At a Limited-format Pro Tour Qualifier, after the initial pool registration and swap, the Head Judge instructs players that they have 30 minutes to build and register their decks. Players are told to hand in their decklist to a judge once they have completed this process. During round 1, judges count all of the decklists, […]
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Anakin’s Lack of Force
Darth Vader is enrolled in a Legacy Competitive REL event. During his turn, Nute Gunray casts a , but Anakin denies him that by casting a for its alternative cost: He exiles . In his own turn, Anakin casts and announces that he wants to activate its ability. When Nute and Anakin reach for their […]
Restoring an Illusionary Trigger
Andy and Neil are playing a match at a Standard GPT. Neil controls a that is a copy of , and no other creatures. Andy passes turn, and Neil casts during the end step. Neil untaps, draws, and casts . After it resolves, Andy realizes that the Angel’s triggered ability was missed and calls a […]
Rock-Paper-Therapy-Elder-Spock!
During day 2 of a Legacy Grand Prix Anton casts in his first main phase by paying its mana cost. He names and sees that in Nicholas’ hand there are two copies of . Anton then attacks Nicholas with his , deals combat damage and then moves to his second main phase. Once there, he […]
The Celestial Slip of the Devil
At a Standard PTQ, Amun casts a on Nefertiti’s ; as the spell resolves, Nefertiti puts the Vexing Devil in her graveyard. Amun activates ‘s third ability, turning him into a creature, then attacks with Gideon and all his other creatures. Nefertiti casts a , targeting Gideon Jura. Now they both realize that the Vexing […]
Mwonvuli Beast Tracker, Vampire hunter
At a Competitive REL event player A casts , when it enters the battlefield he searchs for , reveals it, shuffles his deck and puts the Nighthawk into his hand instead of on top of his deck. He passes turn, and player B draws for his turn, and offers to enter combat. Player A wants to […]
Snow White and the Huntmaster of the Fells
Aaron and Nicole are playing in a competitive REL tournament. Nicole controls a , Aaron controls a and an . On Aaron’s turn he casts and attacks with all of his creatures. Before blockers, Nicole casts targeting the Archer. After that has resolved, she realizes that neither player had cast any spells on the previous turn and she had […]
Thalia and the Gitaxian Probe of DOOM!
Andrew and Nicholas are playing a match in a Competitive REL event. Andrew begins casting by announcing to Nicholas, “Probe you, paying 2 life”. Nicholas points out that he controls . Although Andrew has several untapped lands whichcould produce the mana necessary to cast the Gitaxian Probe, he does not wish to use them. Nicholas does not […]
Tamiyo and the Extra Card of Azkaban
At a PTQ Antoine asks his opponent: “How many creatures do you control tapped?” Neil answers “Four” and Antoine activates ‘s second activated ability targeting Neil. Antoine resolves Tamiyo’s ability drawing four cards, and after Antoine puts the 4th card in his hand they both notice a tapped counted as a creature, and call for a […]
Sword of War and Peace
At a Competitive REL event Adam controls equipped with . Adam and Nena are both at 20 life with 4 cards in hand. Adam attacks Nena who does not block. Nena crosses her life total out and writes 16 beneath it. She then crosses out the 16 and writes 12. Adam passes turn to Nena who enters combat […]