{"id":2318,"date":"2026-04-29T17:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2026-04-29T17:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:48:16","slug":"rules-quiz-sos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/rules-quiz-sos\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rules Quiz for Secrets of Strixhaven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>(Originally published on 2026-04-29; last reviewed on 2026-04-29; last updated on 2026-04-29)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article contains twenty-two rules questions featuring (mostly) cards from <em>Magic<\/em>&#8216;s newest set <em>Secrets of Strixhaven<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first couple of questions focus on the set&#8217;s new and returning mechanics, similar to the update quizzes of several judge organizations; the rest focus on individual cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recommend reading up on the Comprehensive Rules (CR) changes for this set before taking the quiz; the <a href=\"https:\/\/academyruins.com\/diff\/cr\/TMT-SOS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">diff<\/a> found on Academy Ruins does nicely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quiz-style\">Quiz style<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This quiz follows the style most judge organizations use for rules questions on their update and certification tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each question lists multiple possible answers, usually five.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For most questions, only one of those answers is correct.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If more than one answer can be correct, the question will end with the phrase &#8220;Select all that apply.&#8221;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The number of correct answers can vary from one to all of them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For the final score, such a question is all-or-nothing: selecting only some of the correct answers, but not all of them, or selecting an incorrect answer in addition to the correct ones, means that the question is failed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The name of the active player always starts with an &#8220;A&#8221; and the name of the nonactive player always starts with an &#8220;N.&#8221; In scenarios describing Two-Headed Giant games, the names of the two players on the active team start with an &#8220;A&#8221; and the names of the two players on the nonactive team start with an &#8220;N.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each player has all the resources needed to perform the described actions, such as mana, cards in hand, or permanents to sacrifice. Usually, those resources are not described in detail unless they matter for the scenario.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The scenario description contains all the relevant information about the game state. If something is not mentioned, then it&#8217;s not part of the game state or it doesn&#8217;t influence the correct answer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All game actions taken by the players are legal. The only exception are questions where one or more of the potential answers claim the opposite; usually, those answers start with &#8220;This can&#8217;t happen as described.&#8221; In such cases, a game action <em>may<\/em> have been illegal. Determining whether that&#8217;s the case is key to that question.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each question provides Oracle text for all cards mentioned in the scenario. You can click on the text to show or hide card images. Italicized card names in the scenario description should also have a tooltip displaying the card&#8217;s rules text for quick reference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge organizations differ in what resources they allow for different kinds of tests. Update quizzes are generally open-internet, while certification tests are open-book or closed-book. Pick whatever works best for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-questions\">The questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-1\">Question 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Virulent Emissary<br>{G}<br>Creature &#8211; Elf Assassin<br>1\/1<br>Deathtouch<br>Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/D7303B49A194CE6F60F25FD0D2C21547DB135B4A292F7F5D10488B8C34888228.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Poisoner&#8217;s Apprentice<br>{2}{B}<br>Creature &#8211; Orc Warlock<br>2\/2<br><em>Infusion<\/em> &#8211; When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -4\/-4 until end of turn if you gained life this turn.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/A1F31CD2A411A3282531B36A63A0DA11CF2B89CBB50014F859D851179C576754.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Hazel&#8217;s Nocturne<br>{3}{B}<br>Instant<br>Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/26405276838CC8EB4F3F187AEB5853FD87AC1AEECF5C19E2C477C85CCFA926DA.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Astrid controls <em title=\"Deathtouch\nWhenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.\">Virulent Emissary<\/em> and her life total has not changed yet this turn. <em title=\"When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -4\/-4 until end of turn if you gained life this turn.\">Poisoner&#8217;s Apprentice<\/em> enters the battlefield under Astrid\u2019s control and she puts both enters-the-battlefield abilities onto the stack, with Virulent Emissary\u2019s on top. Napoleon responds with <em title=\"Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.\">Hazel&#8217;s Nocturne<\/em>. Which answer best describes what happens when the ability of Poisoner&#8217;s Apprentice resolves? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If Napoleon responds at any time before the ability of Poisoner&#8217;s Apprentice resolves, that ability does not resolve. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If Napoleon responds before Virulent Emissary\u2019s ability resolves, the ability of Poisoner&#8217;s Apprentice resolves and the target creature gets -4\/-4 until end of turn. If he responds after Virulent Emissary\u2019s ability resolves and before the ability of Poisoner&#8217;s Apprentice resolves, that ability resolves but the target creature does not get -4\/-4 until end of turn. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ability of Poisoner&#8217;s Apprentice resolves and the target creature gets -4\/-4 until end of turn. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This can&#8217;t happen as described. The ability of Poisoner&#8217;s Apprentice does not trigger when it enters the battlefield. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If Napoleon responds at any time before the ability of Poisoner&#8217;s Apprentice resolves, that ability resolves but the target creature does not get -4\/-4 until end of turn. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>C<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cif\u201d clause in the ability of Poisoner&#8217;s Apprentice does not appear directly after the trigger event, so it is not an intervening \u201cif\u201d: the ability triggers when Poisoner&#8217;s Apprentice enters the battlefield, and the \u201cif\u201d clause is only checked when the ability resolves <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 603.4]<\/a>. If Astrid gains life between the ability triggering and resolving, the condition is fulfilled and the target creature gets -4\/-4 until end of turn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cif\u201d clause checks whether Astrid gained life this turn, not whether her life total is higher than it was at the start of the turn. As such, it does not matter if the amount of life Astrid loses due to the effect of Hazel&#8217;s Nocturne is greater than the amount of life she gains due to the effect of Virulent Emissary\u2019s ability. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-2\">Question 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Living End<br>Sorcery<br>Suspend 3-{2}{B}{B}<br>Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/FD40DFCEABD7F6EDA7187873BBEA7D8CBCD8E0AA11DDDA3F86EED422C912EEF3.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Cheerful Osteomancer<br>{3}{B}<br>Creature &#8211; Orc Warlock<br>4\/2<br>This creature enters prepared. <em>(While it&#8217;s prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)<\/em><br>\/\/Prep\/\/<br>Raise Dead<br>{B}<br>Sorcery<br>Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/81882836E8D7DE1590E9A0D099FE6CFB67CA4790DEE6620B8AB1266D03AD1826.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Biblioplex Tomekeeper<br>{4}<br>Artifact Creature &#8211; Construct<br>3\/4<br>When this creature enters, choose up to one &#8211;<br>* Target creature becomes prepared. <em>(Only creatures with prepare spells can become prepared.)<\/em><br>* Target creature becomes unprepared.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/59AF169B8B5AEB665E0CC5D40AAAE6619FF122394BD0D990B4824D365A96C673.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During his main phase, Abel resolves <em title=\"Suspend 3-{2}{B}{B}\nEach player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.\">Living End<\/em> and puts <em title=\"This creature enters prepared.\n\/\/Prep\/\/\nRaise Dead\n{B}\nSorcery\nReturn target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.\">Cheerful Osteomancer<\/em> onto the battlefield. Nina puts <em title=\"When this creature enters, choose up to one -\n* Target creature becomes prepared.\n* Target creature becomes unprepared.\">Biblioplex Tomekeeper<\/em> onto the battlefield. Which answer best describes what happens, assuming that Nina targets Cheerful Osteomancer with the second mode of Biblioplex Tomekeeper\u2019s ability? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abel puts Cheerful Osteomancer\u2019s prepare triggered ability onto the stack, then Nina puts Biblioplex Tomekeeper\u2019s ability onto the stack. The prepare triggered ability resolves last, Cheerful Osteomancer becomes prepared, and Abel creates a copy of Raise Dead, which he may cast immediately after. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abel creates a copy of Raise Dead simultaneously with Cheerful Osteomancer entering the battlefield, and has one opportunity to cast it before Nina puts Biblioplex Tomekeeper\u2019s ability onto the stack. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cheerful Osteomancer enters the battlefield prepared. Abel puts its prepare triggered ability onto the stack, then Nina puts Biblioplex Tomekeeper\u2019s ability onto the stack. When the latter resolves, Cheerful Osteomancer becomes unprepared. Then the prepare triggered ability resolves and Abel does not create a copy of Raise Dead. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abel creates a copy of Raise Dead simultaneously with Cheerful Osteomancer entering the battlefield, but he cannot cast it before Biblioplex Tomekeeper\u2019s ability resolves. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>D<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheerful Osteomancer\u2019s ability creates a replacement effect that causes Cheerful Osteomancer to become prepared at the same time it enters the battlefield <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6141d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 614.1d]<\/a>. If a permanent becomes prepared or enters the battlefield prepared, the copy of its prepare spell is created at the same time <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7223c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 722.3c]<\/a>. In this scenario, Abel creates the copy of Raise Dead simultaneously with Cheerful Osteomancer entering the battlefield. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putting the two creature cards onto the battlefield also causes Biblioplex Tomekeeper\u2019s ability to trigger, which is put onto the stack the next time a player would receive priority <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 603.3]<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before that happens, Living End is put into Abel\u2019s graveyard and the stack is empty <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6082n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 608.2n]<\/a>. However, Abel cannot cast the copy of Raise Dead at this time, because he has not received priority yet. Before he receives priority, Nina puts the triggered ability onto the stack and targets Cheerful Osteomancer; then Abel receives priority <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 117.5]<\/a>. Since the triggered ability is now on the stack, he cannot cast the copy of Raise Dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the triggered ability resolves, Cheerful Osteomancer becomes unprepared. After the ability has resolved, state-based actions are performed and the copy of Raise Dead ceases to exist since Cheerful Osteomancer is no longer prepared <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 117.5]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7223c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 722.3c]<\/a>. Then, Abel receives priority. The copy no longer exists, so he cannot cast it. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-3\">Question 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Aziza, Mage Tower Captain<br>{R}{W}<br>Legendary Creature &#8211; Djinn Sorcerer<br>2\/2<br>Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may tap three untapped creatures you control. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/4AD4BCD91B573E7BA6EFEA052DC746A972D8E5849E16AD0A545F71BAF611A444.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Improvisation Capstone<br>{5}{R}{R}<br>Sorcery &#8211; Lesson<br>Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater. You may cast any number of spells from among them without paying their mana costs.<br>Paradigm <em>(Then exile this spell. After you first resolve a spell with this name, you may cast a copy of it from exile without paying its mana cost at the beginning of each of your first main phases.