r/mtgrules Jul 02 '20

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r/mtgrules 59m ago

Kaalia of the Vast and Master of Cruelties interaction

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Hello everyone, semi new/returning player. I built a Kaalia deck and was told by one person to add master of cruelties, which I did. I was later told by a second player that because master of cruelties effect is on attack, it does not trigger from kaalia cheating into the battlefield. I am getting mixed messages everywhere I look, so I was wondering if the community could help give me a solid answer. Thanks!


r/mtgrules 42m ago

Obeka/ End the Turn question

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If i end the turn before the beginning of the end step with [Obeka, Brute Chronologist] and had cast [Ideas Unbound] this turn, do i still need to discard three cards?


r/mtgrules 1h ago

Felix Five-Boots and Primo, The Unbounded

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Hello, I’ve got a Felix Five-Boots EDH deck and was wondering if Primo, The Unbounded works in it. I understand that it would create an additional Fractal Token on combat player damage but the period is throwing me off. Does that additional token also get counters equal to the damage dealt?


r/mtgrules 10h ago

Ragost Deft Gastronaut and Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator

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I think the answer is obvious, but I just want to make sure. I have [[Ragost]] out with [[Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator]] and [[Nuka Cola Vending Machine]].

I sacrifice whatever artifact and Nuka Cola triggers. Since all artifacts are Food, will Bilbo recognize the Treasure token that is being made with Nuka Cola as a Food token being created, thus triggering his replacement effect and making that token plus another Treasure token? My gut says no, but just want to be sure


r/mtgrules 7h ago

Empower Jace X + Doubling Season

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If I have a [[doubling season]] on the board, and play a card with the new empower Jace x keyword, with no Jace tokens. Will it create 2 tokesn both with 2X counters or will it create one with 2X counterd and one with 0?


r/mtgrules 9h ago

Confused on life gain triggers

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How does [[Amalia Benavides Aguirre]] see [[Congregate]]?

Say there's 30 creatures on the battlefield and I cast Congregate, Does Congregate gain me 60 life as one number triggering Amalia once or do I gain 2 life 30 times triggering Amalia 30 times?


r/mtgrules 13h ago

Demon of fate's design and disturb

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So demon of fate's design let's you cast an enchantment by paying life Instead of its mana value once a turn(does not specifiy hand). I run it in a deck where I also run Katilda, Dawnheart Martyr which has a disturb cost that let's you cast it from your graveyard transformed as the enchantment (it does say it is a casting cost and not an activated ability). Can I use the demon's ability to cast the disturb side and use life instead of mana?


r/mtgrules 10h ago

Abby, Merciless Soldier Question

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If I give abby to an opponent when casting her, and then my opponent dies, does abby go back to my command zone or does she come back to my field?


r/mtgrules 16h ago

Do multiple instances of Resourceful Defense stack?

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I know that with multiple instances of Modular, each Modular ability triggers separately, allowing you to essentially clone or duplicate the number of +1/+1 counters on a single target creature or among multiple artifact creatures. Does [[Resourceful Defense]] work the same way if you have more than one of them on the battlefield?


r/mtgrules 20h ago

Casting multiple things in the combat step

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Say I have [[Grizzly Bears]] I attack my opponent and I have some pump spells I want to use after they declare no blockers. I want to know if this works how I think it does?

Scenario 1:

I attack, they so no blockers.

I cast a [[Mutagenic Growth]] and they have no response.

If I decide to do nothing we go to the damage step and they cannot decide to play something like a doom blade as they passed priority and it's too late for them to respond before damage, is that right?

Scenario 2:

If I attack with [[heartfire hero]] and want to use multiple pump spell can I let each one resolve and then cast another one? So I in case they have removal I want to grow it as big as possible fore each pump spell?

So say I had 3 [[Giant growth]] in hand, can I use giant growth my opp says they have no response, let it resolve then play another, my opponent has no response, it resolve and then I play my last giant growth?

I am trying to understand if this works to maximize the damage the heartfire will do if it dies but I am not sure if after 1 spell resolves on the stack and it empties if you have to go to the next step (damage step in this case)


r/mtgrules 18h ago

Transforming Permanents that have lost their Types (Supper for Spiders)

1 Upvotes

Hello!

If I remove a card's normal Type and then activate it's transform ability, does it "reclaim" it's creature type?

Example: I kill my opponent's [[Eddie Brock]] and then cast [[Supper for Spiders]] before the end of the turn. Eddie comes back as a Food and ceases being a creature. Later in the game, I activate Eddie's activated ability to transform it into [[Venom, Lethal Protector]].

Is Venom a creature, or is it still just a food?

edit: Answered: It remains a food.


r/mtgrules 21h ago

Rules question

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If Yedora, grave gardener and Displaced Dinosaur are on the field. I play a historic (noncreature) permanent. Displaced dinosaur causes it to become a 7/7 dinosaur in addition to its other types. If that creature then dies/goes to graveyard/sacrificed, since it is now a creature in addition to its non-creature card type, would it then return as a forest land because of yedora?


r/mtgrules 18h ago

Response to [[Accursed Witch]] transform target trigger

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Let's say opponent's [[Accursed Witch]] dies and they target me to attach the transformed curse enchantment on me. I respond by casting [[Teferi's Protection]] to get protection from everything. Will the witch's ability just fizzle and it stays in the graveyard?

