At a Competitive REL Legacy event Nightingale controls . Annabelle casts by sacrificing two s for WW and tapping for 2. In response, Nightingale casts targeting Annabelle and both spells resolve normally. Annabelle then plays an Island and sacrifices the City of Traitors. After Annabelle puts her City into the graveyard, Nightingale realizes that Blood […]
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Taking out Elspeth
Arthur and Mr. Nigma are back at it again, playing in a Sealed GPT. On Arthur’s turn, he draws . Mr. Nigma has been pumping out an army of chump blockers with , which is currently at 3 loyalty. Arthur triumphantly Bolts Elspeth down to 0, scrys a card to the bottom of his library, […]
Sticks and Stones
During a match at a PTQ, Amy and Nolan are playing toward the end of the round. During game three, Amy has no cards in hand and her first draw for the turn is a that she is able to cast through its miracle cost for lethal damage. Nolan puts his hand down in disgust […]
Coasting to Victory
While counting decklists for your Post-M15 Standard GPT, you notice on SeaCat’s list he had written 4x “U/G painland”, 4x “U/G Temple”, 4x “U/G Shockland”. What do you do? Judges, feel free to discuss this scenario on Judge Apps! [expand title=Answer]Keep in mind that if this were a larger tournament with more than one judge, […]
Star-Crossed Minotaurs
Alan and Nathan are playing in a Sealed GPT. Alan casts a , then attacks with a . Nathan controls a , but chooses not to block with it. During his second main phase, Alan casts . Alan looks at this hand for a few seconds, then says “Umm… I guess it’s… WAIT!” He then […]
Here’s Looking At You, Deck
At a Grand Prix Trial you are running at your local store, a spectator points out a player to you and asks you to watch the way he shuffles. Before the player’s match, you witness him riffle shuffle with the cards facing himself once, and then once with the cards facing away. He repeats this […]
Temple of Malarkey
Aardvark is playing in a Standard Competitive REL tournament. He’s playing a red-black aggro deck. On his decklist is written 4x . A start of round deck check reveals he’s playing 4x . The decklist is otherwise legal. What do you do? What are the relevant infractions, penalties, and fixes, if possible? Judges, feel free […]
Break it Down Now
You have called time in round 6 of a GPT for which you are the head judge. You are overseeing the extra turns of the last match when you overhear Nate talking to his friend about how he played three really good games but since he lost and is dead in the event he gave […]
Can we ‘phix it? Yes we can!
Alan and Nadia are playing in a Theros Block GPT. Alan plays targeting Nadia. in response, Nadia plays , then allows Thoughtseize to resolve, revealing the rest of her hand. Alan chooses a card for Nadia to discard, attacks with his creatures, then passes the turn. Nadia untaps, draws for the turn, plays a land […]
This Cat’s Gone Trigger Happy
Ajani controls a . He casts on it. Nala says it resolves. Ajani then casts on Nala’s . After writing down and confirming the new life totals, Ajani says, “Oh yeah, I need to draw for Dragon Mantle,” and immediately picks up a card, putting it into his hand. Nala calls for a judge. What […]