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/441846AC34626F9427D1A10E658F07DC6BE98C946636E05D52FAC2E7B78A1819.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Rearing Embermare<br>{4}{R}<br>Creature &#8211; Horse Beast<br>4\/5<br>Reach, haste<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/A5B53C27AE06FF5CD78A1B49CE4035AB3A304CABA15A4463E042949F6C1DBEBC.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Joined Researchers<br>{1}{W}<br>Creature &#8211; Human Cleric Wizard<br>2\/2<br>First strike<br>At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent has more cards in hand than you, this creature becomes prepared. <em>(While it&#8217;s prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)<\/em><br>\/\/Prep\/\/<br>Secret Rendezvous<br>{1}{W}{W}<br>Sorcery<br>You and target opponent each draw three cards.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/25C9B27D182F71180A7C4A0CF2251C8318197FBD8CB82C1A389F7BE518B902F3.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Lindblum, Industrial Regency<br>Land \u2013 Town<br>This land enters tapped.<br>{T}: Add {R}.<br>\/\/ADV\/\/<br>Siege Siege<br>{2}{R}<br>Instant &#8211; Adventure<br>Create a 0\/1 black Wizard creature token with &#8220;Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent.&#8221;<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/9BEE1FEDF54A57387122C1F773D00CAAD464535E8807EE90C2B0A10E4186152F.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Gwen Stacy<br>{1}{R}<br>Legendary Creature &#8211; Human Performer Hero<br>2\/1<br>When Gwen Stacy enters, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card for as long as you control this creature.<br>{2}{U}{R}{W}: Transform Gwen Stacy. Activate only as a sorcery.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/0674F08C3C7A96ED7E7EA2EF42CAB681D7430B1E4B7CC983F35A8A0EE0933290.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Ghost-Spider<br>{2}{U}{R}{W}<br>Legendary Creature &#8211; Spider Human Hero<br>4\/4<br>Flying, vigilance, haste<br>Whenever you play a land from exile or cast a spell from exile, put a +1\/+1 counter on Ghost-Spider.<br>Remove two counters from Ghost-Spider: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/F1E0A6CC4E8495C63E7F67EEAF76ACF3A68560FD5FD11173480D860DADC23260.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex controls <em title=\"Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may tap three untapped creatures you control. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.\">Aziza, Mage Tower Captain<\/em> and two Spirit creature tokens. They cast <em title=\"Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater. You may cast any number of spells from among them without paying their mana costs.\nParadigm\">Improvisation Capstone<\/em> and tap their three creatures when Aziza\u2019s ability resolves. When the copy resolves, Alex exiles and casts <em title=\"Reach, haste\">Rearing Embermare<\/em>. When Improvisation Capstone resolves, Alex exiles <em title=\"First strike\nAt the beginning of each end step, if an opponent has more cards in hand than you, this creature becomes prepared.\n\/\/Prep\/\/\nSecret Rendezvous\n{1}{W}{W}\nSorcery\nYou and target opponent each draw three cards.\">Joined Researchers<\/em>, <em title=\"This land enters tapped.\n{T}: Add {R}.\n\/\/ADV\/\/\nSiege Siege\n{2}{R}\nInstant - Adventure\nCreate a 0\/1 black Wizard creature token with &quot;Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent.&quot;\">Lindblum, Industrial Regency<\/em>, and <em title=\"When Gwen Stacy enters, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card for as long as you control this creature.\n{2}{U}{R}{W}: Transform Gwen Stacy. Activate only as a sorcery.\">Gwen Stacy<\/em> (a modal double-faced card whose back face is <em title=\"Flying, vigilance, haste\nWhenever you play a land from exile or cast a spell from exile, put a +1\/+1 counter on Ghost-Spider.\nRemove two counters from Ghost-Spider: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.\">Ghost-Spider<\/em>). Which answer best describes Alex\u2019s options for casting spells from among those cards, and how many copies of Improvisation Capstone they create during each of their future precombat main phases? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alex may cast Joined Researchers, Siege Siege, and Gwen Stacy. During each of their future precombat main phases, Alex creates one copy. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex may cast Joined Researchers, Siege Siege, and either Gwen Stacy or Ghost-Spider. During each of their future precombat main phases, Alex creates two copies. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex may cast Joined Researchers as either Joined Researchers or Secret Rendezvous, Siege Siege, and either Gwen Stacy or Ghost-Spider. During each of their future precombat main phases, Alex creates one copy. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex may cast Joined Researchers, Siege Siege, and either Gwen Stacy or Ghost-Spider. During each of their future precombat main phases, Alex creates one copy. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex may cast Joined Researchers and Gwen Stacy, or they may cast Siege Siege. During each of their future precombat main phases, Alex creates one copy. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>D<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Improvisation Capstone instructs Alex to exile cards until they have exiled cards with a total mana value of 4 or greater. The next instruction simply says to cast spells from among those cards, with no restriction regarding their individual or total mana value. In this scenario, Alex may cast spells with a total mana value greater than 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rules for preparation cards do not allow players to cast a preparation card with its alternative characteristics <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 722.3]<\/a>. Therefore, Alex may cast Joined Researchers, but not Secret Rendezvous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a player is allowed to cast an adventurer card, they may cast it with its normal characteristics or with its Adventure characteristics <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 715.3]<\/a>. Only the chosen characteristics are evaluated to determine the spell\u2019s legality, so Alex may cast Siege Siege. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a player is allowed to cast a modal double-faced card, they may cast either half <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R71211b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 712.11b]<\/a>. In this scenario, Alex may cast Gwen Stacy or Ghost-Spider. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The paradigm ability sets up the delayed triggered ability only the first time Alex resolves a spell named Improvisation Capstone <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R702192a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 702.192a]<\/a>. It does not matter if that spell is represented by a card or not, if that spell was cast or created on the stack, and it does not matter that another spell with the same name is on the stack at that time. When the copy of Improvisation Capstone resolves, Alex sets up the delayed triggered ability; when Improvisation Capstone resolves, no delayed triggered ability is set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, the exiled spell does not have to remain in exile. The copy of Improvisation Capstone ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are performed, but the delayed triggered ability is unaffected by this <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7045e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 704.5e]<\/a>. It continues to trigger and creates exactly one copy each time it resolves.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-4\">Question 4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Goatnap<br>{2}{R}<br>Sorcery<br>Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. If that creature is a Goat, it also gets +3\/+0 until end of turn.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/E2C9F594022CE17744831259539115B2E320D1147B20254C8AC1E817B612A55C.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Joined Researchers<br>{1}{W}<br>Creature &#8211; Human Cleric Wizard<br>2\/2<br>First strike<br>At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent has more cards in hand than you, this creature becomes prepared. <em>(While it&#8217;s prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)<\/em><br>\/\/Prep\/\/<br>Secret Rendezvous<br>{1}{W}{W}<br>Sorcery<br>You and target opponent each draw three cards.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/25C9B27D182F71180A7C4A0CF2251C8318197FBD8CB82C1A389F7BE518B902F3.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna has one card, <em title=\"Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. If that creature is a Goat, it also gets +3\/+0 until end of turn.\">Goatnap<\/em>, in her hand. Nelson controls <em title=\"First strike\nAt the beginning of each end step, if an opponent has more cards in hand than you, this creature becomes prepared.\n\/\/Prep\/\/\nSecret Rendezvous\n{1}{W}{W}\nSorcery\nYou and target opponent each draw three cards.\">Joined Researchers<\/em>, which is not prepared, and he has three cards in his hand. Anna casts Goatnap, targeting Joined Researchers. During Anna\u2019s end step, Joined Researchers becomes prepared and Anna creates a copy of Secret Rendezvous in exile. Which answer best describes the copy of Secret Rendezvous and who may cast it after Anna\u2019s turn ends? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If Anna gains control of Joined Researchers again, she may cast the copy while she controls Joined Researchers. Nelson may not cast the copy, even while he controls Joined Researchers. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As long as Joined Researchers remains on the battlefield, Anna may cast the copy and Nelson may not cast the copy. It does not matter who controls Joined Researchers. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nelson may cast the copy as long as he controls Joined Researchers. If Anna gains control of Joined Researchers again, she may cast the copy while she controls Joined Researchers. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This can&#8217;t happen as described. Anna does not own Joined Researchers, so she cannot create copies of its prepare spell. There is no copy of Secret Rendezvous. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As long as Joined Researchers remains on the battlefield, Nelson may cast the copy and Anna may not cast the copy. It does not matter who controls Joined Researchers. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>C<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a permanent becomes prepared, its controller creates a copy of its prepare spell in exile; there is no requirement that the player also has to be the permanent\u2019s owner <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7223c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 722.3c]<\/a>. In this scenario, Anna creates a copy of Secret Rendezvous as Joined Researchers becomes prepared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The permission to cast the copy from exile is tied to control over the prepared permanent; the player who controls a prepared permanent at any given moment may cast the copy from exile <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7223c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 722.3c]<\/a>. In this scenario, Nelson controls Joined Researchers after Anna\u2019s turn ends, so only he may cast the copy of Secret Rendezvous. If Anna gains control of Joined Researchers again at a later time, she may cast the copy as long as she controls the creature. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-5\">Question 5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Hungry Graffalon<br>{3}{G}<br>Creature &#8211; Giraffe<br>3\/4<br>Reach<br>Increment <em>(Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature&#8217;s power or toughness, put a +1\/+1 counter on this creature.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/0252B7F4B0E72BDCE3D46F4B9AB050B073B392B892CE43B1C1269013CD0DAC7F.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Deluge Virtuoso<br>{2}{U}<br>Creature &#8211; Human Wizard<br>2\/2<br>When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. <em>(If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)<\/em><br><em>Opus<\/em> &#8211; Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature gets +1\/+1 until end of turn. If five or more mana was spent to cast that spell, this creature gets +2\/+2 until end of turn instead.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/8C119E3828A2C9A0D9FAD734DDEB8A3A9DE5AA64B05191F11EFD1A112B739D50.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Inkshape Demonstrator<br>{3}{W}<br>Creature &#8211; Elephant Cleric<br>3\/4<br>Ward {2} <em>(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)<\/em><br><em>Repartee<\/em> &#8211; Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature, this creature gets +1\/+0 and gains lifelink until end of turn.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/29F43E06FB3BAC4335D0BE1EAC2AF04A273D869F93586034D7F13B8189C55CA9.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Chelonian Tackle<br>{2}{G}<br>Sorcery<br>Target creature you control gets +0\/+10 until end of turn. Then it fights up to one target creature an opponent controls. <em>(Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/B8111786649A6B23D3A381F2EB19CE8417D3C0ADC9228A5BD1D3FCB2D699A6AB.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Austin controls <em title=\"Reach\nIncrement\">Hungry Graffalon<\/em> and <em title=\"When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it.\nWhenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature gets +1\/+1 until end of turn. If five or more mana was spent to cast that spell, this creature gets +2\/+2 until end of turn instead.