You are partially right and also wrong. You are correct that this should not be a DQ. And I agree with you that there should not be a back up. But there is no CPV to assess here. CPV comes from the Infraction Procedure Guide which is not used at Regular Rules Enforcement Level such as FNMs. So, no penalty is assessed, no backup, educate players. Additionally, as per the Magic Tournament Rules, at Regular REL, derived info is treated as free info. So, any question about a card has to be answered completely and honestly. While a player can still call for oracle text if the players don't know what the card does, they could also look it up on their phone because this is REGULAR REL and they can do that.
@PokerKingdave, there is no such rule. The name of a card is free information, so a player does need to provide that, but there is nothing in the MTR about foreign language cards. If there's an issue where someone forgets the name that's not a problem, just call a judge for assistance.
except you cannot deliberately misrepresent what a card does. however, you are correct that he doesn't need to translate the text.
Any sweeper for nonartifact, nonland, colorless permenants...
Or spot removal for the same.
Eldrazi needs a check / balance.
This past weekend, we had 3 High Profile Modern events. 2 GPs, and an SCG Open. Over all 3 tournaments Top 32, there were only 5 Eldrazi Tron decks. Bant Eldrazi only had 2 decks. So out of 96 decks, only 7 were Eldrazi. That's literally just 7%. Eldrazi are not a problem. If they are in your metagame, then your metagame is abundant with decks that the Eldrazi decks prey on. And that isn't the fault of the Eldrazi decks.
In the case of just about all the really old cards their prices are basically always going to be inflated. The selling environment just encourages the prices to stay that way even with reprints, which basically is why Thoughtseize even with a standard reprint maintained a price of around 16 dollars during Theros release. It actually took the modern meta becoming unfavorable to the card for it to drop down to it's historic low of 11 usd during Aether Revolts release.
Your Thoughtseize example lacks context. Thoughtseize commanded a price of nearly 50 bucks before the Theros reprint. Also, Thoughtseize was a 4 of in the top Standard deck at the time, while also being a 4 of in Jund, a modern top deck at the time and it also saw some play in legacy. So, despite adding more copies of the card into the market, it also gained a bunch of demand for Standard play. 16 bucks for a 4 of in the top played deck in a not very diverse standard seems pretty normal.
I don't necessarily disagree with you evaluation that some modern prices on older cards are slightly inflated; I just don't agree with your Thoughtseize example.
In addition to that, thoughtseize was one of the few efficient ways of dealing with gods.
It is played in every format that it is legal in:
by current top cards by mtggoldfish
modern #4
legacy #13
edh #12
Hey guys, I'd love to hear your thoughts/suggestions on what you think I would have fun playing. I used to play BW/Mardu Tokens (except I don't have Lili) but then I took a break from Magic for a bit.
Cards I have:
Most non-green fetches/shocks (sans Tarns), Tokens-related cards, various sideboard cards, Esper cards sans Snap, Cryptic and Clique.
Color preference:
1. Black
2. White
3. Blue/Red
What was the other color again? (I actually like green when I play it but don't feel like buying Goyf/Hierarch/fetches/shocks)
I'll start off with decks/styles I don't want to play: Tron, Living End, Dredge, Storm, Bogles, Infect.
I enjoy oppressing my opponent and prefer 'fair' Magic so I would be happy playing either tempo or control, but I'm not too keen on aggro. I'd like to play a deck that has multiple win-cons and unique/interactive matches, FNM competitive at least.
I like rogue/non-traditional decks but am open to playing anything besides the aforementioned. Emeria is a deck I have recently considered playing.
A few cards I like:
Pack Rat
Necrotic Sliver
Sun Titan
Porphyry Nodes
Budget: ~$300-500 (for now, I wouldn't mind buying Snap/Lili though)
manabarbs to punish players tapping lands
personal sanctuary to negate the last card
phyrexian tyranny to punish players for drawing cards
eon hub to avoid paying for your cumulative upkeep on naked singularity
except you cannot deliberately misrepresent what a card does. however, you are correct that he doesn't need to translate the text.
https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rulestips/2016/11/tournament-tuesday-foreign-and-altered-cards/
"the player using the foreign cards must either translate the name or explain what it does".
if they cannot, they shouldn't be playing them.
I used to play legacy with japanese green sun's zenith, and i never remembered about the shuffle into library clause so swapped them with english ones
the alliances cycle is reserved.
Do you mean oblivion stone?
In addition to that, thoughtseize was one of the few efficient ways of dealing with gods.
It is played in every format that it is legal in:
by current top cards by mtggoldfish
modern #4
legacy #13
edh #12
spirit of the night style points for weird art and the original creature with the most abilities
fated return
gravespawn sovereign
necromantic selection
nezumi graverobber
reanimate
I would hold them. They're the kind of card that only get better with time.
Legendary Land
T: add <> to your mana pool
Other nonbasic lands enter the battlefield tapped.
And lo, ramp will be slowed down
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/594508#paper
how about monoblack devotion?
I had hero in my board but never sided her in.