And Bury doesn't mean "Destroy without Regeneration". It also puts it on the bottom of the graveyard. Relevant for those five "Iname" decks that run Nether Spirit...
Where did that come from? I've been playing since Revised (when "bury" was in the rulebook), and bury never meant you put it in the bottom of the graveyard. It was literally "destroy without possibility of regeneration".
"Buries target creature. Cannot target black or artifact creatures."
Some playgroup somewhere may have decided "bury" should put it on the bottom of your graveyard instead of the top, but that isn't what it originally meant.
Out of curiosity, is there a reason that such terrible legends are on the reserve list in the first place? I'm talking about dudes like Ur-Drago. I was always under the impression that the reserve list was for overpowered cards and especially valuable cards.
Also cards with "Story implications" were also added. So stuff that was in "the legacy" and other story related cards were added to the reserved list.
Argh... How does stuff like this get put out there? It says right in the reserved list documents why it was created, and what it consists of.
*EDIT* It used to say right on the reserved list that it was specifically created for collectors and that it consisted specifically of rare cards which had not been reprinted already. Apparently it doesn't anymore.*end edit*
The reserved list was to protect collectors. Cards placed on the reserved list were:
Rares which had not already been reprinted from sets released before a set point in time (roughly coinciding with Urza's block).
Uncommon cards do not appear on the reserved list, no matter how valuable, overpowered, or important to the story.
Cards that were reprinted already (such as those in Chronicles), do not appear in the reserved list.
Utterly crappy cards with no purpose whatsoever that are not overpowered, important, etc, do appear on the reserved list if they are rares from before 1998-ish. For example: Amulet of Quoz.
Am i missing something. Cause Distant Memories doesn't say search, then reveal, then exile, it just says search, then exile? Where is it sated that the exiled card must be revealed? Is that just in the rules for exiled cards? If so i am sorry for asking these questions.
Yes. Any time a card is exiled and the effect exiling it doesn't specify face down, you assume face up. This is why there are tons of cards that say "exile face down" but none that say "exile face up" (at least in the oracle text).
EDIT: Ok, not "none". For some unknown reason, Uba Mask specifies "face up" in both the printed and oracle texts.
Here's a question I just thought of. What if someone plays this and for the card they want to block activated abilities of, they name big Jace. Would it be possible, to play a Jace, the Mind Sculpter and use it's abilities because they didn't name "Jace, the Mind Sculpter". What would a judge likely say? They didn't name Jace, the Mind Sculpter, they named big Jace.
Since no one else is answering this, your answer is "no".
It isn't legal for someone to name something that isn't a card with an ability that says "name a card". If a person can't successfully name the card they want, they can call a judge, and describe the card they wish to name, and the judge will supply a name. It is also permitted to use shorter names or nicknames, as long as both players are clear on the choice being made. If I cast a Revoker and name "Wurmcoil" in a standard match, we both know I'm talking about Wurmcoil Engine, so that's fine. If you're ever unclear on what your opponent means, you should ask them to clarify, immediately.
If someone plays a Revoker and just says "Jace", you should say "which one?", because they haven't been specific enough.
The only "gotcha" with this is if they name the wrong card. They say "Gideon" (which can only be Gideon Jura), but they were thinking "Elspeth".
Note also that they can't "accidentally" name a land. If your opponent plays a Revoker and names Arid Mesa, you must inform them that it is an illegal choice (or risk a warning/infraction for failure to maintain game state).
You do know that remving a card is a cost?.
You remove a card, if it has a cmc of 2+, remove another card, repeat until you have one of 2 or 1 and put counters on the ooze. Ping opponent. Then keep responding to the triggers on teh stack that would kill your ooze and win.
It works, the card is only worded a bit weird.
I hadn't really thought of that.
It would require some very sketchy deckbuilding, as you need to have enough cards left in your library with CMC 2 or 1 to total your opponent's life total in damage. You also have to play lots of careful games with the stack. Remember that you'll have to pass priority after each card with CMC 1 or 2, so that you can get the counters, and that will give your opponent the opportunity to respond. If they respond with something you can't allow to resolve (like a Giant Growth... :-D) you'll have to give up on those counters and keep flipping cards. Imagine the consequences if your opponent let you exile most of your deck, then gained 10 life at instant speed and put themselves out of range...
