Another one is my opponent's only card left in library being Beacon of Immortality, and I've got 2 Gaea's Blessings and a basic land (so I won't deck myself) somewhere in library, hand, and graveyard, the rest of my grave removed by a Tormod's Crypt let's say.
This is possible in my metagame, too. I hope I don't get matched up against that MartyrTron deck...
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It'd probably still be the same. If neither of the players can win, then it's a draw. By continuing you would be stalling, which is an offence at tournaments, as far as I know.
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The 'it's a draw, move on'--is that based on rules, or just assumed? What if one player wishes the game judged a draw, but the other does not? Perhaps they won game one, or hope for better pairings off a round 1 tie. Naturally, time will force the draw eventually; the player desiring to play game two is kept from playing, but can the player who wants to draw the match be forced to accept the drawn game before time is called + 5 turns? Neither are conceding, of course.
If you can't do anything but repeat a series of actions to burn time, and insist on doing that series of actions in order to burn time, that is stalling, which is cheating, and an auto-boot from the tournament. Bad times.
Failure to accept a draw when the game is stuck in a cycle of actions where the first player to stop the cycle loses but nothing is otherwise happening can get a a slow play warning (and upgrades if that doesn't get you to move) in a tournament. At the least, it'll get an instruction to move on (the penalty guide doesn't terribly support calling this slow play, but many judges will issue that anyway :/).
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Would it be appropriate to just call it a draw by yourselves(the players in the game) or would you have to call a judge to tell everyone involved that it is indeed a draw??
Yeah, I guess I meant some card that could be played easily but have no effect, such as Life from the Loam for 0 in my deck.
In any case, what IS covered clearly in the rules is intentional draws. Both players can agree to draw at any time, for any reason (short of bribery or other things specifically stated).
By the way, I got matched up against the MartyrTron deck in question, but fortunately it didn't come to that. (Or even come to time. Surprising.)
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"I'm sure it came with the place. I don't think you build one on purpose." —Gerrard Flavour text from Bottomless Pit.
Players may mutually agree to accept an intentional draw at any time before the match or game result of a Swiss round is submitted. This agreement should not be regarded as a violation of section 41 [the section on cheating]. Declaring an intentional draw has the same results for competitors as playing to a draw. For example, if two players choose to draw their match during the Swiss rounds of a Magic tournament, each would receive 1 match point.
Most recently on 25 July of this year, Andy Heckt clarified on the judge list that this does refer to intentionally drawing games as well as matches. And yes, the "mutually agree" part must be free of bribery etc, but any other reason is valid.
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But seriously, if you can't remember "Woapalanne", just call me Eli.
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Say Shared Fate is in play, both players have no creatures, no libraries (or no kill conditions in either library or in hand), no hands.
This is possible in my metagame, too. I hope I don't get matched up against that MartyrTron deck...
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Even if it doesn't work, his question remains the same: what happens if neither player is able to win the game.
Failure to accept a draw when the game is stuck in a cycle of actions where the first player to stop the cycle loses but nothing is otherwise happening can get a a slow play warning (and upgrades if that doesn't get you to move) in a tournament. At the least, it'll get an instruction to move on (the penalty guide doesn't terribly support calling this slow play, but many judges will issue that anyway :/).
"Sufficiently advanced experience is indistinguishable from clairvoyance." -Carsten
"Ah those eyes, those horrible creepy eyes!" -Chaosof99
DCI Level 3 Judge & TO
"I do not consider myself a hero. I know only what the Vec teach:
justice must always be served and corruption must always be opposed."
Go read! I am one of the three authors of Cranial Insertion.
But seriously, if you can't remember "Woapalanne", just call me Eli.
Hey, you! Yeah, you behind the computer screen! You're unconstitutional.
America == Velociraptor
Play IRC mafia. (/join #mafia)
In any case, what IS covered clearly in the rules is intentional draws. Both players can agree to draw at any time, for any reason (short of bribery or other things specifically stated).
By the way, I got matched up against the MartyrTron deck in question, but fortunately it didn't come to that. (Or even come to time. Surprising.)
Flavour text from Bottomless Pit.
Most recently on 25 July of this year, Andy Heckt clarified on the judge list that this does refer to intentionally drawing games as well as matches. And yes, the "mutually agree" part must be free of bribery etc, but any other reason is valid.
"Sufficiently advanced experience is indistinguishable from clairvoyance." -Carsten
"Ah those eyes, those horrible creepy eyes!" -Chaosof99
DCI Level 3 Judge & TO
"I do not consider myself a hero. I know only what the Vec teach:
justice must always be served and corruption must always be opposed."
Go read! I am one of the three authors of Cranial Insertion.
But seriously, if you can't remember "Woapalanne", just call me Eli.