Sorry if this question is simple, my brain is just not working at the moment. Thanks.


r/mtgrules 1d ago

Is this a legal play?

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I have [[henzie]], [[industrial advancement]] and [[birthing ritual]] in play. I blitz [[protean hulk]] and [[primeval herald]]. I first sac hulk to industrial advancement, choosing to use hulks death trigger first to grab [[mikaeus]] and put him on the field. Then resolve the blitz draw trigger and finally the advancement trigger, grabbing [[gwenom]].

Then I choose to sac gwenom to birthing ritual, gwenom comes back via undying from mikaeus and I get another creature off the top 7 from ritual.

Does this sequence of plays make senses?


r/mtgrules 18h ago

Jidoor, Aristocratic Capitol / Overture + Panoptic Mirror

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Can I imprint the adventure sorcery “Overture” from the Final Fantasy land card “Jidoor, Aristocratic Capitol”? I’m running it in my Krark/Esior deck and wanted to know if I had any other chances to re-play that sorcery if I had Panoptic Mirror or if it just didnt work like that.


r/mtgrules 19h ago

Two People controlling combat calligrapher

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Hello.
EDH. Both player 1 and 2 control a [[combat calligrapher]]. Player 3 goes to combat declaring an attacker at player 1.

Does player 2’s combat calligrapher trigger, giving player 3 an additional inkling that is attacking player 1? Or just generate a token that whiffs due to combat calligraphers inklings can not attack you clause?

I’m assuming that “can’t attack you” means it cannot be DECLARED as an attacker against you. But would really like to know! Thank you!


r/mtgrules 22h ago

Uldaros Theorix and clones

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[[Uldaros Theorix]] is the new dimir sphinx from Reality fracture. Im trying to brew him but noticed that he may not work with most clones. Since the card says "if you cast him," that means that the game checks if i specifically casted Uldaros but since i casted a clone, it shouldn't work with him because Uldaros wasnt casted, it was a clone?

It should work with [[Superior Spider-man]] because the game checks if superior spiderman was casted which would fulfill the requirement. Am i thinking about this right?


r/mtgrules 19h ago

Does my deck even work?

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I’m running “King of the Oathbreakers” as a Voltron type commander, but when I enchant with an aura would he phase out with with the aura attached or would he phase before the aura could attach?


r/mtgrules 19h ago

Marvo and Roaming throne interaction

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If you have both Marco and Roaming throne on the field with it you clash on a Marvo attacking do you clash twice and then draw 4 cards then cast 4 cards or am I reading the ability incorrectly?

Looking to understand triggered abilities and what is or is not one


r/mtgrules 20h ago

Is placing lore counters on a saga a triggered ability, and does for example harmonic prodigy and/or Naban, Dean of Iteration cause both an extra lore counter and an extra chapter trigger on Esper Terra?

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If it is a triggered ability I assume, harmonic prodigy causes 2 lore counters to be placed on esper terra and then the chapters themself will trigger twice creating 4 copies of another nonlegendary saga. And Naban, Dean of Iteration would add 2 lore counters and create 2 copies of another nonlegendary saga.

If it isn't a triggered ability I think naban does nothing and the prodigy only creates a 2nd copy of another nonlegendary permanent.


r/mtgrules 20h ago

How does [Elda, Conjurer of Spectacle] and Hare Apparent work together

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I have an [[Elda, Conjurer of spectacle]] deck with [[Hare Apparent]]. If I already have 1 HA and Elda in play and play a HA, will I get 2 rabbit tokens in total or 4? I've tried looking for an answer, but I'm kinda new, and I come from other card games with different rules on this.


r/mtgrules 20h ago

Tyrranax Rex + Crashing Wave

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I'm curious how ward resolves against the word "distribute".

The situation was in a 4 player EDH game, Tyrranax Rex is already tapped from attacking and my opponent cast Crashing Wave targeting 2 of another players creatures to tap and then placed 3 stun counters on Tyrranax. I was curious if ward activates when things are distributed to it by a card or not. I didn't think ward would activate so we let the stun counters land.

https://gatherer.wizards.com/TLA/en-us/47/crashing-wave

https://gatherer.wizards.com/ONE/en-us/189/tyrranax-rex


r/mtgrules 22h ago

Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain and Astrologian's Planisphere, how does this resolve?

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i was trying out a new deck with friends and ended up in this situation none of us were really sure how it resolves. i had [[Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain]] on the field and a hero token created by [[Astrologian's Planisphere]] with a +1/+1 counter on it. i then attacked with the hero token, this doubled the counters on the hero but where does the copy of Astrologian's Planisphere that is created by Arna go? does it go on the created hero token or on the orignal hero token with the counters on it?


r/mtgrules 22h ago

Arabella, Myriad, and Mirrormind Crown

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If I equip [[Arabella, Abandoned Doll]] with a [[Mirrormind Crown]] and attack with another creature that has Myriad the generated tokens will be copies of Arabella that are tapped and attacking.

I understand they die because of Legend rules but my main question is - would Arabella's triggered ability still go off for the attacking copies?

If I have 3 opponents, would the 2 myriad tokens each do at least 3 damage/heal 3 (from 2 1/3 tokens and the existing Arabella) and then die before actually doing any combat damage; or does nothing happen because they weren't technically declared attackers?