You are a floor judge for Day 2 of a Modern Grand Prix. Adrian plays his second land, then casts . Natalie lets Thalia resolve, and at the end of Adrian’s turn, casts , targeting Thalia, by tapping her only land. Adrian shrugs and moves Thalia to the graveyard. Natalie untaps, draws for turn, then […]
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Mismanaged Mimicry Memory
Albert and Nadege are playing in a standard PPTQ. They call you over to the table, and Nadege explains that Albert played on his previous turn, which was turn two. Nadege played a land on her turn and passed, and now Albert has played and Nadege has let it resolve. Albert went to put a […]
Wrapped Away
You are a floor judge watching Allie and Nemo play in a sealed PPTQ. Allie is attacking Nemo with her . Before the combat damage step, Nemo casts targeting the and says, “Exile the Guardian before damage.” Allie moves her Labyrinth Guardian card on top of her other exiled cards and then looks at her […]
It’s Time to Drain the _________
You are the Head Judge of your local Standard PPTQ. You have collected all the decklists and round 1 has begun. While ensuring that all of the lists are present, you notice that one player has a blank line with a number next to it on his decklist. He is playing Black/White control, and has […]
Agent of Chaos
Acacia and Naomi are playing in a Legacy 5k. Acacia controls a . Acacia draws for turn, resolves ‘s ability and puts two cards back on top of her library. Acacia casts and says “Does resolve?” Naomi answers “Yes, it resolves.” Acacia then flips over the top two cards of her library, revealing a and […]
Tales from the Cryptbreaker
Antoine and Nancy are playing in a standard Grand Prix event. Antoine, who controls three untapped s, taps one of them and two swamps, draws a card, and marks down one life loss on his note sheet. Nancy stops him to point out the mistake and Antoine replies, “Oops! I meant to draw a card but […]
Did I Pick the Right One ?
Andrea is playing against Nick in a Standard PPTQ. Andrea, who has delerium, taps 3 s and casts targeting Nick. Nick lets it resolve and reveals his hand. Andrea selects , writes down the contents of Nick’s hand, then starts searching his library. After exiling all the copies, she scoops up Nick’s library and his […]
Its an AEther Miracle!
You’re the head judge of a Modern PPTQ, where Ace and Niño are playing their match. At the beginning of this turn, Ace untapped, put a counter on his , then picked up the top card of his library and looked at it. Thinking for a bit, Ace put that card face down next to […]
Straight from the Mouth
In a Modern PPTQ where you are the head judge, Alex calls you over to his match. He explains that during his turn, he had attacked with a . Nathan responded by activating a targeting the . Alex responded by casting a for 4. He gains 4 life and draws 4 cards. After considering his […]
Scefet’s Special
Abby and Nova are playing in an Amonkhet Sealed PPTQ. Abby taps four Forests, discards a , and announces she is paying the cycling cost. She draws a card and then starts searching her library. Nova stops her and says, “Hold on. You have to search your library before you draw. It even says so […]