\">Deluge Virtuoso<\/em>. Natalie controls <em title=\"Ward {2}\nWhenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature, this creature gets +1\/+0 and gains lifelink until end of turn.\">Inkshape Demonstrator<\/em>. Austin casts <em title=\"Target creature you control gets +0\/+10 until end of turn. Then it fights up to one target creature an opponent controls.\">Chelonian Tackle<\/em>, targeting Deluge Virtuoso and Inkshape Demonstrator. Which answer best describes what happens, assuming Austin pays {2} for Inkshape Demonstrator\u2019s ward ability? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Austin does not put a +1\/+1 counter on Hungry Graffalon. Deluge Virtuoso gets +2\/+2 until end of turn. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Austin does not put a +1\/+1 counter on Hungry Graffalon. Deluge Virtuoso gets +1\/+1 until end of turn. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Depending on the order Austin chooses for all three abilities, he may or may not put a +1\/+1 counter on Hungry Graffalon and Deluge Virtuoso gets +1\/+1 or +2\/+2 until end of turn. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Austin puts a +1\/+1 counter on Hungry Graffalon. Deluge Virtuoso gets +1\/+1 until end of turn. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Austin puts a +1\/+1 counter on Hungry Graffalon. Deluge Virtuoso gets +2\/+2 until end of turn. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>B<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If abilities controlled by different players trigger at the same time, they are put onto the stack in APNAP order <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6033b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 603.3b]<\/a>. In this scenario, Inkshape Demonstrator\u2019s ward ability is put onto the stack last and resolves first; neither player has a choice in this matter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelonian Tackle costs {2}{G} to cast, so Austin spends only three mana to cast that spell. The {2} paid when Inkshape Demonstrator\u2019s ward ability resolves are paid for that ability, not for the spell or ability that caused the ward ability to trigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hungry Graffalon\u2019s increment ability has an intervening \u201cif\u201d and does not trigger at all <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R702191a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 702.191a]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 603.4]<\/a>. Deluge Virtuoso\u2019s ability triggers and grants it +1\/+1 until end of turn. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-6\">Question 6<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Harmonized Trio<br>{U}<br>Creature &#8211; Merfolk Bard Wizard<br>1\/1<br>{T}, Tap two untapped creatures you control: This creature becomes prepared. <em>(While it&#8217;s prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)<\/em><br>\/\/Prep\/\/<br>Brainstorm<br>{U}<br>Instant<br>Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/6AA635EF7475303797DB1F431112ECDF8572A88ED17E2961D0AC13E9E0CE6108.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Syncopate<br>{X}{U}<br>Instant<br>Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner&#8217;s graveyard.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/F44ECE47BEA8A7624FE3017AFE1EB7BB705B99381D6170512EAC01AA719AF841.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Amelia controls <em title=\"{T}, Tap two untapped creatures you control: This creature becomes prepared.\n\/\/Prep\/\/\nBrainstorm\n{U}\nInstant\nDraw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.\">Harmonized Trio<\/em>, which is prepared. She casts the copy of Brainstorm from exile and Nolan responds with <em title=\"Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.\">Syncopate<\/em>. Amelia responds with Harmonized Trio\u2019s activated ability; when it resolves, Harmonized Trio becomes prepared again and Amelia creates another copy of Brainstorm in exile. Which answer best describes what happens with the copy on the stack if Amelia does not pay {X} while Syncopate resolves? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The copy of Brainstorm is exiled and continues to exist for as long as Harmonized Trio remains prepared. Amelia may cast either copy of Brainstorm; casting one copy causes Harmonized Trio to become unprepared and the other copy ceases to exist before Amelia can cast it. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The copy of Brainstorm is exiled and ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are performed. Harmonized Trio remains prepared.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The copy of Brainstorm ceases to exist as it leaves the stack. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The copy of Brainstorm is exiled and continues to exist for as long as Harmonized Trio remains prepared. Amelia may cast either copy of Brainstorm; Harmonized Trio remains prepared for as long as a copy remains in exile, so Amelia can cast both copies. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The copy of Brainstorm is exiled and continues to exist for as long as Harmonized Trio remains prepared. Amelia may not cast that copy anymore. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>B<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Amelia casts the copy of Brainstorm, it moves from exile to the stack and becomes a new object with no connection to its previous existence <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R4007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 400.7]<\/a>. As such, the exception that stops state-based actions from affecting copies of prepare spells in exile no longer applies to it <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7223c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 722.3c]<\/a>. When Nolan counters the copy, the copy is exiled. The next time state-based actions are performed, that copy ceases to exist <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7045e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 704.5e]<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-7\">Question 7<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Melancholic Poet<br>{1}{B}<br>Creature &#8211; Elf Bard<br>2\/2<br><em>Repartee<\/em> &#8211; Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/8A47B98F3118D0EA9B620884F428D0C7426E288A7B2BEAE961026CB08B263E4D.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Dissection Practice<br>{B}<br>Instant<br>Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.<br>Up to one target creature gets +1\/+1 until end of turn.<br>Up to one target creature gets -1\/-1 until end of turn.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/C90CD46405C5EFCBC4F1AB2F5FE632B7B07BE1981C1D09729876A4B331B2B5C8.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Brush Off<br>{2}{U}{U}<br>Instant<br>This spell costs {1}{U} less to cast if it targets an instant or sorcery spell.<br>Counter target spell.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/444FD915E9E636014071DF64281094BD9E8CF5603B2E006AC3C574A76A820D3E.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Banishing Betrayal<br>{1}{U}<br>Instant<br>Return target nonland permanent to its owner&#8217;s hand. Surveil 1. <em>(Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/D6943B59BAD318BE20EF18AD678809A93CE84D9EB0CB0115763BE236D43E3848.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alan controls <em title=\"Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.\">Melancholic Poet<\/em> and Natasha controls a 1\/1 Pest creature token. Alan casts <em title=\"Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.\nUp to one target creature gets +1\/+1 until end of turn.\nUp to one target creature gets -1\/-1 until end of turn.\">Dissection Practice<\/em>, targeting Natasha, Melancholic Poet, and the Pest creature token. Which of the following statements are correct? Select all that apply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If Natasha responds with <em title=\"This spell costs {1}{U} less to cast if it targets an instant or sorcery spell.\nCounter target spell.\">Brush Off<\/em>, she does not lose any life. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If Natasha responds with Brush Off, she loses a total of 1 life. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If Natasha responds with <em title=\"Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Surveil 1.\">Banishing Betrayal<\/em>, targeting Melancholic Poet, she loses a total of 1 life. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If Natasha responds with Banishing Betrayal, targeting Melancholic Poet, she does not lose any life. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If Natasha responds with Banishing Betrayal, targeting Melancholic Poet, she loses a total of 2 life. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If Natasha responds with Brush Off, she loses a total of 2 life. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answers <strong>B<\/strong> and <strong>E<\/strong> are correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trigger event of Melancholic Poet\u2019s <em>repartee<\/em> ability is Alan casting a spell that meets certain criteria; as such, the ability triggers only once for any given spell (if at all). It does not matter how many creatures the spell targets. Since the requirement of targeting a creature is part of the trigger event and not an (intervening) \u201cif\u201d clause, it does not matter if the spell\u2019s targets are changed or become illegal, or if the spell is countered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this scenario, Melancholic Poet\u2019s ability triggers once when Alan casts Dissection Practice. Once it has triggered, an ability is independent from its source <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1137a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 113.7a]<\/a>. In this scenario, if Melancholic Poet leaves the battlefield before its ability resolves, that ability still resolves and Natasha loses 1 life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Dissection Practice resolves, Natasha loses another 1 life from its first effect, for a total of 2 life. If Natasha counters Dissection Practice, none of its effects happen, so Natasha loses a total of 1 life. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-8\">Question 8<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Nita, Forum Conciliator<br>{1}{W}{B}<br>Legendary Creature &#8211; Human Advisor<br>2\/3<br>Whenever you cast a spell you don&#8217;t own, put a +1\/+1 counter on each creature you control.<br>{2}, Sacrifice another creature: Exile target instant or sorcery card from an opponent&#8217;s graveyard. You may cast it this turn, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only as a sorcery.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/008CA7D7D27A62011F5574053876CEC4D27604100F721A9011DD5307C6CAA59D.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Pigment Wrangler<br>{4}{R}<br>Creature &#8211; Orc Sorcerer<br>4\/4<br>Flying<br>This creature enters prepared. <em>(While it&#8217;s prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)<\/em><br>\/\/Prep\/\/<br>Striking Palette<br>{R}<br>Sorcery<br>When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/66E7618B345349B94E5FF12928043A1D4BB92C7AE75DB3E0E7FFCF9E6F090991.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Snarl Song<br>{5}{G}<br>Sorcery<br><em>Converge<\/em> &#8211; Create two 0\/0 green and blue Fractal creature tokens. Put X +1\/+1 counters on each of them and you gain X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/680C4E462E52242293CE74895DE1D346D2B70A991E3890AFF911AB4B511E39B0.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Adeline controls <em title=\"Whenever you cast a spell you don't own, put a +1\/+1 counter on each creature you control.\n{2}, Sacrifice another creature: Exile target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard. You may cast it this turn, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only as a sorcery.\">Nita, Forum Conciliator<\/em> and <em title=\"Flying\nThis creature enters prepared.\n\/\/Prep\/\/\nStriking Palette\n{R}\nSorcery\nWhen you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.\">Pigment Wrangler<\/em>; earlier this turn, she cast and resolved a copy of Striking Palette. Adeline activates and resolves Nita\u2019s ability and exiles <em title=\"Create two 0\/0 green and blue Fractal creature tokens. Put X +1\/+1 counters on each of them and you gain X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.\">Snarl Song<\/em> from Nestor\u2019s graveyard. Then, Adeline casts Snarl Song and spends {W}{W}{B}{B}{B}{R} to cast it. Which answer best describes the value of X for Snarl Song and the value of X for its copy? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adeline\u2019s choices while casting Snarl Song determine the value of X; the value can be between 0 and 5. The value of X for the copy is identical to that of Snarl Song. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The value of X for Snarl Song is 5. The value of X for its copy is 0. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The value of X for Snarl Song is 3. The value of X for its copy is 3. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The value of X for Snarl Song is 3. The value of X for its copy is 0. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adeline\u2019s choices while casting Snarl Song determine the value of X; the value can be between 0 and 5. The value of X for the copy is 0. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>D<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The effect of Nita\u2019s ability allows Adeline to pay the total cost of Snarl Song with mana of any type, but it does not change the type or color of that mana <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6094b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 609.4b]<\/a>. Therefore, Adeline spends three colors of mana to cast Snarl Song and the value of X is 3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A copy effect copies a spell\u2019s characteristic values and any decisions made during the spell\u2019s proposal; if any objects were involved in paying the spell\u2019s cost, the copy also refers to those objects <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R70710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 707.10]<\/a>. Mana spent to pay a spell\u2019s cost is none of these three, so the copy of Snarl Song does not copy how many colors of mana were spent to cast the original. In addition, the copy itself is not cast, so the value of X for the copy is 0.