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, […]
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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 […]
Eldrazi Monument
At a competitive REL event Abella controls , , and a 3/3 Zombie Token. Abella has 1 card in hand. During Nigel’s end step he casts targeting the zombie token. On her turn Abella attacks with , and after the zombies have been put on the battlefield both players realize Abella forgot her trigger. Abella […]
Torpor Orb + Sea Gate Oracle
At a competitive REL event, player N controls and player A casts . When Sea Gate Oracle enters the battlefield player A looks at the top two cards of his library. He then puts one of them in his hand and the other in the bottom of his library. Player N calls a judge because […]