Aaron and Nadine are playing in a Legacy Grand Prix. Aaron has a and a in his graveyard. He announces, “I’m going to my Tyrant.” Nadine says, “OK, resolves. I choose my “. Aarons says “Oh, I didn’t realize you had that… then on resolution I’m going to pick my instead.” Nadine calls you over. […]
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Setessan… Something
You perform a mid-round deck check on Alex during round 6 of a Theros sealed 5k, of which you are head judge. You quickly discover that he is playing a in his deck, but no copies of this card are marked in the Total column on his deck registration sheet. When you investigate further, you […]
So… Where is he?
You’re walking the floor at a PTQ when you notice a table with only one player. You glance at the clock and see that just over 10 minutes have elapsed, so you step in, pick up the match slip, and ask the player across from you “Are you Anton or Nikolai?” He replies “Oh, Nikolai’s […]
This seems a bit light…
At a Constructed GP, Chris calls you over to his table. He has five stacks of cards sitting in front of him and indicates to you that upon mulliganing away his initial seven card hand prior to starting game 1, he pile shuffled, only to discover that he only has 59 cards in his main […]
Houston, We’ve Got a Bribe
Going into the last round of Swiss in a $5k cash tournament run at Competitive REL, you, the Head Judge, send your floor judges out to watch and listen for “unfortunate conversations” that might happen with the players battling to get into the Top 8. As the round is coming to a close, one of […]
The Archangel of “OMG, that’s a lot of counters!”
Adam and Netta are playing in a Standard GPT. Netta is at 6 life, and Adam is at 3. Adam has an in play with no +1/+1 counters on it. Netta has a tapped and seven tapped lands in play. Adam taps his Archangel of Thune and six lands then declares “Attack, and , put […]
Big Girls Don’t Scry
Alice is playing in a Standard Grand Prix event. She has a and a dozen assorted lands in play. She begins her turn by Scrying for Thassa’s beginning of upkeep ability. When she goes to her deck, a 2nd card is stuck to the top card. Alice looks and realizes that she has 2 cards […]
Irrelephant Ambush
Anna and Nick are playing in a GPT. Anna casts . In response, Nick casts , targeting the Smiter. When Essence Scatter resolves, Anna puts the Smiter into her graveyard. She then attacks and Nick blocks. During her second main phase, Anna casts another spell, then passes the turn. Nick untaps and draws his card […]
Save the Bestowaway!
Alex and Nick are playing at a Sealed PTQ. Alex attacks with a bunch of creatures, and before blockers are declared, Nick flash-Bestows a on his Minotaur. In response, Alex destroys the Minotaur with . Nick laments “Noooooo, my Bestowaway!!!” and proceeds to put both the Satyr and the Minotaur into his graveyard. Nick then […]
Die problematische Aurelia
Anton is attacking Natalie during their local GPT. Natalie casts a German targeting Anton’s attacking . Anton isn’t quite sure what the card does, so he asks, “Bounce it?” Natalie is distracted by combat math and simply replies, “Yep”. Anton puts the card in his hand, then they resolve combat damage. Anton attacks Natalie again, […]