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-9\">Question 9<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Encouraging Aviator<br>{2}{U}<br>Creature &#8211; Bird Wizard<br>2\/3<br>Flying<br>Whenever this creature attacks, it becomes prepared. <em>(While it&#8217;s prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)<\/em><br>\/\/Prep\/\/<br>Jump<br>{U}<br>Instant<br>Target creature gains flying until end of turn.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/6F10EC5B17ABE404D060E3DEACBD6D0A299E70A2A9163C64AC2D554919A1E3E3.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Emeritus of Ideation<br>{3}{U}{U}<br>Creature &#8211; Human Wizard<br>5\/5<br>Flying, ward {2}<br>This creature enters prepared.<br>Whenever this creature attacks, you may exile eight cards from your graveyard. If you do, this creature becomes prepared.<br>\/\/Prep\/\/<br>Ancestral Recall<br>{U}<br>Instant<br>Target player draws three cards.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/E0C29766C8589BFD6DDE118DAABB38CEB776C486F703E549B41742FF595C242F.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Fleeting Reflection<br>{1}{U}<br>Instant<br>Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it becomes a copy of up to one other target creature.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/84F66D97554DA70972CE4D57068AC18A6F25F3F2C8A4CE5717F264B8D2BFA03D.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex controls <em title=\"Flying\nWhenever this creature attacks, it becomes prepared.\n\/\/Prep\/\/\nJump\n{U}\nInstant\nTarget creature gains flying until end of turn.\">Encouraging Aviator<\/em>, which is prepared, and <em title=\"Flying, ward {2}\nThis creature enters prepared.\nWhenever this creature attacks, you may exile eight cards from your graveyard. If you do, this creature becomes prepared.\n\/\/Prep\/\/\nAncestral Recall\n{U}\nInstant\nTarget player draws three cards.\">Emeritus of Ideation<\/em>, which is not. They cast <em title=\"Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it becomes a copy of up to one other target creature.\">Fleeting Reflection<\/em> and have Emeritus of Ideation become a copy of Encouraging Aviator. Alex then attacks with Emeritus of Ideation. Which answer best describes what happens when the triggered ability resolves and when the copy effect ends? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Emeritus of Ideation became prepared when the copy effect started to apply, and Alex created a copy of Jump in exile at that time; nothing happens when the triggered ability resolves. When the copy effect ends, Emeritus of Ideation becomes unprepared and the copy of Jump ceases to exist. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emeritus of Ideation becomes prepared and Alex creates a copy of Jump in exile. When the copy effect ends, Emeritus of Ideation remains prepared and nothing about the copy changes. Alex may cast the copy of Jump as long as Emeritus of Ideation remains prepared. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emeritus of Ideation becomes prepared and Alex creates a copy of Jump in exile. When the copy effect ends, Emeritus of Ideation remains prepared and the characteristic values of the copy change to those of Ancestral Recall. Alex may cast the copy of Ancestral Recall as long as Emeritus of Ideation remains prepared. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emeritus of Ideation becomes prepared and Alex creates a copy of Ancestral Recall in exile. When the copy effect ends, Emeritus of Ideation remains prepared and nothing about the copy changes. Alex may cast the copy of Ancestral Recall as long as Emeritus of Ideation remains prepared. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emeritus of Ideation becomes prepared and Alex creates a copy of Jump in exile. When the copy effect ends, Emeritus of Ideation becomes unprepared and the copy ceases to exist. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>B<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copy effects copy only the characteristic values of the original object <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 707.2]<\/a>; being prepared is a designation and not a characteristic, so Fleeting Reflection\u2019s copy effect does not cause Emeritus of Ideation to become prepared <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7223a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 722.3a]<\/a>. Emeritus of Ideation only becomes prepared once the triggered ability resolves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A preparation card\u2019s prepare spell is an alternative set of characteristics, whose existence and values are copiable, so the copy effect copies both the permanent\u2019s normal characteristic values and the prepare spell\u2019s values <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7222b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 722.2b]<\/a>. In this scenario, Emeritus of Ideation becomes a copy of Encouraging Aviator with Jump as its prepare spell. Alex creates a copy of Jump when Emeritus of Ideation becomes prepared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A permanent that has become prepared remains prepared until it leaves the battlefield or until it specifically becomes unprepared <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7223b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 722.3b]<\/a>. In this scenario, Emeritus of Ideation remains prepared when the copy effect ends; the copy of the prepare spell remains in exile and Alex may cast it. Once created, that copy is a distinct object and has no connection to the permanent\u2019s alternative set of characteristics. As such, the copy in exile remains a copy of Jump; its characteristic values do not change. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-10\">Question 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Reenact the Crime<br>{1}{U}{U}{U}<br>Instant<br>Exile target nonland card in a graveyard that was put there from anywhere this turn. Copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/2C7227636CCCEBC801152A0B7CEBBE8BCA14420554FD7FCD006394FD493A2AD3.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Decorum Dissertation<br>{3}{B}{B}<br>Sorcery &#8211; Lesson<br>Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.<br>Paradigm <em>(Then exile this spell. After you first resolve a spell with this name, you may cast a copy of it from exile without paying its mana cost at the beginning of each of your first main phases.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/F5A64CD71E0D3166F3F35DA1B718540C7561BB536F3EC15743E232CB8BA3FFDD.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a multiplayer game, Adrian casts <em title=\"Exile target nonland card in a graveyard that was put there from anywhere this turn. Copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.\">Reenact the Crime<\/em>, targeting <em title=\"Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.\nParadigm\">Decorum Dissertation<\/em> in Naomi\u2019s graveyard. When Reenact the Crime resolves, Adrian exiles and copies Decorum Dissertation and casts the copy, which resolves. Which answer best describes how many copies of Decorum Dissertation Adrian creates during each of his future precombat main phases?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adrian creates one copy as long as Naomi remains in the game. If she leaves the game, Adrian creates no copies from that point forward. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrian creates two copies as long as Naomi remains in the game. If she leaves the game, Adrian creates one copy from that point forward. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrian creates two copies. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrian does not create any copies. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrian creates one copy. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>E<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order for the paradigm ability to set up the delayed triggered ability, the spell has to be the first with that name to resolve under Adrian\u2019s control <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R702192a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 702.192a]<\/a>. The spell does not have to be represented by a card. In this scenario, Adrian creates the delayed triggered ability when he resolves the copy of Decorum Dissertation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The copy is exiled and ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are performed <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7045e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 704.5e]<\/a>. The delayed triggered ability is unaffected by this; it continues to trigger and creates exactly one copy each time it resolves <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R702192a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 702.192a]<\/a>. Likewise, the fate of the original Decorum Dissertation is irrelevant: if Naomi leaves the game, her Decorum Dissertation also leaves the game, but the delayed triggered ability continues to create one copy each precombat main phase.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-11\">Question 11<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Emeritus of Ideation<br>{3}{U}{U}<br>Creature &#8211; Human Wizard<br>5\/5<br>Flying, ward {2}<br>This creature enters prepared.<br>Whenever this creature attacks, you may exile eight cards from your graveyard. If you do, this creature becomes prepared.<br>\/\/Prep\/\/<br>Ancestral Recall<br>{U}<br>Instant<br>Target player draws three cards.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/E0C29766C8589BFD6DDE118DAABB38CEB776C486F703E549B41742FF595C242F.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Pestbrood Sloth<br>{3}{G}<br>Creature &#8211; Plant Sloth<br>4\/4<br>Reach<br>When this creature dies, create two 1\/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with &#8220;Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life.&#8221;<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/14271B53AB6819E2C7F2D1FD46BF1289C19FD4A60B462EDEA2CBCE2E1EB93E2B.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>High Fae Trickster<br>{3}{U}<br>Creature \u2013 Faerie Wizard<br>4\/2<br>Flash <em>(You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)<\/em><br>Flying<br>You may cast spells as though they had flash.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/739440EE8022BD119F18EB2BE4614F33ECE279063747A929C52925339B4D28F7.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Social Snub<br>{1}{W}{B}<br>Sorcery<br>When you cast this spell while you control a creature, you may copy this spell.<br>Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/D76A04CA265F5D56250A1F3C3F5E4935412B4D4696C1D9F4256F848FF874CE22.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Abigaile controls <em title=\"Flying, ward {2}\nThis creature enters prepared.\nWhenever this creature attacks, you may exile eight cards from your graveyard. If you do, this creature becomes prepared.\n\/\/Prep\/\/\nAncestral Recall\n{U}\nInstant\nTarget player draws three cards.\">Emeritus of Ideation<\/em> and <em title=\"Reach\nWhen this creature dies, create two 1\/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with &quot;Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life.&quot;\">Pestbrood Sloth<\/em>. Norman controls <em title=\"Flash\nFlying\nYou may cast spells as though they had flash.\">High Fae Trickster<\/em> and two Inkling creature tokens. Norman casts <em title=\"When you cast this spell while you control a creature, you may copy this spell.\nEach player sacrifices a creature of their choice. Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.\">Social Snub<\/em>. Assuming that he chooses to copy the spell when its triggered ability resolves, and that Abigaile sacrifices Pestbrood Sloth at the earliest possible moment, which answer best describes what happens? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Norman chooses two of his creatures to sacrifice, then Abigaile chooses both of her creatures. Then those four creatures are sacrificed. Afterward, Pestbrood Sloth\u2019s ability resolves and Abigaile creates two Pest creature tokens. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abigaile chooses both of her creatures to sacrifice, then Norman chooses two of his creatures. Then those four creatures are sacrificed. Afterward, Pestbrood Sloth\u2019s ability resolves and Abigaile creates two Pest creature tokens. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abigaile chooses Pestbrood Sloth to sacrifice, then Norman chooses one of his creatures. Then those two creatures are sacrificed. Pestbrood Sloth\u2019s ability resolves next and Abigaile creates two Pest creature tokens. Then, Abigaile chooses another creature to sacrifice, choosing from among all creatures she controls at that time, then Norman does the same. Then those two creatures are sacrificed. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norman chooses one creature to sacrifice, then Abigaile chooses Pestbrood Sloth. Then those two creatures are sacrificed. Pestbrood Sloth\u2019s ability resolves next and Abigaile creates two Pest creature tokens. Then, Norman chooses another creature to sacrifice, then Abigaile does the same, choosing from among all creatures she controls at that time. Then those two creatures are sacrificed. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abigaile chooses Pestbrood Sloth to sacrifice, then Norman chooses one of his creatures. Then those two creatures are sacrificed. Then, Abigaile chooses Emeritus of Ideation to sacrifice, then Norman chooses another of his creatures. Then those two creatures are sacrificed. Afterward, Pestbrood Sloth\u2019s ability resolves and Abigaile creates two Pest creature tokens. