{"id":239,"date":"2016-04-21T02:31:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T02:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/greatlakes\/?p=239"},"modified":"2016-04-21T02:31:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T02:31:11","slug":"shadows-over-innistrad-rules-and-oracle-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/greatlakes\/2016\/04\/21\/shadows-over-innistrad-rules-and-oracle-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadows Over Innistrad Rules and Oracle Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

See the announcement and reasoning <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: Can I activate Kindly Stranger<\/a>‘s ability, hold priority, then activate it again so it will transform into Demon-Possessed Witch<\/a>, kill a creature, then transform back into Kindly Stranger?<\/span><\/p>\n

[expand title=”Answer Here”]You can double activate the ability the way you described, but you won’t be satisfied with the result. We have a new rule that says if an ability wants to transform a double-faced card, but that permanent has transformed since that ability was put onto the stack, the instruction to transform the double-faced card is ignored [CR 701.25f].[\/expand]<\/p>\n

Q: Can I Abrupt Decay<\/a> a Perfected Form<\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n

[expand title=”Answer Here”]No. The converted mana cost of a double-faced permanent\u2019s back face is now calculated as though it had the mana cost of its front face [CR 202.3b]. Even though you can’t see it without turning the card over, Perfected Form’s converted mana cost is 4.[\/expand]<\/p>\n

Q: What if I Clone<\/a> a Perfected Form, can I Abrupt Decay<\/a> that?<\/span><\/p>\n

[expand title=”Answer Here”]Yes. Clone isn’t a double-faced card, so its converted mana cost is converted the old-fashioned way: by looking at its mana cost [CR 202.3a]. Except that Perfected Form doesn’t have one. The converted mana cost of this Clone is therefore zero.[\/expand]<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: If my Perfected Form<\/a> is enchanted with Pendrell Flux<\/a>, how much do I have to pay to keep it around?<\/span><\/p>\n

[expand title=”Answer Here”]Unfortunately, you can’t keep it around. This is where the rules for this get kind of weird. Perfected Form’s converted mana cost is 4 because there’s a rule that says when you’re determining the converted mana cost of the back face of a double-faced permanent, you calculate it using the front face’s mana cost. There’s no similar provision for determining the mana cost of a double-faced permanent, so Perfected Form just doesn’t have one. Because it doesn’t have a mana cost, paying that cost is an impossible action, and you’re forced to sacrifice it [CR 117.6].[\/expand]<\/p>\n

Q: Amy casts Altered Ego<\/a> with X=5 and copies an Apocalypse Hydra<\/a>. What is Altered Ego’s p\/t when it enters the battlefield?<\/span><\/p>\n

[expand title=”Answer Here”]As Altered Ego resolves, the game checks to see if there are any replacement effects that need to occur. Altered Ego’s effect applies here and makes it a copy of Apocalypse Hydra and puts 5 counters on it. Then, the game checks for replacement effects again [CR 616.1e]. Altered Ego\/Apocalypse Hydra’s new ability now wants to put X counters on it. The value of X is usually the same throughout a card, but in this case, because Altered Ego gained this ability, the value of X is 0 [CR 107.3h]. Altered Ego enters with only 5 counters.[\/expand]<\/span><\/p>\n

You can see other articles in this series here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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