During a deck check in round 4 of a PTQ, you do a quick ‘fan’ of the player’s deck, face down. You notice that ten of the cards seem to be in sleeves that are a millimeter or two smaller than the rest. Those ten cards are 3 , 3 , and 4 . You […]
Category: Tournament Errors
Slaughtering Spherical Demons
It’s PTQ time, and Adam casts targeting Nate, naming . While searching through Nate’s deck, Adam finds one of his own s. After investigation, you learn that in game 1, Nate used a Detention Sphere on a demon, and accidentally shuffled it into his deck because they are using the same sleeves. What do you […]
Chronicler of Uh-Ohs
Apple and Nectarine are playing at a PTQ. Apple controls a with a +1/+1 counter on it. He casts and says “Trigger both guys.” Nectarine replies, “Before she evolves, kill her with .” “Sure. Take 3. Draw for the Chronicler?” “Sure.” Apple draws his card, then looks down and realizes that the doesn’t have a creature with a […]
You can choose any color you want, as long as it’s black.
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. […]
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 […]