How do I determine if a trigger is missed by my opponent without reminding him?
Lets say he has a creature that has "When this attacks alone, it gets indestructible until end of turn"
Creature attacks alone and I want to block or not depending on whether it has indestructible or not
At the time of this writing there is no Magic card with the exact text you cite. For the sake of this question, assume you speak of Lunk Errant's ability. Nothing in Lunk Errant's ability is optional, and its effects begin when that ability resolves, which will happen before the declare attackers step ends and before blockers are declared.
In a sanctioned tournament, a player is not required to "point out the existence of triggered abilities they do not control" (M.T.R. 4.5).
I'm not up to date with the missed trigger rulings, but it used to be that a trigger was not missed until after it would have a visible effect on the game state, and the player, in word or action, indicates that he's playing with a resolved trigger at that time. So in these examples, the trigger would not be missed if the opponent declared that his creature doesn't die after combat damage has been dealt due to being indestructible, or when the Lunk Errant's combat damage is assigned with trample and an increased power/toughness in mind.
I'm not up to date with the missed trigger rulings, but it used to be that a trigger was not missed until after it would have a visible effect on the game state, and the player, in word or action, indicates that he's playing with a resolved trigger at that time. So in these examples, the trigger would not be missed if the opponent declared that his creature doesn't die after combat damage has been dealt due to being indestructible, or when the Lunk Errant's combat damage is assigned with trample and an increased power/toughness in mind.
Is this still the case, though?
This is still the case. The rules are written to assume you got your trigger. So you don't need to acknowledge the trigger until it affects the game state. For something like Frontline Medic if three creatures attacked as long as they stop the creatures from going to the graveyard to lethal damage the trigger isn't missed.
Long story short in order to get them to miss this kind of trigger, one without a visible difference to the game, you would have to gamble that they missed it or ask for verification essentially gureenteeing that they get the trigger.
So the answer is "there is no way to do it"?
My question is about a trigger that has no choices, has no visual effects on resolve or on going into stack etc if this is not obvious
In sanctioned tournaments, a triggered ability is forgotten only if its controller has "taken an action past the point where the triggered ability would have an observable impact on the game" (M.T.R. 4.5). Lunk Errant's ability would generally have an observable impact, at the earliest, as combat damage is assigned, because at that moment, the appropriate player must determine what Lunk Errant's power and toughness are and whether Lunk Errant has trample, which affects how combat damage is assigned, and assign Lunk Errant's combat damage accordingly (C.R. 510.1, 702.19). In general, that triggered ability's controller doesn't have to acknowledge the ability until then (notably not before blockers are declared). However, the mere fact that a player has not acknowledged a triggered ability doesn't mean that it doesn't resolve or that its effects are ignored.
In a sanctioned tournament in general, if your opponent attacks with Lunk Errant alone, Lunk Errant will have gotten +1/+1 and gained trample by the time you declare blockers, whether your opponent has acknowledged Lunk Errant's triggered ability or not.
So the answer is "there is no way to do it"?
My question is about a trigger that has no choices, has no visual effects on resolve or on going into stack etc if this is not obvious
Yes, the answer to your specific scenario is there is no way to trick your opponent out of getting their trigger.
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Lets say he has a creature that has "When this attacks alone, it gets indestructible until end of turn"
Creature attacks alone and I want to block or not depending on whether it has indestructible or not
G Green Stompy
RG Shamans
UB Mill
UG Infect
WUBRG Slivers!
In a sanctioned tournament, a player is not required to "point out the existence of triggered abilities they do not control" (M.T.R. 4.5).
See also this thread.
Is this still the case, though?
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Long story short in order to get them to miss this kind of trigger, one without a visible difference to the game, you would have to gamble that they missed it or ask for verification essentially gureenteeing that they get the trigger.
My question is about a trigger that has no choices, has no visual effects on resolve or on going into stack etc if this is not obvious
G Green Stompy
RG Shamans
UB Mill
UG Infect
WUBRG Slivers!
In a sanctioned tournament in general, if your opponent attacks with Lunk Errant alone, Lunk Errant will have gotten +1/+1 and gained trample by the time you declare blockers, whether your opponent has acknowledged Lunk Errant's triggered ability or not.