You are the head judge of a Grand Prix Trial and entering into the final round when floor judge Justin approaches you with an appeal. Justin has issued a game loss for Tardiness to Amy. Amy admits that she was not in her seat at the start of the round, as she had gone off […]
Par for the Course
Abby is in playing a Sealed Grand Prix trial, which you are head judging. Abby has four cards in her hand and casts . She reveals a on top of her library. She then casts , drawing the Charging Badger and the next card on top of her library. She then reveals the new top […]
A Little Moxcident
Atari is playing against Nintendo on Day 1 of a Grand Prix. Atari casts a . Nintendo nods, and then says, “When it enters the battlefield I’ll cast Wear (from ) on it.” Atari taps Chrome Mox and casts in response. Nintendo calls a judge (you), and explains that Atari tapped the Mox for mana […]
Chained to the Temple
Adam and Nelson are playing in a Standard GPT. Adam taps his 3 Mountains and to cast and . He exiles Nelson’s with his Chained to the Rocks, and attacks for 2 with his Chandra’s Phoenix while putting the Chained to the Rocks on his Temple of Triumph. Two turns later, you walk by the […]
Judge, I don’t think I can ever cast this…
It is PTQ time. Andrea and Norman have presented their decks to each other for Game 1. Norman does a pile shuffle of Andrea’s deck and asks afterwards, ‘So you are playing with 61 cards?’ Andrea replies, ‘What?! No…’ and quickly checks her sideboard: There are 15 cards. They call you over as a judge […]
I am the Mouth of Saur…err, Ronom!
In a Modern Grand Prix Trial where you are the head (and only) 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 Celestial Colonnade. Alex responded by casting a for 4. He gains 4 life and draws […]
I need a Hero(ic Trigger)
Andrew and Nigel are playing in a PTQ. Andrew has a 4/4 and Nigel controls a tapped 2/2 . Andrew moves to his combat phase and attacks with his Polis Crusher. During the Declare Attackers Step, Nigel casts targetting his Staunch-Hearted Warrior, to which Andrew says ‘OK’. Nigel then untaps his creature, pushes it toward […]
Blame the Shuffler
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 […]
The Animated Feature
Alan and Nathan are playing in a Standard GPT. Alan has a and a in play. Alan says “Move to combat.” Nathan surveys his hand and then says, “Sure, go ahead.” Alan taps a swamp and moves his Mutavault forward, saying, “Attack with Mutavault and Specter.” Nathan says, “You can’t attack with the Mutavault,” and […]
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 […]