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>C<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social Snub\u2019s ability resolves before Social Snub itself <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6012a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 601.2a+i]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R4052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 405.2]<\/a>. When Norman copies Social Snub, he puts a copy of it onto the stack, on top of the original <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R70710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 707.10]<\/a>. The copy resolves first <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R4055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 405.5]<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After it resolves, Abigaile gets priority, so any abilities that triggered during the copy\u2019s resolution are put onto the stack and resolve before the original Social Snub resolves <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1173b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 117.3b]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 117.5]<\/a>. In this scenario, if Abigaile sacrifices Pestbrood Sloth while the copy resolves, its ability resolves before the original Social Snub and Abigaile controls two Pest creature tokens as Social Snub resolves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While resolving Social Snub or its copy, each player is instructed to sacrifice a creature. If multiple players make choices and\/or take actions at the same time, first all choices are made in APNAP order, then the resulting actions happen simultaneously <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 101.4]<\/a>. In this case, each player, starting with Abigaile, chooses a creature they control, then the chosen creatures are sacrificed simultaneously. Since these choices are only made when Social Snub resolves, Abigaile can choose from among all creatures she controls at that moment <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6082d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 608.2d]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-12\">Question 12<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Spirit Mascot<br>{R}{W}<br>Creature &#8211; Spirit Ox<br>2\/2<br>Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, put a +1\/+1 counter on this creature.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/E79E02407DBCD21669ABA10CFCBCF2316A7E21453B2AEF97A4CC0D48B6F9A5CC.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Rubble Rouser<br>{2}{R}<br>Creature &#8211; Dwarf Sorcerer<br>1\/4<br>When this creature enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.<br>{T}, Exile a card from your graveyard: Add {R}. When you do, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/5D66C459995B1C6AC51B79CE9246867C63091A6AF2295243A4EF30F98BC897E4.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Wilt in the Heat<br>{2}{R}{W}<br>Instant<br>This spell costs {2} less to cast if one or more cards left your graveyard this turn.<br>Wilt in the Heat deals 5 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/DBAE9B24DD2BCF49B58A31AAD8E9606A4CD5689C4950F9EDFC61C6EA4D1E5F52.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Flashback<br>{R}<br>Instant<br>Target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. <em>(You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/622A5CD440910FCB0565A5368D75851C37B38CA7488B3D0739D481AAE64639EF.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex controls <em title=\"Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, put a +1\/+1 counter on this creature.\">Spirit Mascot<\/em> and <em title=\"When this creature enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.\n{T}, Exile a card from your graveyard: Add {R}. When you do, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.\">Rubble Rouser<\/em>, and they have <em title=\"This spell costs {2} less to cast if one or more cards left your graveyard this turn.\nWilt in the Heat deals 5 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.\">Wilt in the Heat<\/em> in their graveyard. No cards have left their graveyard so far this turn. Alex casts <em title=\"Target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.\">Flashback<\/em> and targets Wilt in the Heat. After it resolves, they cast Wilt in the Heat using its flashback ability. Which answer best describes Wilt in the Heat\u2019s total cost and how often Spirit Mascot\u2019s ability triggers during the casting process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wilt in the Heat costs {R}{W} to cast and Spirit Mascot\u2019s ability triggers twice if Alex activates Rubble Rouser\u2019s mana ability during the casting process. If they don\u2019t, Wilt in the Heat costs {2}{R}{W} to cast and Spirit Mascot\u2019s ability triggers only once. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilt in the Heat costs {2}{R}{W} to cast. Spirit Mascot\u2019s ability triggers twice if Alex activates Rubble Rouser\u2019s mana ability during the casting process, or just once if they don\u2019t. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilt in the Heat costs {R}{W} to cast if Alex activates Rubble Rouser\u2019s mana ability during the casting process; if they don\u2019t, Wilt in the Heat costs {2}{R}{W} to cast. Spirit Mascot\u2019s ability triggers only once. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilt in the Heat costs {R}{W} to cast. Spirit Mascot\u2019s ability triggers twice if Alex activates Rubble Rouser\u2019s mana ability during the casting process, or just once if they don\u2019t. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilt in the Heat costs {2}{R}{W} to cast. Spirit Mascot\u2019s ability triggers only once. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>D<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the first step of casting Wilt in the Heat, Alex moves the card onto the stack <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6012a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 601.2a]<\/a>. This causes Spirit Mascot\u2019s ability to trigger. The next relevant step is determining the spell\u2019s total cost <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6012f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 601.2f]<\/a>. Since Wilt in the Heat has already left Alex\u2019s graveyard, the total cost is reduced by {2}. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the total cost has been determined, Alex may activate mana abilities <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6012g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 601.2g]<\/a>. Rubble Rouser\u2019s activated ability is a mana ability, since the word \u201ctarget\u201d in its text is part of the reflexive triggered ability rather than the ability proper <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R60312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 603.12]<\/a>; therefore, Alex may activate that ability during the casting process. If they do, Spirit Mascot\u2019s ability triggers a second time. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-13\">Question 13<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Pigment Wrangler<br>{4}{R}<br>Creature &#8211; Orc Sorcerer<br>4\/4<br>Flying<br>This creature enters prepared. <em>(While it&#8217;s prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)<\/em><br>\/\/Prep\/\/<br>Striking Palette<br>{R}<br>Sorcery<br>When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/66E7618B345349B94E5FF12928043A1D4BB92C7AE75DB3E0E7FFCF9E6F090991.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Planar Engineering<br>{3}{G}<br>Sorcery<br>Sacrifice two lands. Search your library for four basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/7080C29432101DA85385D6521767D574532A1647A74895F78AAE2A3B1EAF9D83.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Brush Off<br>{2}{U}{U}<br>Instant<br>This spell costs {1}{U} less to cast if it targets an instant or sorcery spell.<br>Counter target spell.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/444FD915E9E636014071DF64281094BD9E8CF5603B2E006AC3C574A76A820D3E.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Arnold controls <em title=\"Flying\nThis creature enters prepared.\n\/\/Prep\/\/\nStriking Palette\n{R}\nSorcery\nWhen you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.\">Pigment Wrangler<\/em>, which is prepared, and two Forests. He casts and resolves the copy of Striking Palette. Then Arnold casts <em title=\"Sacrifice two lands. Search your library for four basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.\">Planar Engineering<\/em> and puts the delayed triggered ability created by Striking Palette onto the stack. Nancy responds with <em title=\"This spell costs {1}{U} less to cast if it targets an instant or sorcery spell.\nCounter target spell.\">Brush Off<\/em>, targeting Planar Engineering. Which answer best describes what happens after Brush Off resolves and Nancy counters Planar Engineering? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The delayed triggered ability resolves, but Arnold does not create a copy of Planar Engineering. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The delayed triggered ability resolves and Arnold creates a copy of Planar Engineering. When that copy resolves, Arnold sacrifices the two Forests, then he searches his library for four basic land cards and puts them onto the battlefield tapped. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The delayed triggered ability resolves and Arnold creates a copy of Planar Engineering. When that copy resolves, Arnold does not sacrifice any lands, then he searches his library for four basic land cards and puts them onto the battlefield tapped. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The delayed triggered ability resolves and Arnold creates a copy of Planar Engineering. When that copy resolves, Arnold does not sacrifice any lands and does not search his library. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The delayed triggered ability resolves and Arnold creates a copy of Planar Engineering, sacrificing the two Forests in the process. When that copy resolves, Arnold searches his library for four basic land cards and puts them onto the battlefield tapped. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>B<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delayed triggered ability does not target Planar Engineering, so it resolves even if Planar Engineering is no longer on the stack <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R11510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 115.10]<\/a>. Likewise, it always creates a copy, using Planar Engineering\u2019s last known information if the spell does not exist anymore <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6082h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 608.2h]<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sacrificing two lands is an effect of Planar Engineering, not an additional cost. Arnold does not sacrifice any lands when he casts or copies Planar Engineering. When the copy resolves, Arnold sacrifices the two Forests and then searches his library for four basic land cards. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-14\">Question 14<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Prismari, the Inspiration<br>{5}{U}{R}<br>Legendary Creature &#8211; Elder Dragon<br>7\/7<br>Flying<br>Ward-Pay 5 life.<br>Instant and sorcery spells you cast have storm. <em>(Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/380FD2A90AFC9549F293542F15D3E856FB72F743C8413A4681928FA80DC74828.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Snooping Page<br>{1}{W}{B}<br>Creature &#8211; Human Cleric<br>2\/3<br><em>Repartee<\/em> &#8211; Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature, this creature can&#8217;t be blocked this turn.<br>Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you draw a card and lose 1 life.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/DA7FA235EF1FA3800B4771984CAB49E2E4FCDB2BC918174CA5FDA813647638D9.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Burrog Barrage<br>{1}{G}<br>Instant<br>Target creature you control gets +1\/+0 until end of turn if you&#8217;ve cast another instant or sorcery spell this turn. Then it deals damage equal to its power to up to one target creature an opponent controls.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/411978E922F8EEBF4377DF74F6886BEBC0D2210BE6060C5F59ECF6778B23CB48.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Masterful Flourish<br>{B}<br>Instant<br>Target creature you control gets +1\/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn. <em>(Damage and effects that say &#8220;destroy&#8221; don&#8217;t destroy it.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/EF000079F03701931C33A40CBB154D75D0E0B5A36657CF0E36E5CAF02CCB9F1C.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Brush Off<br>{2}{U}{U}<br>Instant<br>This spell costs {1}{U} less to cast if it targets an instant or sorcery spell.<br>Counter target spell.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/444FD915E9E636014071DF64281094BD9E8CF5603B2E006AC3C574A76A820D3E.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrea controls <em title=\"Flying\nWard-Pay 5 life.\nInstant and sorcery spells you cast have storm.\">Prismari, the Inspiration<\/em> and Nate controls <em title=\"Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature, this creature can't be blocked this turn.\nWhenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you draw a card and lose 1 life.\">Snooping Page<\/em>. Andrea casts <em title=\"Target creature you control gets +1\/+0 until end of turn if you've cast another instant or sorcery spell this turn. Then it deals damage equal to its power to up to one target creature an opponent controls.\">Burrog Barrage<\/em>, targeting Prismari and Snooping Page, and Nate responds with <em title=\"Target creature you control gets +1\/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn.