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  • posted a message on Nevinyrral's Disk + Hurkyl's Recall
    Hurkyl's Recall returns all artifacts to their owner's hand. Nevinyrral's Disk's activated ability then resolves normally, and destroys all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments. Artifact cards in hands aren't "aritfacts", so cards bounced by Hurkyl's Recall are unaffected.
    then no artifacts (neither mine nor opponents) would be destroyed and all my artifacts would be returned to my hand, is that correct?

    Technically, if an artifact enters the battlefield after Hurkyl's Recall resolves, or something becomes an artifact, they are destroyed. "My artifacts" is somewhat ambiguous, but artifacts are returned to their owner's hands. If you enchant In Bolas's Clutches on an artifact your opponent owns, that artifact still goes to their hand.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Selvala, Explorer Returned, CR 120.8, and face down typeless cards
    I think you can interpret 721.1 to work retroactively; Since the casting is undone, to the eyes of the game, you didn't even start casting, Selvala's ability wasn't activated while casting a spell, and the card was drawn normally. But it doesn't make much sense and I hope the wording changes.

    For the second question, the cards are not reveled as drawn; they are revealed, and then drawn. The rule is about cards like Keranos, God of Storms.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Can I use Grixis Illusionist to preserve my City of Traitors from being annihilated off the board when I play another land?
    Quote from EnndGame »
    Right.
    Got it.
    That should save it from being removed from the battlefield.
    Right?
    Thanks.

    Right.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Guildmage's Forum and Gods of Theros
    But it's not a cost or trigger condition. Guildmage's Forum creates a replacement effect, conditionally on a certain spell being multicolored and creature and having a certain mana spent on it. There's no trigger condition and the spell isn't referenced in the cost.

    That's why chaikov said "almost", I think.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Unsure about rule 120.8 (Card drawn while casting)
    It seems this is one of those things where rule manager says "Fixed it. Happy now?" in the next update.
    (Also, why doesn't 120.8 doesn't mention mana payments for Ghostly Prison, Mana Leak, Morphing up, Suspend, etc? Ghostly Prison is especially important since you can't produce mana beforehand.)
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Pithing Needle VS Meddling Mage and Reflector Mage
    Quote from Rezzahan »
    Will Pithing Needle stop Meddling Mage and Reflector Mage? I believe the answer is no, but I wanted to make sure.

    No. Both Mages have triggered abilities, and those can only trigger.

    Technically, Meddling Mage's ability isn't a triggered ability.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Beginning of Combat Trigger (Brudiclad)
    However, if you do that, it is still main phase. Your opponent can cast another Brudiclad after that before going to combat, for example.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Savage Ventmaw vs Polymorphist's Jest
    Note that, if you are in your first main phase and "declare attackers" without asking "Combat?" "May I attack?" or something like that, you are proposing a shortcut -- your opponent has every right to interrupt and act in the beginning of combat step. Of course, you can then change how you attack.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Tireless Tracker question
    Additional information about the original question: If Tireless Tracker entering the battlefield triggers an ability (e.g. Champion of the Parish), they can kill Tracker with an instant before you have a chance to play a land.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Walking Desecration vs Silent Arbiter and 2 other creatures.
    As peteroupc said, as many requirements on attacking must be followed such that no restrictions on attacking are violated.
    It seems you want Silent Arbiter to attack, so let's assume you chose construct. There are four options:
    1. If multiple creatures attack, it violates the restriction.
    2. If only one of the shamans attacks, it doesn't violate the restriction but does violate the requirement.
    3. If only the arbiter attacks, it doesn't violate the restriction or the requirement.
    4. If nothing attacks, it doesn't violate the restriction but does violate the requirement.
    Therefore, the opponent must choose option 3.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Tree Of Perdition + Tragic Slip?
    So "Target player's life becomes this creature's toughness" would use last known information, right?
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Are you allowed to write something down in a tournament?
    Quote from mtgsalaccount »
    Okay, so can you then come with pre-made notes with card names? And then if so, can you alter them across matches or would you then have to discard them after modifying them during a match?

    Nope.

    At the beginning of a match, each player’s note sheet must be empty.

    Pre-made notes can be seen only between games. During games, you can only see what you wrote in that match.
    Note that you don't have to remember exact card names for things like Pithing Needle.
    MTR 3.6 Card Interpretation
    A card is considered named in game when a player has provided a description (which may include the name or partial name) that could only apply to one card. Any player or judge realizing a description is still ambiguous must seek further clarification.

    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Question about Sphinx's Decree
    Unfortunately, you don't get to choose "that player". It simply refers to the aforementioned "each opponent" here. In a 1v1 game, you have only one opponent and they can't cast instants/sorceries during their next turn. If you have three opponents, A, B, and C, then they can't cast instants/sorceries during their respective next turns, but A, for example, is free to cast an instant during C's next turn.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Ravenous Slime trigger ability
    To be clear, consistent with the thread I linked to in comment 2, the actions of exiling the creature and putting +1/+1 counters on Ravenous Slime are not simultaneous actions (even though state-based actions, under C.R. 704.3, are "perform[ed] ... simultaneously as a single event"), just as the shuffle, draw, and life total "reset" due to Lich's Mirror are not simultaneous actions.

    I'm getting pretty confused. If they are not simultaneous, how can they be simultaneous with other state-based actions?
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
  • posted a message on Dovescape + Ink-Treader Nephilim
    To clarify, "each other creature" is determined upon resolution, so if Dovescape's ability resolves first, Giant Growth is copied for the new Bird token too.
    Posted in: Magic Rulings
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