In a Limited Grand Prix (REL: Competitive) Aram controls which is currently paired with , and he controls no other creatures. Although the creatures are paired, there is no visible indicator that they are. Aram draws a card for his turn, sees that it is and slams it onto the table in excitement. He pairs […]
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Pile Shuffling
At a Pro Tour Qualifier (competitive REL), you’re watching Andrew shuffle for the beginning of round 1. After several different shuffles, Andrew finally does a pile shuffle, then presents his deck. What is the appropriate infraction, penalty, and and possible fix? [expand title=”View Answer”] Andrew has done nothing wrong here. Though pile shuffling is not […]
Bloodgift Demon
At a Standard GPT (REL Competitive), Adam controls a . After Nadine passes her turn, Adam untaps, draws a card and immediately proceeds to the Declare Attackers Step. He attacks with both and some other creatures. Nadine casts a , targeting Bloodgift Demon, to which Adam responds by casting Undying Evil, remarking: “This badass is […]
Planeswalker Problems
At a competitive rules enforcement level event Adam controls a . Nadine controls a with 2 loyalty counters. Adam declares Thrun as an attacker and Nadine has no responses. Nadine moves to mark down a life change and Adam stops her, saying he was attacking Garruk. Nadine calls a judge. What is the appropriate infraction, […]
Lightning Bolt
At a Standard FNM Andrew casts a , a card that is not legal in the Standard Format. His opponent calls immediately a judge to check on why Andrew is playing an illegal card. After some questioning the judge determines Andrew was not aware of anything at all about formats, and is just playing a […]
38 card decklist
During decklist counting at a 32 person Sealed format Grand Prix Trial, you find that a player turned in a decklist that has 38 cards. There are no white cards listed, there are no white-mana activations or flashback costs either, but the decklist does have three , and there are several strong white cards in […]
Phyrexian Revoker
Adam and Nadine are playing in a Standard PTQ. Nadine controls an . Adam casts , and names for the Revoker’s enters-the-battlefield replacement effect, then passes the turn. During her turn, Nadine casts . Two turns later, Nadine carefully re-reads , and notices that it specifies the named card must be nonland. Nadine calls a […]
16 card sideboard
During a standard constructed Pro Tour Qualifier, Adam is deck checked during round 3, and is found to have the following cards listed as their sideboard: 4 4 4 4 When we investigate Adam is found to be playing all 16 sideboard cards. The error is unintentional. What is the appropriate infraction, penalty, and additional […]
Dark Tutelage
At a Competitive REL event player A controls , untaps, draws, and passes the turn. Player N takes his turn, untaps, draws, and passes the turn. Player A untaps, and announces the trigger, and reveals a land resolving it, losing zero life in the process. At this point Player N notices the trigger was missed […]
Duress
In a 3rd round match of a Constructed PTQ Alan and Nick are ready for the first game of the match and draw their opening hands. After a short review both players decide to keep their opening hands. Alan opens the game with a Swamp and casts . While resolving the Alan notices Nick already […]