\">Masterful Flourish<\/em>, targeting Snooping Page. Andrea responds to that with <em title=\"This spell costs {1}{U} less to cast if it targets an instant or sorcery spell.\nCounter target spell.\">Brush Off<\/em> and targets Masterful Flourish. Assuming that Andrea does not change the targets of any copies she creates, what is Prismari\u2019s power once everything has resolved? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prismari\u2019s power is 10. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prismari\u2019s power is 7. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prismari\u2019s power is 8. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prismari\u2019s power is 11. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prismari\u2019s power is 9. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>C<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The storm triggered ability counts only spells cast before the spell with storm; spells cast in response to the triggered ability are ignored <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R70240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 702.40]<\/a>. In this scenario, Andrea does not copy Burrog Barrage when its storm triggered ability resolves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Burrog Barrage resolves, it checks whether Andrea cast another instant or sorcery spell this turn. That check does not state that it looks only at spells cast before Burrog Barrage, so a spell cast in response fulfills the condition <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6082h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 608.2h]<\/a>. Andrea cast Brush Off, so Burrog Barrage grants Prismari +1\/+0 until end of turn. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-15\">Question 15<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Silverquill, the Disputant<br>{2}{W}{B}<br>Legendary Creature &#8211; Elder Dragon<br>4\/4<br>Flying, vigilance<br>Each instant and sorcery spell you cast has casualty 1. <em>(As you cast that spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy the spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/AD702CE3D6DC73D03057C952365F9C4A919E33B654E44FD4AF2A44004E227AEE.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Witherbloom, the Balancer<br>{6}{B}{G}<br>Legendary Creature &#8211; Elder Dragon<br>5\/5<br>Affinity for creatures <em>(This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature you control.)<\/em><br>Flying, deathtouch<br>Instant and sorcery spells you cast have affinity for creatures.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/D68CCA35A425D6C718F75E1C0EA3A3683AE92557A51272C99C537E1284134C27.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Antiquities on the Loose<br>{1}{W}{W}<br>Sorcery<br>Create two 2\/2 red and white Spirit creature tokens. Then if this spell was cast from anywhere other than your hand, put a +1\/+1 counter on each Spirit you control.<br>Flashback {4}{W}{W} <em>(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/B5EAC94331BADF295BCEE0DC767C5997AE89883151897EF8B49AAD4683908AC7.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex controls <em title=\"Flying, vigilance\nEach instant and sorcery spell you cast has casualty 1.\">Silverquill, the Disputant<\/em> and <em title=\"Affinity for creatures\nFlying, deathtouch\nInstant and sorcery spells you cast have affinity for creatures.\">Witherbloom, the Balancer<\/em>. They cast <em title=\"Create two 2\/2 red and white Spirit creature tokens. Then if this spell was cast from anywhere other than your hand, put a +1\/+1 counter on each Spirit you control.\nFlashback {4}{W}{W}\">Antiquities on the Loose<\/em> from their graveyard, using its flashback ability, and they choose to sacrifice Witherbloom for the casualty cost. Which of the following statements are correct? Select all that apply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The copy of Antiquities on the Loose resolves first. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antiquities on the Loose costs {2}{W}{W} to cast. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When the copy of Antiquities on the Loose resolves, Alex creates two Spirit creature tokens, but does not put +1\/+1 counters on their Spirits. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Depending on the order in which Alex pays the spell\u2019s cost, Antiquities on the Loose costs {2}{W}{W} or {4}{W}{W} to cast. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antiquities on the Loose costs {4}{W}{W} to cast. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answers <strong>A<\/strong>, <strong>B<\/strong>, and <strong>C<\/strong> are correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While casting Antiquities on the Loose, Alex first chooses the additional costs they intend to pay, such as casualty <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6012b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 601.2b]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R702153a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 702.153a]<\/a>. Then, Alex determines the spell\u2019s total cost <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6012f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 601.2f]<\/a>. At this point, Witherbloom is still on the battlefield, so Antiquities on the Loose has affinity for creatures and the total cost is reduced to {2}{W}{W}. After this determination, the total cost is locked in and does not change anymore. Next, Alex pays the total cost <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6012h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 601.2h]<\/a>. The spell becomes cast and the casualty triggered ability triggers <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6012i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 601.2i]<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The triggered ability resolves before Antiquities on the Loose and creates a copy of it, which also resolves before the original spell <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R4052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 405.2+5]<\/a>. The copy was not cast, so Alex does not put +1\/+1 counters on their Spirits when it resolves <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R70710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 707.10]<\/a>. The original Antiquities on the Loose resolves last: Alex creates two more Spirit creature tokens, then puts a +1\/+1 counter on each of the four Spirits. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-16\">Question 16<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Quest for Renewal<br>{1}{G}<br>Enchantment<br>Whenever a creature you control becomes tapped, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment.<br>As long as there are four or more quest counters on this enchantment, untap all creatures you control during each other player&#8217;s untap step.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/1B7478DC78EFCD6CC66563E82A5F7725A4B1CBBD4D5378E8AD7354981D589E05.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider<br>{4}{G}{G}<br>Legendary Creature \u2013 Phyrexian Praetor<br>6\/6<br>Trample, haste<br>If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.<br>If an opponent would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, they put half that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead, rounded down.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/7DEEE3EE8B158BAF48EA0E1C6F37452E001C7CAEDE677DA9028252C1B6B5A93A.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Slumbering Trudge<br>{X}{G}<br>Creature &#8211; Plant Beast<br>6\/6<br>This creature enters with a number of stun counters on it equal to three minus X. If X is 2 or less, it enters tapped. <em>(If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/F32DED528A155CB2316828539A1A3AE5AF78DCF5B48A17EFD028F69BA3C02C83.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambrose controls <em title=\"Whenever a creature you control becomes tapped, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment.\nAs long as there are four or more quest counters on this enchantment, untap all creatures you control during each other player's untap step.\">Quest for Renewal<\/em> and Nicole controls <em title=\"Trample, haste\nIf you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.\nIf an opponent would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, they put half that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead, rounded down.\">Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider<\/em>. Ambrose casts <em title=\"This creature enters with a number of stun counters on it equal to three minus X. If X is 2 or less, it enters tapped.\">Slumbering Trudge<\/em> with X = 2. Which answer best describes what happens as Slumbering Trudge resolves? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Slumbering Trudge enters the battlefield tapped with no stun counters on it. Quest for Renewal\u2019s ability triggers. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slumbering Trudge enters the battlefield tapped with a stun counter on it. Quest for Renewal\u2019s ability does not trigger. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slumbering Trudge enters the battlefield tapped with no stun counters on it. Quest for Renewal\u2019s ability does not trigger. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slumbering Trudge enters the battlefield untapped with no stun counters on it. Quest for Renewal\u2019s ability does not trigger. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slumbering Trudge enters the battlefield untapped with a stun counter on it. Ambrose taps it. Quest for Renewal\u2019s ability triggers. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>C<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambrose puts Slumbering Trudge onto the battlefield when it resolves <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6083a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 608.3a]<\/a>. The replacement effect of Slumbering Trudge\u2019s ability modifies this event so that Ambrose also puts 3 minus 2 = 1 stun counter on it, and since X is 2 or less, Slumbering Trudge enters the battlefield tapped <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1226a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 122.6a]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The replacement effect of Vorinclex\u2019s ability modifies this event further: now, Ambrose puts no stun counters on Slumbering Trudge as it enters the battlefield. It still enters the battlefield tapped, since this part has already been applied to the upcoming event and it does not depend on stun counters being put on Slumbering Trudge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An ability that triggers when a permanent becomes tapped triggers only if a permanent goes from being untapped to being tapped <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6032e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 603.2e]<\/a>. Slumbering Trudge enters the battlefield tapped, so it was never untapped. Quest for Renewal\u2019s ability does not trigger. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-17\">Question 17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Ambitious Augmenter<br>{G}<br>Creature &#8211; Turtle Wizard<br>1\/1<br>Increment <em>(Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature&#8217;s power or toughness, put a +1\/+1 counter on this creature.)<\/em><br>When this creature dies, if it had one or more counters on it, create a 0\/0 green and blue Fractal creature token, then put this creature&#8217;s counters on that token.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/2B1038FD289BE98E6F39308FDD4D7F2645A852E199F9A94DB7CCD1024F30C9C4.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Mage Tower Referee<br>{2}<br>Artifact Creature &#8211; Construct<br>2\/1<br>Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, put a +1\/+1 counter on this creature.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/AD8969BB976479D6C0C93D01912B2202BA4280469090DFABABE999C678028C00.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Locust Spray<br>{B}<br>Instant<br>Target creature gets -1\/-1 until end of turn.<br>Cycling {B} <em>({B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/15F7D191D1853FEDCF1F053F1D20FE722979610EB61BC0DC62DB12C8224158B6.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Duty Beyond Death<br>{1}{W}<br>Instant<br>As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.<br>Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Put a +1\/+1 counter on each creature you control. <em>(Damage and effects that say &#8220;destroy&#8221; don&#8217;t destroy those creatures.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/2CB6CBB1A75F411470125F0EC8F21D964A3FA60B986B62C2604B0335CCCC2D3A.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alice controls two <em title=\"Increment\nWhen this creature dies, if it had one or more counters on it, create a 0\/0 green and blue Fractal creature token, then put this creature's counters on that token.\">Ambitious Augmenters<\/em>, one of which has two stun counters on it. As soon as her postcombat main phase begins, Alice casts <em title=\"Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, put a +1\/+1 counter on this creature.\">Mage Tower Referee<\/em> and Ned responds with <em title=\"Target creature gets -1\/-1 until end of turn.\nCycling {B}\">Locust Spray<\/em>, targeting the Ambitious Augmenter that has no counters on it. Alice responds to Locust Spray with <em title=\"As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.\nCreatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Put a +1\/+1 counter on each creature you control.\">Duty Beyond Death<\/em> and sacrifices the Ambitious Augmenter with the stun counters on it. Once everything has resolved, how many counters have both players put on creatures during this main phase? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Two counters. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four counters. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Six counters. