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Can I tap a tri-fetch land for mana with Chromatic Lantern before it sacrifices itself?

Suppose I have Chromatic Lantern in play, and play Brokers Hideout. When Broker's Hideout enters the battlefield, it sacrifices itself for its ability. While that ability is on the stack, can I tap it for mana using the ability it gained from…
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Why don't bridge players try to surprise their opponents by learning a different bidding system?

Sort of a follow-up question to Why don't the meanings of specific bids need to be considered when giving advice? As I understand the answers to that question, most bridge players play variants of the same bidding system. In other words, most bridge…
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In what category of information are timestamps?

In Magic the Gathering Competitive/Professional REL, there are four categories of information: status, free, derived, and private. Under which category of information do timestamps fall? If timestamp ordering is private information, then if two of…
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Paying for activated abilities of newly spoiled card Halo Fountain

Halo Fountain is a newly spoiled card for New Capenna: Now say you turn Halo Fountain into a creature (there's a variety of methods to do this, say Karn, Silver Golem for example). Say you wanted to activate its first ability. You pay W, tap it,…
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Does Death's Shadow grow when blocking a creature while the player is taking damage?

The game situation: I'm at 12 life, meaning that Death's Shadow is currently a 1/1. I'm being attacked by two 2/2 Goblin Guides; I block one of them with the Death's Shadow, leaving the other unblocked. We proceed to the Combat Damage step. Does…
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What happens if multiple players win the game simultaneously from Laboratory Maniac?

My opponent and I both control a Laboratory Maniac and have no cards in our library. I control an Alms Collector. An effect causes my opponent to draw two cards. Alms Collector changes that to each of us drawing a card. Laboratory Maniac replaces…
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Where can I find reusable white playing cards for prototyping?

The question title says it all : Where can I find reusable white playing cards for prototyping? I find services online to generate cards but not reusable white cards (that you can write on and erase later).
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Strategy for studying professional games?

I recently took A. Dinershtein's Go style test. It was useful to me, as the test is aimed at finding professional players who might think the way you do, for study purposes. It has definitely worked for me. But what should I bear in mind while…
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At what level should one try to teach go?

I am now at a level where I don't consider myself to be a complete beginner, and I can now recognise at least some of the mistakes made by lower level kyu players. I would like to help other people but I'm sometimes to afraid I'll give them wrong…
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How should a creature-centric deck prepare for board wipes?

The game would be short, or so I thought. My opponent was at less than 10 life, while I was at 20, commanding an army of burly creatures with nothing to block them. Victory was mine. And then they played something. Maybe it was Doomskar, or…
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Is there a site to solve tsumego online?

I'd like to solve tsumego online, not having to install a program or app locally. Are there any sites that allow this? How about for smartphones?
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In Magic free-for-all multiplayer, what happens when someone dies?

In a free-for-all multiplayer Magic game, what happens when someone dies? Specifically: What happens to spells they've cast that are on the stack? What happens to enchantments they have cast onto permanents that other people…
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Is it possible to have a Draw in Stratego?

If both flags are blocked by bombs, and there are no miners left, The rules state that if you have no movable pieces left you lose the game. What if each player has one moveable piece left, and the one with the lower piece simply runs away? If the…
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Do you die instantaneously if your life total hits 0?

Way back when, the first combo I built a deck around was Force of Nature with a Spirit Link on it. If, at the beginning of my upkeep, I have less than 8 life and I don't pay the upkeep, will I lose the game before the life gain kicks in?
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System for secretly choosing between two options?

I have a graphics project for school and the task is to design a board game. I need to work out a system by which two players can simultaneously make a secret choice between two options and then present their choice at the same time. I have thought…
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