Outside of two cube drafts, I haven't played Magic for about 3.5 years.
When I did play, it was mostly Vintage. We (the people I played Vintage with and I) always got excited whenever WotC printed a card that was actually relevant to us. I can't conceive why actually thinking of formats other than Standard while designing cards is a bad thing.
If I still played Magic, it wouldn't be Standard, and I have to think I would be happy that WotC was showing some consideration to the way I play the game.
If at least one creature involved in combat has first strike or double strike, there is an entire combat damage step just devoted to those creatures dealing damage, before the normal combat damage step.
How much can a reprint effect the price of th original?
Anywhere from "completely wreck the original's value" (for example, the Elder Dragon Legends when Chronicles was released) to "make the originals even more valuable" (when a constructed-worthy card gets reprinted, the old ones become Standard-legal again).
The result will effectively be a Huntmaster of the Fells with the addition of the Illusion creature type and two instances of "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."
Ok, so when can it be assumed that the active player passed priority. For instance he enters with Sorin and doesnt use his ability right away and I cast an instant what if he says that I didnt give him enough time so then he uses sorins ability?
There is no set amount of time specified in any official document that constitutes a priority pass. Generally the active player will give some sort of verbal or physical indication that they are not taking an action. If the player is not taking an action and is not indicating that he is passing priority, consider calling a judge.
Ok cool, so if I am the blocker and I cast an instant he can't respond since he passed priority right?
Whenever a spell or ability is played, both players must get priority before it resolves. So there is never a time at which you can cast a spell and your opponent can't respond to it.
Any card can be in your sideboard as long as it is tournament legal for the format (i.e. in a legal set, not on a banned list) and you have no more than four copies of the same-named card between your deck and sideboard.
If a token isn't copying another object, and isn't explicitly given a name by the effect that created it, then its name is the same as its creature type(s).
I recently found out about a pinball museum in Pittsburgh. Not sure of the name of it, but a few of my friends went there last weekend You pay an entry fee (something like $15) and get 4 hours with over 100 different machines on free play, including both old-style electromechanical and solid-state designs. I really want to get out there but it might have to wait until summer.
Outside of two cube drafts, I haven't played Magic for about 3.5 years.
When I did play, it was mostly Vintage. We (the people I played Vintage with and I) always got excited whenever WotC printed a card that was actually relevant to us. I can't conceive why actually thinking of formats other than Standard while designing cards is a bad thing.
That's a legal matter which is going to depend on the jurisdiction.
Judges have the ability to issue proxies as replacements for cards damaged during the course of a tournament.
It's true that all your other Sliver cards don't have Slivercycling unless you have a Homing Sliver on the battlefield.
Anywhere from "completely wreck the original's value" (for example, the Elder Dragon Legends when Chronicles was released) to "make the originals even more valuable" (when a constructed-worthy card gets reprinted, the old ones become Standard-legal again).
The result will effectively be a Huntmaster of the Fells with the addition of the Illusion creature type and two instances of "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."
Neither Image will be able to transform.
Wizards of the Coast does not allow Extended-format FNMs.
There is no set amount of time specified in any official document that constitutes a priority pass. Generally the active player will give some sort of verbal or physical indication that they are not taking an action. If the player is not taking an action and is not indicating that he is passing priority, consider calling a judge.
To determine who has the ability to act at any given time, so Magic doesn't become a game of who can slam their card down on the table fastest.
Any non-italicized text in a card's text box constitutes an ability.
Yes. Phyrexian Dreadnaught has a triggered ability, which would be suppressed by Torpor Orb.
Whenever a spell or ability is played, both players must get priority before it resolves. So there is never a time at which you can cast a spell and your opponent can't respond to it.
Any card can be in your sideboard as long as it is tournament legal for the format (i.e. in a legal set, not on a banned list) and you have no more than four copies of the same-named card between your deck and sideboard.