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Activating an ability that affects blocking after Declare Blockers step
My opponent had on the battlefield a Swarm Guildmage and three other creatures. My opponent then enters Combat and declares his three other creatures as attacking.
After this happens I then declare two of my creatures as blockers, each blocking one…
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Can I activate abilities in the middle of declaring blockers?
The field is set up as such:
Opponent has Aerial Responder (2/3), Sun Sentinel (2/2) and Child of Night (2/1) in play.
I have Ravenous Harpy(1/3, +1/+1 counter) and Doomed Dissenter (1/1) in play.
She attacks with all three of her monsters, I…
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How do I handle a gameplay error when I have an equivalent play available in a tournament?
For example, suppose I have 3 Mountains. I play another Mountain, cast Koth of the Hammer, use the +1, and attempt to attack for four. However the Mountain I target is the one I freshly played (discernible since it has different art). Can my…
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Blood Moon and Arixmethes
Spoilers for Commander 2018 have begun, and one card in particular has caught my attention:
This card is like no other I know. What may be truly interesting is how it interacts with the enchantment Blood Moon:
Here's a blog post about this by a…
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What happens when I equip Helm of the Host on Gideon?
Say I activate Gideon of the Trials' second ability, and have him become a creature. I then equip him with a Helm of the Host and enter combat. What do I get?
Do I get a 4/4 indestructible token, that's only a creature? One which reverts to being a…
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Is Haphazard Bombardment legal with fewer than 4 nonenchantment permanents under my opponent's control?
Haphazard Bombardment is worded slightly, so I assume intentionally, different from cards I can find that seem similar. Particularly in that it doesn't target the chosen cards.
Granted this is unusual, but suppose my opponent on the draw missed 3…
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Does everyone get to see the color of a train card drawn from the pile?
Does a person drawing a train card from the pile have to show everyone the color of the cards drawn?
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Will a Theros God with low devotion enter the battlefield as a copy of Essence of the Wild?
Essence of the Wild has a rather unique ability:
Creatures you control enter the battlefield as a copy of Essence of the Wild.
The gods of Theros say:
As long as your devotion to (color/colors) is less than (five/seven), (this God) isn’t a…
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Why does Renegade Freighter not just have trample?
The artifact vehicle Renegade Freighter has the ability
Whenever Renegade Freighter attacks, it gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
Given that trample is only generally relevant when attacking, this should behave basically identically…
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Can you choose the role with the "New Assignment" event?
In Pandemic: On The Brink there are several new event cards. We are curious as to whether the "New Assignment" card lets you choose, or whether you pick one at random (as at the start of the game).
As a follow up question, the card suggests that…
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Adventure board game I had as a kid
My parents years ago cleaned the house and donated a lot of things that didn't see use, one of them was this game, never saw use because I didn't have a play group the right size.
I remember it being a village with a castle on one end, the buildings…
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Do the 'Charizard EX' sets automatically come with a Mega Charizard EX card?
My nine-year-old has asked for a 'Mega Charizard EX set' of Pokémon cards. I googled that. I found the individual Mega Charizard EX card for $20-$25 and I found the Charizard EX set of Pokémon cards. He battles other kids with the cards, of…
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Is there a card that lets you put a card from outside of the game into play?
I played a commander game a while ago where one of my 5 opponents cast a card that let him grab a card that was outside of the game (not even in exile) and put it either in his hand or on the battlefield.
It was a while back so I am slightly fuzzy…
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Why do asymmetric ko fights exist?
When I play teaching games with much stronger go players, situations often come up where one side must win a ko fight in order to survive.
In these situations, my opponent will explain to me that winning this ko is worth more or is more important to…
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Why does not being able to draw a card make you lose (in universe)
Is there an in universe explanation for why being unable to draw a card would make you lose (Rule 104.3c)? Running out of life, or losing as the result of a spell or effect, all make sense to me in universe, but I don't understand why a planeswalker…
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