100% casual games in which both players are willing to play by the rules. What I do with any information I get obviously won't be going into any tournament decks.
How does the "Remove ~ from your deck before playing if you are not playing for ante" line actually work in relation to the minimum deck size of 60 cards?
If I load my 60 card deck with jeweled birds, contracts from below, and the like and then choose to NOT play for ante, is the deck "illegal" (as it has <60 cards) or is it "legal" as the removal is part of the card's rule text (I could imagine that rule text removing the card being checked after the game checks the size of my deck).
Is this just one of those areas where no tournament play = no rules?
Once again, this is not for tournament play. I just want to know for personal edification.
In a sanctioned Tournament if you are found to be using illegal cards they are replaced with basic lands of the players choice, so would seem to be a possible fix for your situation but as above it needs to be something your own play group agrees to.
- H.L Mencken
I Became insane with long Intervals of horrible Sanity
All Religion, my friend is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination and poetry.
- Edgar Allan Poe
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