If I have a Demonic Pact in play as well as, say, a Platinum Angel, can I choose the "You lose the game" option while I'm guaranteed the angel's protection, or does the fact that I can't lose the game prevent me from choosing to lose the game?
There was also the Hidden Treasures competition in the first printing. Random copies of older cards (power, Candelabras, Force of Wills, etc) were hidden in random booster packs and there was a big treasure hunt.
I notice a distinct lack of Dark Confidant in every decklist I've seen over the last few posts. Does no-one like drawing cards or has he been tested and is just bad?
Seemed to me he was complaining more that the male characters in the movies weren't meeting his own expectations of "manliness" (being strong, tough, in command) rather than the fact that the female characters were more than 2D figures. It's a common complaint; fiction needs strong female characters for a balance, but not at the expense of male characters' characterisations.
The main thing I would add to this topic is that there isn't such a thing as a fresh start or a clean slate, just because of the nature of human memory and personality; we are who we are because of the choices we have made and the experiences we have had. Moving to California will not wipe your memory clean or make your negative emotions subside; there is no Men-in-Black memory wipe to be had there. Similarly, changing your name doesn't change who you are; you can call it a roundish yellow citrus fruit but I still know you're talking about a lemon, and it doesn't change what the lemon actually is.
If you have truly made the decision to move on from what sounds like a horrible early life then that is already the best step you could have made. Anything on top of that would just be psychosomatic.
It's important, however, that you take steps in accepting what has happened in your life so far. You might not like it, and you want to get away from it, but as I've said, these experiences are part of you and the more you desire to be rid of them, the greater the impact they'll have on your psyche, whether you're in California or not. I'm sorry about your friend and especially about your girlfriend (where you did the right thing and she let you down after all your hard work), but if there's anything you can learn from that, then it would be from your girlfriend: life doesn't stop and you can always move onto the next thing.
Finding someone to talk to is always good with these sort of issues also. If you have a friend who is willing to listen to your train of thought then excellent, if not then counselling is an excellent investment of time and money for getting your head on straight. Consider CBT if that's available too.
Oh, and good luck. Sharing what you've shared, even on the internet, is a tough thing to do, and the people on here will support you in the hard times.
In a game of Magic, I put Urabrask The Hidden into play with an effect that also lets my opponent put a creature into play at the same time (Living Death, for example).
Fiend Hunter is so sick in this deck; if he survives the fight, he captures something, and if he doesn't, he exiles it completely since he leaves play before the etb ability resolves. Same for Angel of Serenity though it's obviously a lot harder for it to lose.
The store manager chose Commander as the tournament format (a format he's notorious for dominating with Azami, Lady of Scrolls) and then, to nobody's surprise, wiped the floor with all of his customers to win a prize they really had no shot at taking home.
So if you know the store manager is playing, you know the format is commander, you know that he's one of the biggest opponents to beat and you know the deck he is (likely) playing, how did you lose to him? You probably even know most of the cards in his deck.
Eh, actually, there was one.
http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Question
I don't play, but I remembered seeing it in the anime and was all "that card can't really exist, right?" and it turned out it does.
If you have truly made the decision to move on from what sounds like a horrible early life then that is already the best step you could have made. Anything on top of that would just be psychosomatic.
It's important, however, that you take steps in accepting what has happened in your life so far. You might not like it, and you want to get away from it, but as I've said, these experiences are part of you and the more you desire to be rid of them, the greater the impact they'll have on your psyche, whether you're in California or not. I'm sorry about your friend and especially about your girlfriend (where you did the right thing and she let you down after all your hard work), but if there's anything you can learn from that, then it would be from your girlfriend: life doesn't stop and you can always move onto the next thing.
Finding someone to talk to is always good with these sort of issues also. If you have a friend who is willing to listen to your train of thought then excellent, if not then counselling is an excellent investment of time and money for getting your head on straight. Consider CBT if that's available too.
Oh, and good luck. Sharing what you've shared, even on the internet, is a tough thing to do, and the people on here will support you in the hard times.
Does his creature enter the battlefield tapped?
In a fictional multiplayer game of Magic:
Player A controls Gideon Jura and Ghostly Prison.
Player B controls a 3/3 centaur token.
Player C has no creatures and is on 2 life.
Player A uses Gideon's +2 ability, targeting player B.
On player B's turn, what options, if any, does he have for his attack?
Edit: Ghostly Prison doesn't stop them attacking Planeswalkers, sorry. What if it were Norn's Annex instead?
So if you know the store manager is playing, you know the format is commander, you know that he's one of the biggest opponents to beat and you know the deck he is (likely) playing, how did you lose to him? You probably even know most of the cards in his deck.
You can name Pilgrim with Needle if you want, but because his ability is a mana ability, it can still be tapped for W.