Anna and Nancy are playing in a Modern Masters 2017 sealed event run at Competitive REL. Anna casts targeting Nancy. She scries one card to the bottom of her library and the other to the top. She then flips the top card of her library, revealing , puts it into her hand, and rolls the […]
Author: JSH
It’s Plain to See
Alice is playing against Nicky in round one of a Standard PPTQ. Alice controls two untapped and two untapped . Alice taps both Mountains to cast and announces she will scry 2. Nicky confirms. Alice looks at the top two cards of her library and places both cards on the bottom of her library. A […]
Blood Moon over Ravnica
Abel is playing against Neil at a local Modern 1k. Abel calls you over and says that he and Neil just realized that Niel’s is no longer a forest because of Abel’s , but they both forgot to put Niel’s enchanting it into the graveyard several turns ago when resolved. What do you do? We […]
Kalitas and Company
Adrian and Nina are playing in a Standard PPTQ. Adrian cast during his pre-combat main phase and proceeds to attack with his . Nina blocks with her and before damage she sacrifices to make her creatures indestructible. On Adrian’s end step Nina activates her to search for . Nina draws her card for the turn […]
A Terribly Tricky Traversal
Amiee is playing against Nico at a Competitive Standard 1k. Aimee casts , searches for a card, and puts it into her hand. Nico points out that she didn’t reveal, and calls for a judge. At this point, Aimee realizes that she didn’t actually have delirium, and tells you that she couldn’t have searched for […]
Negative, Queller, the Graveyard is Full
Anita and Norris are playing in a Standard PPTQ. Anita casts in her first Main phase, discarding two of the five cards in her hand. Norris responds by playing , and exiles her . Anita then destroys with a . She again casts , says “Draw three?” Norris agrees, Anita draws her cards, and passes […]
The Eldrazi Diet
Arianna and Neff are playing in a Standard PPTQ. Neff controls . Arianna has several cards in her graveyard and 20 cards exiled face-up by Neff’s Ulamog. Arianna casts . She grabs her deck and says, “My library is exiled and my graveyard will become my library,” to which Neff responds with a nod. Arianna […]
5, 6, Pick up Sticks
Arborea is playing in Modern 5K run at Competitive REL. She casts and grabs top the few cards of her deck. She counts them, realizes there are only 4, and reaches for a fifth. When she does so, the top two cards of her library stick together, and she picks up both of them. She […]
Gideon’ Up
Ariel is playing against Nick at a Standard PPTQ. Ariel controls a , a , and an . Ariel draws her card for the turn and considers her hand for a moment. Eventually she taps her and pushes forward her Avacyn. Then she ticks up Gideon and taps it, saying, ”attack with all my creatures, […]
Ajani By Any Other Name
You’re the Head Judge of a Standard PPTQ. While verifying that you have all the lists, you notice that Percy’s list has “2x Ajani” on it. You go to Percy’s match and notice that he has one Ajani Unyielding in his graveyard, and another in his hand. What do you do? Judges feel free […]