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<\/p>You’re the head and only judge at a limited GPT.<\/p>\n

Amy is playing against Neil, and controls Dragonlord Atarka<\/a> and Surrak, the Hunt Caller<\/a>. As Amy is about to enter her combat phase, Neil casts Ojutai’s Breath<\/a> on her Dragonlord Atarka<\/a>, placing the spell sideways beside his graveyard. Amy thinks for a bit and decides not to attack with her Surrak and passes the turn.<\/p>\n

Neil draws for his turn and proceeds to attack with his Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest<\/a>. As Amy is about to block, Neil realizes his Ojutai’s Breath<\/a> is still in exile, and calls you over.<\/p>\n

What do you do?<\/p>\n

Judges, feel free to discuss this scenario on Judge Apps<\/a>!<\/p>\n

[expand title=Answer]Hello Judges! This week’s discussion went quite nicely, touching on all the points we wanted to make with this scenario.<\/p>\n

Everyone quickly identified that Neil had committed a GPE – Missed Trigger and would not be getting a Warning for it, as a triggered ability that lets you cast a spell for free is not considered generally detrimental. What’s more, any trigger that gives its controller the option not to do anything is never considered generally detrimental as, after all, there is the option not to do anything.<\/p>\n

Now, regarding the fix, two very important points were made:<\/p>\n