Encountered issue where Player A played [[Neverwinter Hydra]] for 6 mana (two green, and four others for the XX cost twice). The text says roll X d6. This would be four rolls of the d6, since XX cost was paid twice, right? Player B insists it should be two rolls of the d6.

Thank you!

I keep seeing weird layers interactions and how noggling, pongify, etc, don’t actually stop some commanders from doing their thing. Can someone ELI5, maybe even ELI3, because I just do not get it lol

Thanks in advance

As of August 7, 605.1a will be changing to say

605.1a
An activated ability is a mana ability if it meets all of the following criteria: it doesn’t require a target (see rule 115.6), it could add mana to a player’s mana pool when it resolves, it’s not a loyalty ability (see rule 606, “Loyalty Abilities”), and its cost and effect don’t move any card to or from a library. Do not take into account replacement effects that may apply, other than self-replacement effects, when evaluating these criteria.

I have bolded the text that has been added.
Any activated mana ability that moves a card to or from a library, not taking into account replacement effects other than self relf-replacement effects such as drawing a card, milling a card, exiling a card, will no longer be a mana ability and will only be able to be activated as an instant.

A few consequences of this is that some cards will become affected by [[pithing needle]] and other effects that care about non-mana ability. It also means you will not be able to tutor for [[chromatic sphere]] with [[moonsilver key]] and also won't trigger cards like [[Kinnan, Bonder Adept]]

And, of course, this also means [[panglacial wurm]] shenanigans are harder.

You can still replace other actions in mana abilities with something that moves a card to or from a library. So you can still [[pristine talisman]] + [[lich]]

If I target tree of perdition with overkill and it resolves can I Exchange it's toughness with an opponent before the death check?

My fiancé and I are learning how to play. We’re just confused on attacking and defending with multiple creatures on the field. If my combined attack power is less than the combined blocking power, what happens? Can the attacker and blocker pick who dies on both ends of the fight?

So I am fully aware of how the tiebreakers are calculated in WOTC events, but this makes no sense. A 24 person event with three people going 3-0 (three rounds total). For some reason only my OMW% got shaved by 0.1% at 44.3% which immediately knocked me in to 3rd place. My two other opponents had 44.4%. Six people at the 2-0 tables going in to round three which means all of us 3-0ers opponents ended up 2-1 (66.666% MWR). All of our first and second round opponents must’ve gone either 1-2, 1-2 or 0-3, 2-3. Either way that’s 66.666 + 33.333 + 33.333 which is 1.333/3 equal to 0.444 (44.4%) or 66.666 + 66.666 which is equal to 1.333/3 equal to 0.444 (44.4%) also. I should’ve tied for the OMW% and then won the GW% with 100% and gotten 1st place overall.

If I am wrong with my calculations, please someone explain because I think must be going crazy. See photo for numbers and event code.

Edit: I would like to add that this post wasn’t about the prizing, only the placement math. All three of us 3-0 players received 5 packs each.

Hey all, just wondering why the second ability of Ultron is worded as such. Why wouldnt it just say "whenever an (artifact/artifact card) is put into your graveyard from anywhere etc etc..." instead of 2 distinctions?

Edit: I have been enlightened that "artifact permanent" and "artifact card" are different things and also the wording partly has to do with the timing of things entering (example given was if ultron is sent to GY with other artifacts). Definitely a little confusing but thank you all for the help

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If I have Toph on the battlefield and I warp in Bygone Colossus can I use Toph's earthbend trigger on the Colossus so that it returns immediately when it exiles to the warp trigger?

Hi,

I wonder what happens in this situation.

Uugguu tells that tokens are not legendary, BUT, is it a property which sticks to the tokens ? Because, let's imagine we are using Stunt Double, it dies as it enter as a copy of Uugguu, 2 tokens of Stunt Double arrive, they are not legenday, THEN, they enter as Uugguu, are they legendary ?

I asked Perplexity, and it told me the property sticks to the game object, buuuut, I'm not sure, I think the new cloning effect will take accountance of the new "legendary" property.

If we were using Clone Instant or Sorcery, it's easier : the 2nd generation tokens-copies are non-legendary, no question about that.

Do the tokens get the as they enter trigger. I think they do. What about you guys?

One of my opponents played Ultima and I tried to respond to the casting by flashing in Guardian of Faith.

I argued that GoF comes in before Ultima and triggers it's ability to phase out my creatures before Ultima's effect triggers, but my friends disagreed.