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seven counters. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Five counters. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>B<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Alice has completed casting Mage Tower Referee, the increment abilities of both Ambitious Augmenters trigger and Alice puts them onto the stack in any order. Next, Ned puts Locust Spray onto the stack. Then Alice puts Duty Beyond Death onto the stack. The sacrificed Ambitious Augmenter is not on the battlefield anymore when Duty Beyond Death becomes cast, so its last ability triggers, but not its increment ability <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6012i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 601.2i]<\/a>; the remaining Ambitious Augmenter is 1\/1 at this point, so its increment ability triggers a second time. Alice puts these two abilities onto the stack in any order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the increment ability resolves, Alice puts a +1\/+1 counter on the surviving Ambitious Augmenter (1 counter). When the ability of the dead Ambitious Augmenter resolves, Alice creates a 0\/0 Fractal creature token and puts two stun counters on it (3 counters total). The token is put into Alice\u2019s graveyard the next time state-based actions are performed <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R7045f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 704.5f]<\/a>. Next, Duty Beyond Death resolves and puts a second +1\/+1 counter on the surviving Ambitious Augmenter (4 counters total).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, Locust Spray resolves. It simply gives the target creature -1\/-1 until end of turn; there are no counters involved. The two remaining increment abilities are next. One Ambitious Augmenter is not on the battlefield anymore, so Alice cannot put a counter on it. The other Ambitious Augmenter is currently 2\/2, so its increment ability does not resolve and Alice puts no +1\/+1 counter on it. Finally, Mage Tower Referee resolves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, four counters are put on Alice\u2019s creatures. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-18\">Question 18<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Applied Geometry<br>{2}{G}{U}<br>Sorcery<br>Create a token that&#8217;s a copy of target non-Aura permanent you control, except it&#8217;s a 0\/0 Fractal creature in addition to its other types. Put six +1\/+1 counters on it.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/5AB7C3EA7729205876DA638EB1729D5755677427D3ECA93345AC06174282ABCE.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Adrix and Nev, Twincasters<br>{2}{G}{U}<br>Legendary Creature &#8211; Merfolk Wizard<br>2\/2<br>Ward {2} <em>(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)<\/em><br>If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/0E0653F4666D45999C8846359AE8C02ABCE06D80ED2C3E080F0336C7F63497F7.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex casts <em title=\"Create a token that's a copy of target non-Aura permanent you control, except it's a 0\/0 Fractal creature in addition to its other types. Put six +1\/+1 counters on it.\">Applied Geometry<\/em> and targets <em title=\"Ward {2}\nIf one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.\">Adrix and Nev, Twincasters<\/em>. Which answer best describes what happens when Applied Geometry resolves? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alex creates eight tokens and puts six +1\/+1 counters on one of them. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex creates two tokens and puts six +1\/+1 counters on each of them. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex creates two tokens and puts three +1\/+1 counters on each of them. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex creates eight tokens and puts six +1\/+1 counters on each of them. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex creates two tokens and puts six +1\/+1 counters on one of them. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>B<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adrix and Nev\u2019s ability creates a replacement effect that modifies token-creating events <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6141a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 614.1a]<\/a>. In this scenario, the effect replaces the event of Alex creating a token with Alex creating two such tokens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tokens are created simultaneously, and a replacement effect has to exist before an event in order to modify it, so the abilities of the two Adrix and Nev tokens cannot modify their own creation or that of the other token <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 614.4]<\/a>. Alex creates a total of two tokens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The instruction to put six +1\/+1 counters applies to each token created by Applied Geometry\u2019s effect. Normally, that is just one token. In this scenario, Alex creates two tokens and puts six +1\/+1 counters on each of them. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-19\">Question 19<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Moseo, Vein&#8217;s New Dean<br>{2}{B}<br>Legendary Creature &#8211; Bird Skeleton Warlock<br>2\/1<br>Flying<br>When Moseo enters, create a 1\/1 black and green Pest creature token with &#8220;Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life.&#8221;<br><em>Infusion<\/em> &#8211; At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, return up to one target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/4FB1318D0F5B399747EFA2EFEF0E33DDD0029EAC69A9AEC4DF74CE5AF7A87B64.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Bear Cub<br>{1}{G}<br>Creature \u2013 Bear<br>2\/2<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/EAE868B048050FCFAC322F09162211EC8F679203D57F3974D31414455F96EB19.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Quakestrider Ceratops<br>{3}{G}{G}{G}<br>Creature \u2013 Dinosaur<br>12\/8<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/F3B6202C907898C9360EC8DE3C350BC90D2BDD179F11A9FD8837C18A3E18FB09.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Ornithopter<br>{0}<br>Artifact Creature \u2013 Thopter<br>0\/2<br>Flying<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/BFE904308231298F070D35F9532F2547B7E17EDE168C635BDE78C42DA9F40E47.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Swab Goblin<br>{1}{R}<br>Creature \u2013 Goblin Pirate<br>2\/2<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/25A4B7694DC2FFE6CC4DF5B7E31009EA3D126570C86C11F3B45BAC2C9DC8970B.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Return the Favor<br>{R}{R}<br>Instant<br>Spree <em>(Choose one or more additional costs.)<\/em><br>+ {1} &#8211; Copy target instant spell, sorcery spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.<br>+ {1} &#8211; Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/3A20EEB8656DACCB6E2E3C57E22023A46A1CA2C38F0BB2D449061CB2959434A0.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Aaron controls <em title=\"Flying\nWhen Moseo enters, create a 1\/1 black and green Pest creature token with &quot;Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life.&quot;\nAt the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, return up to one target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.\">Moseo, Vein&#8217;s New Dean<\/em>, has <em title=\"\">Bear Cub<\/em> and <em title=\"\">Quakestrider Ceratops<\/em> in his graveyard, and has gained 2 life this turn. Nadia has <em title=\"Flying\">Ornithopter<\/em> and <em title=\"\">Swab Goblin<\/em> in her graveyard and has gained no life this turn. At the beginning of his end step, Aaron puts Moseo\u2019s third ability onto the stack and targets Bear Cub. Nadia responds with <em title=\"Spree\n+ {1} - Copy target instant spell, sorcery spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.\n+ {1} - Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.\">Return the Favor<\/em> and targets the ability with both modes. Which of the following outcomes of resolving everything are possible, assuming that Nadia makes the appropriate choices, if any, in each case? Select all that apply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nadia puts Ornithopter onto the battlefield. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nadia puts Swab Goblin onto the battlefield. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aaron puts Bear Cub onto the battlefield. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aaron puts nothing onto the battlefield. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nadia puts nothing onto the battlefield. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nadia puts Bear Cub onto the battlefield. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answers <strong>C<\/strong> and <strong>E<\/strong> are correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nadia has gained no life this turn, so when she copies Moseo\u2019s <em>infusion<\/em> ability, she can either leave the copy\u2019s target unchanged or choose Ornithopter as its new target <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1157d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 115.7d]<\/a>. Either way, the copy does not resolve: Moseo\u2019s ability has an intervening \u201cif\u201d clause that is checked both when the ability would trigger and when it would resolve <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 603.4]<\/a>. When the copy is supposed to resolve, the intervening \u201cif\u201d clause stops it from resolving and Nadia puts nothing onto the battlefield <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6082a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 608.2a]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When instructed to change an ability\u2019s target, Nadia can change the target only to another legal target <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1157a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 115.7a]<\/a>. In the case of Moseo\u2019s ability, there are no other legal targets, as Quakestrider Ceratops\u2019s mana value is greater than the amount of life Aaron gained this turn. As a result, Nadia has to leave the ability\u2019s target unchanged. When the ability resolves, Aaron puts Bear Cub onto the battlefield.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-20\">Question 20<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Starfield Vocalist<br>{3}{U}<br>Creature &#8211; Human Bard<br>3\/4<br>If a permanent entering the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.<br>Warp {1}{U} <em>(You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/AA9A5C45A156CA067860CD90F7BA96864E77688665ED1C38D5A85BD9FACC2BE9.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Secret Tunnel<br>Land &#8211; Cave<br>This land can&#8217;t be blocked.<br>{T}: Add {C}.<br>{4}, {T}: Two target creatures you control that share a creature type can&#8217;t be blocked this turn.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/BECAAE981952BE4B7D3E5FF341F8D96F0BBAC8B78070AD914BA9473FE4A99562.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Treasure Map<br>{2}<br>Artifact<br>{1}, {T}: Scry 1. Put a landmark counter on this artifact. Then if there are three or more landmark counters on it, remove those counters, transform this artifact, and create three Treasure tokens. <em>(They&#8217;re artifacts with &#8220;{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.&#8221;)<\/em><\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/693AD4D254B36F70DC1EF6AB27F3A19C686B51F10F10D263395A4BEEB62F4593.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Treasure Cove<br>Land<br><em>(Transforms from Treasure Map.)<\/em><br>{T}: Add {C}.<br>{T}, Sacrifice a Treasure: Draw a card.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/0C89D49F012402DD0C3FB1889DA63FBBAFFCBB242D3D662E5EC810B344EF0709.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Petrified Hamlet<br>Land<br>When this land enters, choose a land card name.<br>Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can&#8217;t be activated unless they&#8217;re mana abilities.<br>Lands with the chosen name have &#8220;{T}: Add {C}.&#8221;<br>{T}: Add {C}.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/84005C672C22389B1BFE469220FAE16F7F81C80043D368A7AF95C2DCEA972430.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ada controls <em title=\"If a permanent entering the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.\nWarp {1}{U}\">Starfield Vocalist<\/em> and Nicolas controls <em title=\"This land can't be blocked.\n{T}: Add {C}.\n{4}, {T}: Two target creatures you control that share a creature type can't be blocked this turn.\">Secret Tunnel<\/em> and <em title=\"{1}, {T}: Scry 1. Put a landmark counter on this artifact. Then if there are three or more landmark counters on it, remove those counters, transform this artifact, and create three Treasure tokens.\">Treasure Map<\/em> (a nonmodal double-faced card whose back face is <em title=\"{T}: Add {C}.\n{T}, Sacrifice a Treasure: Draw a card.\">Treasure Cove<\/em>). Ada plays <em title=\"When this land enters, choose a land card name.\nActivated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.\nLands with the chosen name have &quot;{T}: Add {C}.&quot;\n{T}: Add {C}.\">Petrified Hamlet<\/em> and names \u201cTreasure Cove\u201d and then \u201cSecret Tunnel\u201d when the two instances of Petrified Hamlet\u2019s enters-the-battlefield ability resolve. Which answer best describes Nicolas\u2019s options for activating the non-mana abilities of his permanents? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This can&#8217;t happen as described. Ada cannot name \u201cTreasure Cove\u201d for Petrified Hamlet\u2019s enters-the-battlefield ability. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicolas cannot activate Secret Tunnel\u2019s non-mana abilities. He may activate Treasure Map\u2019s ability. If that permanent transforms into Treasure Cove, Nicolas cannot activate its non-mana abilities. