Here's the relevant IPG section:
https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rules/ipg3-5/
In most situations, if you call a judge on yourself as soon as you realize, it's a warning + you lose the card if...
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Here's the relevant IPG section:
https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rules/ipg3-5/
In most situations, if you call a judge on yourself as soon as you realize, it's a warning + you lose the card if...
https://yawgatog.com/resources/magic-rules/#R601
Total cost is locked in at step F, costs are paid in step H. The Cabal Therapy costs 3 mana regardless of what you use to pay the alternate cost of...
It's meant to be a simple example. You can easily construct a similar situation for paying costs rather than activating mana abilities.
The game can't "look forward" before you announce a spell to know whether you actually are capable of paying all costs, especially when choices during the announcement of the spell like modes,...
You can always attempt to cast a spell, but the game state is reverted to the point before you attempted to cast it if you cannot complete the actions required to cast it, such as paying all costs....
This is really not the place to argue about rules application minutiae. The decision on how this unique effect is handled has been made, and thankfully Wizards long ago deliberately changed their...
https://yawgatog.com/resources/magic-rules/#R70225
702.25d. The phasing event doesn't actually cause a permanent to change zones or control, even though it's treated as though it's not on the...
Just remember the tournament rules forbid use of electronic devices, so only do it between matches. A proxy tournament might not strictly be following rules though I suppose.
MTR:
Marking (the front of) sideboard cards is the most common example of "minor strategic information". As far as the official rules are concerned, perfectly fine.
When Warping Wail resolves, it will check if its target is still valid. If not, the spell will be countered.
It's nothing like a Lightning Bolt, because Warping Wail is directly removing the Tarmogoyf. Lightning Bolt does not cause the Goyf to (potentially) leave play, the State-Based Action check for...
You're right, this is the section that applies to Leovold: http://www.yawgatog.com/resources/magic-rules/#R61416
I missed that Leovold is a "can't" effect rather than a replacement effect, and...
EDIT: Leovold isn't a replacement effect, it's a "can't" effect. Since the "X" in "You may X. If you do, Y." is a cost, you can't choose to pay it at all.
Yep, that's an "intervening if" clause.
http://yawgatog.com/resources/magic-rules/#R6034
You are correct, yes. See specifically 603.10: http://yawgatog.com/resources/magic-rules/#R60310
It doesn't have anything to do with being a creature or not though. Any permanent leaving the...
Forgive me if you're already familiar with the rules for prize splitting, but here they are in the MTR:
https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rules/mtr5-2/
Unequal prize splits anywhere but the final...
Using translucent sleeves backwards to obscure the card face is not a new thing and as you suspect, it's not OK. Doing it specifically to make cards harder to discern veers close to Cheating, in...
If a spell or ability has the word "target" in its text, then it targets. If it doesn't, then it doesn't target.
You lose life from Thoughtsieze regardless of whether you find a valid card to...
Great answer MaximumC.
701.14d. is really only relevant to hidden zones or multiplayer. Your hand is already visible to you at all times.
Occasionally things are a bit open to interpretation I guess. Is this one...
Huh, that's a different opinion than what I've heard before and I don't know that person. If no one corrected them, though, I guess maybe that's the current opinion.
The comp rules cannot contain everything, even as lengthy as they are. This one falls under "basic English language meaning", or "common sense".
Whenever someone selects a card, you know which...
Sorry missed this thread earlier. As noted, you need a valid target for triggered abilities when they go on the stack, before anyone has priority.
I'm guessing there might be confusion because players typically put their hand face down to let their opponent randomly choose a card? Your hand zone is still visible to you at all times though, so...
Nicely done answer.