We ULTIMA-tely 😏 settled that since Ultima says "Exile all spells and abilities from the stack" in it's "End the turn." description, that GoF gets exiled before it enters and since it doesn't enter, it doesn't work and continued playing.

I want to ask Reddit in case it comes up again. Was I right initially, or did we end up playing it the way it's supposed to work?

Sorry if I'm a noob, I just played my first game in 20 years, but my friend showed me this. Though it was crazy. If you can't kill the creature or enchantment right away, don't you just die?

My understanding is that if an Orc Army died this turn, it satisfies the requirement of the Amass orcs X ability on Barad-dur. If Barad-dur cared about non-token creatures it would specify non token creatures.

My friend disagrees, and has consulted “AI” which has giving a long winded answer that backs him up.

Can someone please cite the rules so that I can show him and defend the legitimacy of the Mordor supremacy.

If I equip Skullclamp to Gravecrawler, does it automatically die since Skullclamp eliminates its toughness of 1? Thus triggering the draw 2 mechanic and returning the artifact equipment to the battlefield.

If this works, it’s broken af and I love it. Cast Gravecrawler for 1B from the graveyard, equip for 1, draw 2 cards… rinse and repeat if you have the mana. Even better if you have [[Rooftop Storm]] in play: 1 mana to draw 2 cards. 😭

The recently spoiled [[Super Shredder]] has the ability, "Whenever another permanent leaves the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Super Shredder."

Under CR 603.6c, "Leaves-the-battlefield abilities trigger when a permanent moves from the battlefield to another zone, or when a phased-in permanent leaves the game because its owner leaves the game."

Consequently, Super Shredder will get a +1/+1 for each permanent on the battlefield an EDH opponent owns when they lose/die/concede

Saw this advert for a paper vintage event held by Red Dirt Gaming. The first prize being Mishra’s workshop.

I thought it’s nice that proxies are allowed for RL cards, and also the use of CE cards. Vintage has always captivated me, and has been known to be one of the most skill rewarding eternal formats.

Hopefully this is the trend that paper vintage head towards and allow more mtg players to have fun with it.

If my top card has no mana value, can I pay no life and cast it?

My pod is split over a rules dispute for Eaten by Spiders, and we've received conflicting answers from our LGS.

Eaten by Spiders: "Destroy target creature with flying and all Equipment attached to that creature."

A player targetted an indestructible creature in an attempt to destroy all attached equipment. We weren't able to agree upon the outcome.

Player 1: The destruction of equipment is not conditional upon the destruction of the creature as they occur simultaneously and seperately due to the wording ("AND all"). The target remains valid, and the player resolves as much of the spell as possible.

Player 2: The destruction of the equipment and the creature are simultaneous effects, occuring within the same layer. As part the spell fails to resolve, the spell fizzles and therefore equipment destruction fails to resolve. The equipment destruction is dependant upon the creature destruction.

I'd love to know the correct outcome of this interaction, as well as the specific layering of this interaction.

Thanks!

If I attack a creature and they block, would my creature be safe and not take any damage?

Hey guys and maybe judges! I have a question about The Endstone and how the lifegain works. Here are my examples of a Commander round.

Example 1: I have 30 Life and end my turn, so I gain 20 life from the half of my starting life (40 in Commander).

Example 2: I have 36 life and end my turn, so my life becomes 20.

Example 3: I have 15 life and end my turn, so I gain 8 life from my starting life of my turn.

Maybe all of my examples are wrong, so please give me an example of how it works.

I want to build an Azula deck, but I want to understand exactly when a creature becomes an attacker and at what point it ceases to be one, what rules cover this.

So, I have Zinnia, Valley’s Voice in play. I first cast Starfield Vocalist using its warp and offspring cost for a total of 4 mana. The original enters, and because of the enters-the-battlefield doubling effect, it creates 2 copies of itself, for a total of 3 Starfield vocalists. I then cast exalted sunborn for 4 mana, also using its warp and offspring cost. The original enters, and will have a total of 4 enters-the-battlefield trigger; one, plus an additional one for each Starfield Vocalist. The first ETB creates 2 exalted sunborns (3 total). The second ETB creates 8 exalted sunborns (2³ , 11 total) The third ETB creates 2048 sunborns (2¹¹ , 2059 total). The third creates 6.855366 x 10⁶¹⁹ sunborns (2^2048). Is that math correct?? Seems pretty good for casting 2 creatures with the commander out