Oddly, this deck might be greatly improved by some terrible cards. Like Weakness or Disorient.
It would seem that way, but Phyrexian Devourer has some errata so it limits deck construction, at the least. Just make sure there are no cards in the deck with a CMC of 6 or greater, and it'd be better than the silly combo I mentioned.
I don't know if you're both being sarcastic or not, but since the Ooze has a power of 4, and the devourer's self-sacrifice is part of it's activated ability, you'll have issues. You can't flip a card with CMC > 2. The Ooze, Devourer and Triskelion are all higher than 2.
There are LOTS of crazy combos with the Ooze, most of them involving the Llorwyn block untap abilities.
the dumbest tie breaker system I've seen ever I now lose the die roll because my opponent beat someone who is slighty better than someone I faced. My problem is more with the tie breaker system it's intensivly flawed in many ways. I.E. A win is a win I don't care who it is against if you want tie breakers then have the people who are in a tie play a game, almost makes sense because that's how they do it in every other sporting/game event.
If you think the tiebreaker system is dumb, you don't understand it properly.
The players who played against the most difficult opponents get the nod in a tie. Does that not make sense? If two sports teams both won three games, but one won 3 games against the the #2,3,4 seeds in the league, and the other won against the #30,31,32 seeds in the league, which one deserves to be ranked higher?
Also, if everyone who was tied had to play a game, it would add a nearly infinite number of rounds to the tournament. It would also lead to circle ties (Player A defeated player B defeated player C defeated player A -- what order should they be ranked in?). It just doesn't work.
well I was due for 2 non-foil packs and 1 foil, but I only got 1 non-foil...
I was shorted in exactly the same way. My MPR page shows I was shipped two non-foil and 1 foil, but I received just a single non-foi set, nothing else.
I like this card with the Lich. They destroy it, you activate this in response, and your lich goes to your deck instead of GY.
Incorrect. Because the Elixer won't get shuffled in (and thus leave play) until during the resolution of it's own ability, which means that the Lich won't die to his own sacrifice effect until after that ability has finished resolving.
If shuffling the Elixer into your library was a cost, and shuffling your graveyard in was an effect, then you would be correct, but that isn't how it's worded.
Incorrect, sir. They are on the reserved list because they are rares from Urza's block or earlier.
Example: Bronze Tablet is an ante card which is not on the reserved list, because it had already been reprinted.
The reserved list is not a 100% complete list of cards they will never reprint, it is a publicly available list of cards they promise not to reprint.
*EDIT* Tempest Efreet for a second example of an ante card which is not on the reserved list.
Where did that come from? I've been playing since Revised (when "bury" was in the rulebook), and bury never meant you put it in the bottom of the graveyard. It was literally "destroy without possibility of regeneration".
Look at Terror from Alpha through Unlimited:
"Destroys target creature without possibility of regeneration. Does not affect black or artifact creatures."
And then Revised:
"Buries target creature. Cannot target black or artifact creatures."
Some playgroup somewhere may have decided "bury" should put it on the bottom of your graveyard instead of the top, but that isn't what it originally meant.
Argh... How does stuff like this get put out there? It says right in the reserved list documents why it was created, and what it consists of.
*EDIT* It used to say right on the reserved list that it was specifically created for collectors and that it consisted specifically of rare cards which had not been reprinted already. Apparently it doesn't anymore.*end edit*
The reserved list was to protect collectors. Cards placed on the reserved list were:
Rares which had not already been reprinted from sets released before a set point in time (roughly coinciding with Urza's block).
Uncommon cards do not appear on the reserved list, no matter how valuable, overpowered, or important to the story.
Cards that were reprinted already (such as those in Chronicles), do not appear in the reserved list.
Utterly crappy cards with no purpose whatsoever that are not overpowered, important, etc, do appear on the reserved list if they are rares from before 1998-ish. For example: Amulet of Quoz.
http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/article.aspx?x=magic/products/reprintpolicy
If it's sideboard, why not go all-in and go for Combust instead?
