Cards that cause Judges to get called

[Nuke is Good]

I was thinking of cards that cause people in tournaments to call judges due to: awkward game states, confusing oracle text, and just being so obscure for future deck creation ideas. I always like seeing people go: "It does what now?" when they see a card. I got someone to say that playing a Japanese Empyrial Archangel since Reanimator uses Inkwell Leviathan for the shroud fatty.

So far cards I can think of are:

Chains of Mephistopheles
Humility
Opalescence

[(nameless one)]

I would say Trinisphere with Lodestone Golem. Usually, Trinisphere alone does it as well.

[Julian23]

Back in 2009 Knight of the Mists used to cause quite a lot of trouble whenever I killed my opponent's Knight of the Reliquary with it.

[rufus]

A lot of the really zany cards aren't competitive. Another fun one is:
Ice Cauldron

[wcm8]

Sylvan Library, particularly whenever there is some other card on-board that affects drawing.

[nedleeds]

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[JPoJohnson]

Mesmeric Orb/Basalt Monolith

You guys know what I'm talking about.

[Michael Keller]

Humility has got to be at the top.

[Megadeus]

I would say Trinisphere with Lodestone Golem. Usually, Trinisphere alone does it as well.

Nah. Usually people are just bad and decide to spend three mana and waste the fourth in their pool on every spell they cast.

[Shawon]

Apparently, one of my judge friends got 19 judge calls about this card in a Modern PTQ:

[Megadeus]

"So my Hallowed fountain?"
"That's a mountain"
"And my celestial Collonade?"
"Mountain"
"What if I activate it?"
"You can't. It's a mountain"

[nevilshute]

"So my Hallowed fountain?"
"That's a mountain"
"And my celestial Collonade?"
"Mountain"
"What if I activate it?"
"You can't. It's a mountain"

"But that... that's not fair"

[nedleeds]

Blood Moon FAdumbQ's

"Do I name with cavern?"
"Price of Progress?"
"Your Covetous Dragon is dead ... because Great Furnace?"
"You can't attack with that Dryad Arbor?"

[Dice_Box]

These days, Skullcrack has gotten no small amount of calls.

"I attack with my Grim Lavamancer."
"I block with True-Name."
"Ok, before damage, Crack you."
"Ok."
"Ok damage step, True-Name dies."
"JUDGE!"

[Ace/Homebrew]

Blood Moon

Does Dark Depths still get counters? (yes)
How do I remove them? (can't)
It's a Legendary Snow Nonbasic Mountain.

Trinisphere is enough on it's own but add another card to the equation...
I can resolve my Brainstorm through CotV@1 because Trinisphere makes it cost 3 right? Juuuuuudge!

[Benrobnu]

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I wasn't familiar with illusionary mask till I played against in an SCG. Instant judge call.

[Darkenslight]

Humility is the biggie, but there are also some other interesting cards/combos that will get judge calls.

For example, the biggest one is Four Horsemen combo (Basalt Monolith/Mesmeric Orb/Sharuum the Hegemon/Blasting Station combo). But others include Opalescence (especially with a Humility out), 3Sphere, Chains of Mephistopheles are also pretty big.

[Valtrix]

And yes, I do actually play this card in Modern right now. The biggest one is when I ask to look at my opponent's sideboard.

[Benrobnu]

Humility is the biggie, but there are also some other interesting cards/combos that will get judge calls.

For example, the biggest one is Four Horsemen combo (Basalt Monolith/Mesmeric Orb/Sharuum the Hegemon/Blasting Station combo). But others include Opalescence (especially with a Humility out), 3Sphere, Chains of Mephistopheles are also pretty big.

Humility also has interactions that seem ... counterintuitive with cards like Painter Servant.

[aluisiocsantos]

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Gotta love old Magic writing format. (= no formats at all)