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicolas may activate both permanents\u2019 non-mana abilities. If Treasure Map transforms into Treasure Cove, he may activate its non-mana abilities. If Nicolas ever controls a permanent named both \u201cTreasure Cove\u201d and \u201cSecret Tunnel,\u201d he cannot activate its non-mana abilities. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This can&#8217;t happen as described. Ada can name \u201cTreasure Cove\u201d for Petrified Hamlet\u2019s enters-the-battlefield ability only while a permanent with that name is on the battlefield. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nicolas cannot activate Secret Tunnel\u2019s non-mana abilities. He may activate Treasure Map\u2019s ability. If that permanent transforms into Treasure Cove, Nicolas may activate its non-mana abilities. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>B<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a player is instructed to choose a card name, the name of any card in the Oracle card reference may be chosen; there is no requirement that an object with that name has to be on the battlefield or in any other zone <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 201.4]<\/a>. A player may choose the name of a double-faced card\u2019s back face <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R2014d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 201.4d]<\/a>. In this scenario, Ada may choose \u201cTreasure Cove.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first two abilities of Petrified Hamlet are linked; the second refers to the card name chosen for the first <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6072d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 607.2d]<\/a>. If there are multiple chosen card names because the enters-the-battlefield ability resolved multiple times, the second ability refers to all of those card names. The names are not used for the value of a (numeric) variable, so they are used separately; as a result, the second ability\u2019s effect applies to each object named \u201cTreasure Cove\u201d and\/or \u201cSecret Tunnel.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The effect of a static ability does not lock in the objects it applies to; it continuously updates the set of affected objects <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6113a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 611.3a]<\/a>. In this scenario, the effect of Petrified Hamlet\u2019s second ability starts to apply to Treasure Map as soon as it transforms into Treasure Cove. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-21\">Question 21<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Sylvan Library<br>{1}{G}<br>Enchantment<br>At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/D5DDE5651D75338DECFB20EC77E717D477A4516CBE0B4A674A37C265F2986B09.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator<br>{3}{B}{B}<br>Legendary Planeswalker \u2013 Ashiok<br>5<br>If you would pay life while your library has at least that many cards in it, exile that many cards from the top of your library instead.<br>+1: Look at the top two cards of your library. Exile one of them and put the other into your hand.<br>\u22122: Create two 1\/1 black Nightmare creature tokens with &#8220;At the beginning of combat on your turn, if a card was put into exile this turn, put a +1\/+1 counter on this token.&#8221;<br>\u22127: Target player exiles the top X cards of their library, where X is the total mana value of cards you own in exile.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/66E3ACF492DE20FA11E25B506340996A2778691A6AE4DFAE806E6EF8E955B711.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex controls <em title=\"At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.\">Sylvan Library<\/em> and <em title=\"If you would pay life while your library has at least that many cards in it, exile that many cards from the top of your library instead.\n+1: Look at the top two cards of your library. Exile one of them and put the other into your hand.\n\u22122: Create two 1\/1 black Nightmare creature tokens with &quot;At the beginning of combat on your turn, if a card was put into exile this turn, put a +1\/+1 counter on this token.&quot;\n\u22127: Target player exiles the top X cards of their library, where X is the total mana value of cards you own in exile.\">Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator<\/em>, their library contains twenty cards, and they have 20 life. During Alex\u2019s draw step, they draw one card as a turn-based action and two additional cards when Sylvan Library\u2019s ability resolves. Then they choose two cards in their hand drawn this turn. Which answer best describes what happens if Alex\u2014after drawing the two additional cards\u2014intends to put one card back on top of their library? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alex decides which of the two cards they pay 4 life for and which card they put on top of their library. Next, Alex simultaneously exiles the top four cards of their library and puts the chosen card on top; that card ends up on top, and the previous top four cards end up exiled. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex decides which of the two cards they pay 4 life for, which card they put on top of their library, and the order for those two actions. Alex then carries out the two actions in the chosen order. If they first exile the top four cards of their library, the other card ends up on top of the library; if they put that card on top of the library first, it ends up exiled together with the next three cards. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex chooses one of the two cards and whether they want to pay 4 life, then carries out the resulting action. Alex then chooses whether they want to pay 4 life for the other card; if they chose to pay life for the first card, Alex knows which four cards they exiled from the top of their library while making this decision. Once Alex makes the actual decision for the second card, they carry out the resulting action. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex decides which of the two cards they pay 4 life for, which card they put on top of their library, and the order for those two actions. Alex then carries out the two actions in the chosen order. Regardless of the order, the card chosen to be put back ends up on top of their library and four (other) cards from the top of their library end up exiled. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>A<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After choosing two cards, Alex gets instructed, for each of those two cards, to either pay 4 life or put it on top of their library. If a player gets instructed to perform an action on multiple objects, those actions are performed simultaneously whenever possible <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6082f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 608.2f]<\/a>. In this scenario, Alex makes a choice for each card, then performs the resulting actions simultaneously, if possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simultaneously paying 4 life and 4 life is possible (given a life total of at least 8). Simultaneously paying 4 life and putting a card from the hand on top of the library is also possible. Simultaneously putting two cards from the hand on top of the library is also possible: Alex chooses an order for the two cards, then moves both of them at the same time <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R4014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 401.4]<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applying the replacement effect of Ashiok\u2019s ability does not change whether the simultaneous actions are possible. If Alex chooses to pay 4 life for each card, the replacement effect sees an upcoming event of Alex paying 8 life and modifies that event to Alex exiling the top eight cards of their library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Alex instead chooses to pay 4 life for one card, the replacement effect sees an upcoming event of Alex paying 4 life and simultaneously putting a card on top of their library; the modified event is that Alex exiles the top four cards of their library and simultaneously puts a card on top of their library. No other replacement effect wants to modify the event, so the top four cards of Alex&#8217;s library are determined (which do not include the other card, as it hasn&#8217;t moved yet). Then the modified event occurs: five cards change zones, with four of them being put into exile and the fifth taking their place on top of Alex\u2019s library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever decisions Alex makes, all resulting actions can be performed simultaneously, even with the replacement effect of Ashiok\u2019s ability applied to them. Thus, the actions happen simultaneously. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"question-22\">Question 22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Mistmeadow Council<br>{4}{G}<br>Creature &#8211; Kithkin Advisor<br>4\/3<br>This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Kithkin.<br>When this creature enters, draw a card.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/23DB0F6DD4B1B9B91C53B84953B82EA2820775C64FA8D1FF7F010F0C0E6B96D1.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Spry and Mighty<br>{4}{G}<br>Sorcery<br>Choose exactly two creatures you control. You draw X cards and the chosen creatures get +X\/+X and gain trample until end of turn, where X is the difference between the chosen creatures&#8217; powers.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/E844B2007773512A8E5E56333F0A91367003DEBD7576A15F58DEE1BBB1640377.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Fresh Start<br>{1}{U}<br>Enchantment \u2013 Aura<br>Flash<br>Enchant creature<br>Enchanted creature gets -5\/-0 and loses all abilities.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/472F69CA7BDA62EBE8A4FC5027300155E55CFF13ED5213564DD33D5FD6327316.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;font-style:normal;font-weight:100\"><summary>Shock<br>{R}<br>Instant<br>Shock deals 2 damage to any target.<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatherer-static.wizards.com\/Cards\/medium\/3B96B347AFE08C0D1A2258C0CA5A80378E7AA508E05485E873411D9C35A6D9F2.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthony controls <em title=\"This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Kithkin.\nWhen this creature enters, draw a card.\">Mistmeadow Council<\/em> and a 1\/1 Kithkin creature token. He casts <em title=\"Choose exactly two creatures you control. You draw X cards and the chosen creatures get +X\/+X and gain trample until end of turn, where X is the difference between the chosen creatures' powers.\">Spry and Mighty<\/em> and Nessa responds with <em title=\"Flash\nEnchant creature\nEnchanted creature gets -5\/-0 and loses all abilities.\">Fresh Start<\/em>, targeting Mistmeadow Council, and with <em title=\"Shock deals 2 damage to any target.\">Shock<\/em>, targeting the Kithkin creature token. Which answer best describes what happens as Spry and Mighty resolves? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anthony draws a card. Mistmeadow Council gets +1\/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mistmeadow Council gains trample until end of turn. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mistmeadow Council gets \u20111\/\u20111 and gains trample until end of turn. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nothing happens. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anthony draws two cards. Mistmeadow Council gets +2\/+2 and gains trample until end of turn. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5\"><summary>Click to reveal the correct answer.<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer <strong>A<\/strong> is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh Start and Shock resolve before Spry and Mighty; when the latter resolves, Anthony controls only one creature <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 117.7]<\/a>. Spry and Mighty does not target the creatures, so Anthony chooses the two creatures he controls only during the spell\u2019s resolution <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6082d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 608.2d]<\/a>. Since choosing exactly two creatures is impossible, Anthony does as much as possible and chooses only Mistmeadow Council; the other creature is undetermined <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R6093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 609.3]<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game then determines the value of X. To do so, it needs to determine the powers of the two creatures and subtract the smaller one from the greater one. In this scenario, the power of one creature is -1; the other creature and thus the other power is undetermined <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1071b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 107.1b]<\/a>. If a calculation would use an undetermined number, it uses 0 instead <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 107.2]<\/a>. In this scenario, the game uses \u20111 and 0 as the two power values <a href=\"https:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/#R1071b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[CR 107.1b]<\/a>. Subtracting the smaller number from the larger one yields 0 \u2013 (\u20111) = 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result of the calculation is X = 1, so Anthony draws one card and Mistmeadow Council gets +1\/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An assortment of judge-test-style rules questions, featuring Secrets of Strixhaven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":2345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"language":[],"class_list":["post-2318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rules-quiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2355,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions\/2355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/nametherule\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=2318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}