Flame Slash is a better maindeck card, but in the SB, I like Combust.
Yes. Any time a card is exiled and the effect exiling it doesn't specify face down, you assume face up. This is why there are tons of cards that say "exile face down" but none that say "exile face up" (at least in the oracle text).
EDIT: Ok, not "none". For some unknown reason, Uba Mask specifies "face up" in both the printed and oracle texts.
I think you're missing something. I see 7 in each. Hand of Praetors?
Also, props to the OP for posting these. I've been chomping at the bit to see these deck lists. Thanks.
I feel like this is useful info, but the thread title is very misleading, since OP didn't know "premium" meant foil.
Since no one else is answering this, your answer is "no".
It isn't legal for someone to name something that isn't a card with an ability that says "name a card". If a person can't successfully name the card they want, they can call a judge, and describe the card they wish to name, and the judge will supply a name. It is also permitted to use shorter names or nicknames, as long as both players are clear on the choice being made. If I cast a Revoker and name "Wurmcoil" in a standard match, we both know I'm talking about Wurmcoil Engine, so that's fine. If you're ever unclear on what your opponent means, you should ask them to clarify, immediately.
If someone plays a Revoker and just says "Jace", you should say "which one?", because they haven't been specific enough.
The only "gotcha" with this is if they name the wrong card. They say "Gideon" (which can only be Gideon Jura), but they were thinking "Elspeth".
Note also that they can't "accidentally" name a land. If your opponent plays a Revoker and names Arid Mesa, you must inform them that it is an illegal choice (or risk a warning/infraction for failure to maintain game state).
I hadn't really thought of that.
It would require some very sketchy deckbuilding, as you need to have enough cards left in your library with CMC 2 or 1 to total your opponent's life total in damage. You also have to play lots of careful games with the stack. Remember that you'll have to pass priority after each card with CMC 1 or 2, so that you can get the counters, and that will give your opponent the opportunity to respond. If they respond with something you can't allow to resolve (like a Giant Growth... :-D) you'll have to give up on those counters and keep flipping cards. Imagine the consequences if your opponent let you exile most of your deck, then gained 10 life at instant speed and put themselves out of range...
Oddly, this deck might be greatly improved by some terrible cards. Like Weakness or Disorient.
I don't know if you're both being sarcastic or not, but since the Ooze has a power of 4, and the devourer's self-sacrifice is part of it's activated ability, you'll have issues. You can't flip a card with CMC > 2. The Ooze, Devourer and Triskelion are all higher than 2.
There are LOTS of crazy combos with the Ooze, most of them involving the Llorwyn block untap abilities.
Buried Alive + Ooze deck in Legacy?
About this:
If you think the tiebreaker system is dumb, you don't understand it properly.
The players who played against the most difficult opponents get the nod in a tie. Does that not make sense? If two sports teams both won three games, but one won 3 games against the the #2,3,4 seeds in the league, and the other won against the #30,31,32 seeds in the league, which one deserves to be ranked higher?
Also, if everyone who was tied had to play a game, it would add a nearly infinite number of rounds to the tournament. It would also lead to circle ties (Player A defeated player B defeated player C defeated player A -- what order should they be ranked in?). It just doesn't work.
Awesome. I got this image in my head of Mishra's work area, with a spray bottle on the bench, labeled "MEMORICIDE".
2) @Austra: How do you like Heroku? I read up on it when they first started, but never actually used it...
3) If only I opened packs like this in real life. 3 different Walkers in my second pool...
I was shorted in exactly the same way. My MPR page shows I was shipped two non-foil and 1 foil, but I received just a single non-foi set, nothing else.
Incorrect. Because the Elixer won't get shuffled in (and thus leave play) until during the resolution of it's own ability, which means that the Lich won't die to his own sacrifice effect until after that ability has finished resolving.
If shuffling the Elixer into your library was a cost, and shuffling your graveyard in was an effect, then you would be correct, but that isn't how it's worded.