No, the only stores that get FTV:E are brick & mortar stores that ran an Alara Reborn prerelease.
Both incorrect. B&M stores that a Core or higher TO chooses will get the promos and FTV:E. They do not have to have run FNM or a prerelease ever. If the store with FNM is closing, you may want to ask them to allocate their product to another store, for instance.
In theory, judges are also TOs and could allocate this product, but I would suspect only judges who actually run events have that power.
For those of you wondering about the rules, look at http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~geduggan/EDH_rules.html. The Rules Committee is composed of several high-level judges (Sheldon is L5 and Gavin is L3, among others), and so the rules are written meticulously to make them roughly as explicit as the Comp. Rules.
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While a General is removed from the game, it may be played. As an additional cost to play your General this way, you must pay {2} for each previous time you have played it this way.
That should be perfectly clear - you add one to your "general counter" each time you play it using the general rule, and only add the extra mana cost when you do. It stays throughout the entire game, no matter where your General goes.
Yeah, I missed that same question, but more importantly, apparently cards taste better than pencils. I'm going to have to changed my diet to account for this :D.
Not sure where burst fits in, or how there's only one copy of the word "spore". Fits in with an Alara mechanic is probably devour. Perhaps "At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on ~. When ~ is put into a GY from play, put a 1/1 thallid into play for each counter on ~"?
Before this thread gets derailed. Let me explain quite simply:
The Legend Rule is a state-based effect. It applies before targets are chosen for triggered abilities.
Thank you.
Now, as for the combo, it seems pretty weak. You need Sharuum + Demon + some sharuum double (sculpting steel, clone, etc.).
The combo deck linked seems interesting, but I don't think it'll be that good. It's better than some other versions of the copy for sure (glaze fiend, I'm looking at you).
There are a couple of other rules about representation of cards; specifically, face down things are face down, and tapped things are turned sideways. Not too sure about flipped, but I know for sure that those two are in the CR.
Artifact Lands will be banned in Alara Constructed. Not because they're in the environment, but they REALLY REALLY want to put the nail in the Ravager Affinity department in standard
This is in no way official, but Lee Sharpe implied in #mtgjudge that PTOs could still run prereleases, they just might be overshadowed by the Wizards-run ones.
Both incorrect. B&M stores that a Core or higher TO chooses will get the promos and FTV:E. They do not have to have run FNM or a prerelease ever. If the store with FNM is closing, you may want to ask them to allocate their product to another store, for instance.
In theory, judges are also TOs and could allocate this product, but I would suspect only judges who actually run events have that power.
So yeah, if you're a TO that doesn't work for a store, find a store to donate your product to!
I haven't tried to compare it against the spoiler or anything, so I don't know if there's any differences from what's known.
Also, beware. Every time you play that combo, Gavin kills an FNM player.
That should be perfectly clear - you add one to your "general counter" each time you play it using the general rule, and only add the extra mana cost when you do. It stays throughout the entire game, no matter where your General goes.
Personally, I'm a BIG fan of the changes. Making me actually want to pick up core sets = win.
Continues? They have done far better this time than Alara. I for one am very happy with the changes!
The Legend Rule is a state-based effect. It applies before targets are chosen for triggered abilities.
Thank you.
Now, as for the combo, it seems pretty weak. You need Sharuum + Demon + some sharuum double (sculpting steel, clone, etc.).
The combo deck linked seems interesting, but I don't think it'll be that good. It's better than some other versions of the copy for sure (glaze fiend, I'm looking at you).
This pretty much kills the enemy-color theory.