Both players agree on the sequence of events as described above. What is your ruling? If you are undecided based on this information, what further questions do you need to ask the players?
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View AnswerThis situation or something similar is put before every judge in their learning process. It happened to me and now it has happened for you! If this answer doesn’t sit well with you yet, there are a few things you can do:
First, we always encourage you to talk to your mentor(s) whenever something doesn’t make sense. They have likely been around the block and can explain things in terms that you will understand.
Second, to understand the DCI policy for this situation, take a look back to Eric Shukan’s post (about halfway down page 3 of comments). Put simply, we can’t effectively enforce how questions are interpreted, but we CAN enforce whether statements contain any untrue content. Annie’s statement was true, despite the fact that it didn’t fully answer Nami’s intended question about which card types were in the graveyard.
Finally, when playing matches yourself remember that your opponent wants to win the game too. The best course of action for derived information is frequently to figure it out yourself. If Nami had simply asked to look at Annie’s graveyard, she wouldn’t be in this situation.