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Quote from wtyyy »

Do I need to sacrifice the Uro I have in play due to the legendary rule? Or can I just let the newly-cast Uro go to the graveyard and keep the one I already have in play?

The legend rule does not count as a sacrifice.

When you control two or more legendary permanents with the same name, you can choose any one of them to keep, and the rest goes to the graveyard. You're not forced to select the newest or the oldest.

You can choose to keep the one that was already on the battlefield.

Quote from Marl Karx »

Wonder how they will handle Old Fogey. Would feel weird for him to get the new border. Would also like to see him become an Elder(ly) Dinosaur.

Old frame, but no Elder type

https://www.cracked.com/article_27000_a-first-look-at-unsanctioned-magic-gatherings-new-set.html

Unsanctioned was fully spoilered at cracked.com of all places. Includes an interview with Mark Rosewater. Enjoy.

The source.

And it has the whole set, by the way.

As the abilities are controlled by different players, they are put on the stack in APNAP (Active Player, Non-Active Player) order.

As it is Player 2's turn, Player 2 is the active player. The ability controlled by Player 2 (Sacred Mesa) goes on the stack first, then Player 1's ability (Sheoldred) goes on the stack last, above Mesa's, and therefore resolves first.

If you mean he paid one mana (besides Voyage's regular one green mana cost), and you paid 6 mana, then he is correct.

The text is, "Each player searches their library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way". Not "mana they paid", but "total mana paid", it adds all mana all players paid. Even a player who paid no mana benefits.

You have one effect giving Flying, and one removing Flying. In this case, the most recent one wins.

If Khorvath was already on the battlefield when Syr Gwyn became equipped with Hammer, Gwyn won't have flying.

If Khorvath enters the battlefield while Syr Gwyn was already equipped with Hammer, Gwyn will have flying.

Quote from jadegryphon »

Anyone know how this works with Underworld Breach ?

You can cast either the creature or the Adventure side with Escape. You pay that side's cost plus exile three cards.

• If you're casting an adventurer card or split card with escape, you choose how you wish to cast it, then pay the appropriate cost (for the Adventure, the creature, or the half of the split card you chose) plus exiling three cards.

Herald's Horn's first ability isn't a triggered ability, so it can't be doubled by Panharmonicon or copied by Strionic Resonator.

A triggered ability begins with "when", "whenever" or "at", followed by its triggering condition (for example, "when NAME enters the battlefield," would be something that interacts with the later two artifacts). Something that begins with "As NAME enters the battlefield" is just a static ability, not a trigger.

Quote from Kamonohashi »

If one of my own creatures fights Grothama, All-Devouring and survives, then continues into combat with my chosen opponent, does it go into combat with the damage that it sustained from Grothama? In other words, does pre-combat fight damage carry over into combat?

Yes.

Once damage is dealt to a creature, it stays marked on that creature until all damage is cleaned at the end of turn (in the Cleanup Step), or until the creature regenerates or leaves the battlefield.

Can I use a wrath or board wipe to kill my or my opponent's Grothama and draw cards? My guess is that cards like Hurricane and Crypt Rats would work, but cards like Wrath of God which "destroy" instead of inflicting damage won't. Is this correct? Does "destroying" a creature just send it to the graveyard (without inflicting damage)?

Destroying a creature just causes it to be put on the graveyard. It's not damage.

Also, notice Grothama doesn't have Flying, so it's not hit by Hurricane (unless something else gives it flying first).

Except for creatures with First Strike and Double Strike, all combat damage is dealt at once, simultaneously. Blocking creatures and blocked creatures and unblocked creatures, all their damage is dealt at the same time.

The way you worded your question, you appear to believe the creature blocking the 3/3 deals damage before the other creatures do. Unless this blocker has First or Double Strike (and the other creatures don't), this is not the case.

Assuming no creature has First/Double Strike, the 3/3 will deal damage to the blocker and the blocker will deal damage to the 3/3 and the other creatures will deal their damage to whoever, all at once. At this point the other attackers are still 2/2, so each deals 2 damage, not 1. The 3/3 dies only after all this damage is dealt.

Quote from Ryperior74 »

I wonder what happens if a vigor is in play under your control with polukranos

Polukranos's controller chooses one prevention effect to apply. As either prevents all the damage, the other won't apply anymore.

Effectively, you get to ignore Polukranos's ability and just do Vigor's effect.

2RR
Creature - Elemental Giant
Whenever attacks or becomes the target of an opponent's spell, choose:
- Deals 3 damage to each opponent
- Exile the top two cards of your library, choose one, you may play it until the end of your next turn.



That's a lot of value for four mana.

Volrath, the Shapestealer, Lotleth Giant

No, because Volrath/Lotleth Giant is not entering the battlefield.

The ability doesn't trigger because it effectively doesn't exist at the moment the attack is declared.

Etali needs to have its ability at the moment you declare it as an attacker. Having Etali get the ability back after the declaration of attackers doesn't work, it is too late for the ability to trigger.