Anna and Nalick are playing in a PTQ. Jim, a spectator, has asked them to pause and called you over. He explains this situation: At the end of Anna’s turn, Nalick taps out to play , choosing to draw a card. After it resolves Anna’s friend Ben says “You should probably cast that,” pointing to […]
Partial Brain-seize
Ares and Nike are playing in a feature match at a Legacy Grand Prix. Ares casts against the tapped-out Nike, who reveals his hand of , , , , and . Ares says, “Well, I’m going to take Brainstorm, but hold on while I write this down.” He is quickly jotting down the names of […]
Where it’s at
Andrea and Nick are playing in a Standard GPT. Late into a long game, Nick is at 18 life and tapped out with no cards in hand, while Andrea is at 1 and staring down a poised to kill her next turn. Andrea casts the last card in her hand, a fused . She draws […]
The Corrupted Game State
Anita and Norbert are playing in an Standard PTQ. Norbert is down to just 2 life, and Anita is at 5. Nobert has no creatures in play, Anita attacks with her . Norbert taps his three swamps and three forests and casts his textless promo Corrupt, targeting the Tusker. Both players adjust Norbert’s life total, […]
Counter-productive
Athena is playing against Neptune at a GPT. Athena controls a . Neptune controls an with 3 red plastic beads on it. Athena casts a on the Elocutors, and Neptune places another red bead on it before sliding it across the table. Athena asks what the red beads represent, and Neptune replies, “I’ve just put […]
The Fateseal Reveal
Aaron and Nadine are playing each other in the third round of a Legacy GPT. Aaron has a in play. He activates Jace’s +2 ability, and looks at the top card of Nadine’s library. He thinks for a moment, then shows it to Nadine and asks, “Is this the card you’re looking for?” while trying […]
Just fix it… Fix it good!
Anthony and Nadine are playing in a block constructed Pro Tour. Anthony has on 8 counters and activates Ral Zarek’s -7 ultimate ability. Anthony proposes rolling 5 d6 and using odd numbers for extra turns. Nadine agrees. Anthony rolls the 5 dice, which hit the die that was on Ral Zarek showing 1, and all […]
I’ll take the Burger. NO NO NO the Burrito. Wait no, the chili dog. JUDGE!!!!!!!!!
Antonio and Nelson are playing in a PTQ. They are currently sideboarding for game 3 when one of Nelson’s friends who has finished his match approaches the table and informs Nelson they are going to pick up lunch, and asks if he wants anything. Nelson stops sideboarding and they begin discussing lunch options. After a […]
Wait, that’s against the rules?
Ann and Nathan are playing a standard match in their local GPT. Nathan has been to a few of these types of events, but Ann is relatively new to Magic and this is her first Comp REL event. This game has lasted a long time, and at the end of Nathan’s turn Ann is down […]
Can you hear me now?
Alan and Nate are playing in the penultimate round of a PTQ, and they are both high in the standings. Time has ended in the round and Alan just finished extra turn number 5, yet there is no winner. Both players agree that a draw will knock them out of top 8 contention, but neither […]