Ariel is playing against Nick at a Standard PPTQ. Ariel controls a , a , and an . Ariel draws her card for the turn and considers her hand for a moment. Eventually she taps her and pushes forward her Avacyn. Then she ticks up Gideon and taps it, saying, ”attack with all my creatures, […]
Ajani By Any Other Name
You’re the Head Judge of a Standard PPTQ. While verifying that you have all the lists, you notice that Percy’s list has “2x Ajani” on it. You go to Percy’s match and notice that he has one Ajani Unyielding in his graveyard, and another in his hand. What do you do? Judges feel free […]
Why did it have to be snakes?
Anna is playing against Nigel at a Sealed PPTQ and round four has just begun. Anna asks to speak to you away from the table, shows you her hand, which contains 3 copies of . Anna explains that she is only playing 2 copies of in her main deck, and has one more which she […]
Return to Sender
Alexander and Neena are playing in a PPTQ. Alexander controls two and two creatures. He crews both of his and attacks Neena with them. Alexander points at his attackers, announces “Draw two. Discard two.”, picks up two cards from his library and, before Neena can stop him, adds them to his hand. Neena calls for […]
Cruising into Blockers
Welcome back to the Knowledge Pool for 2017! We’re excited to get back in the swing of things for this year. Enjoy the first scenario for 2017. Andrew and Nate are playing at a Kaladesh sealed PPTQ. Andrew is at 5, and Nate is at 2 and controls five 1/1 Servo tokens and a . […]
Dark Coffeedant
You are a floor judge on Day 1 of a Grand Prix, and round 3 just started. Alvaro pulls his playmat out of his backpack and sets it next to his coffee, which gets accidentally knocked over and spills on his deck. He calls for a judge immediately, and you take the call at 2 […]
Cry, Cry, Cry
You are the HJ of a Sealed PPTQ. Axl is playing with Norman. Axl is taking a mulligan to 4 while Norman kept his 7. Axl draws 4 and says “Keep, gonna Scry” and looks at 3 cards. Norman asks him what is he doing and Axl answers “I Scry 3, one for each mulligan […]
Mystic Snakes on a Plane
You are the Head Judge of a Eternal Masters Sealed Grand Prix Trial and are watching over one of the last games in Round 1. In Armin’s pre-combat main phase, he casts Rorix Bladewing. Nate exiles a Giant Tortoise from his hand and pays 1 life to cast his brand-new, pack-fresh, foil Force of Will, […]
A Leap Too Far
Amy and Nicholas are playing at a Preliminary Pro Tour Qualifier. During Amy’s turn, she activates ‘s ability, revealing the top 3 cards one at a time, revealing a Forest, a and an . Amy laughs and points at the Duskwatch Recruiter, saying she was thinking about its ability when she started flipping the 3rd […]
Something borrowed, something blue
You are a floor judge of a Standard PPTQ. During a deck check, you find that Arnold has some other cards in the deck box with the sideboard that are not on his decklist. You find 4 and 4 in blue sleeves. Arnold is playing a Blue-White deck in green sleeves. After investigating, you find […]