You are the only judge at a Standard PPTQ. You get called over to a match. On the board, Andrew has a
Zurgo Bellstriker and Nadine has two face down creatures. Andrew has just attacked with his Zurgo Bellstriker and Nadine was thinking about blocking. While looking at her morphs, Nadine noticed that the one she played last turn is in fact a
Whisperwood Elemental. She is the one who called you over. She is really apologetic about the situation and she shows you that she has a
Deathmist Raptor in hand, which she thought she had played as a morph. The Raptor is the only morph-card in her hand. You ask the players when the morph was played, and they agree it was at the end of Nadine’s last turn. You believe it was an honest mistake and rule out Cheating. What is your ruling?
Judges, feel free to discuss this scenario on Judge Apps!
AnswerAs the Raptor is the only morph-card in hand, it is pretty clear what Nadine’s intent was. As she has called the judge herself and has not drawn a card after casting the morph, we can swap the
Whisperwood Elemental for the
Deathmist Raptor. The penalty is a Game Play Error – Hidden Card Error and we give Nadine a Warning for that and no penalty for Andrew.
