{"id":677,"date":"2018-10-28T19:03:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T19:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/riccardotessitori\/?p=677"},"modified":"2018-10-28T19:03:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T19:03:21","slug":"an-european-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/riccardotessitori\/2018\/10\/28\/an-european-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"An European summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

CIAO everyone<\/p>\n

Summer: holiday time for many people, often in exotic or tropical locations.<\/p>\n

Summer: an opportunity to stay closer to home by travelling only to European events and spend more time with family.<\/p>\n

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European summer<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Back from Pro Tour Minneapolis 2018<\/a>, I enjoyed a summer in my old continent, with three GPs where I had three different roles.<\/p>\n

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Brussels: setup, floor judge, strike.<\/p>\n

Prague: team leader.<\/p>\n

Stockholm: appeals judge<\/p>\n

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Experiencing Grand Prix events can be done in several different ways, both inside the tournament room and outside.<\/p>\n

Flexibility and desire of new adventures and challenges is, in my opinion, a fundamental trait.<\/p>\n

When we enter the tournament room, \u201ceverything\u201d is ready, meaning that it\u2019s a room full of tables and chairs, colored banners, stages with staff, vendors in action, prize wall full of treasures\u2026 but the same room is actually empty on Thursday morning:<\/p>\n

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After a few hours of hard physical work of a dozen of people, the room has a quite different aspect and it\u2019s ready to welcome thousands of Magic fans:<\/p>\n

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The opposite happens on Sunday; in the middle of the afternoon, when the main event is at its final stages and the side events are starting to wrap up, the same dozen of people sneak silently and stealthy between rows, start removing tablecloths and \u201ccompress\u201d the Magic action area, transforming the tournament room from this<\/p>\n

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to this<\/p>\n

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A policy situation: Teferi, Hero of Dominaria<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

As the name says, Teferi has been a very important card and I has been played by many expert players.<\/p>\n

When it\u2019s on your side of the table, it\u2019s great.<\/p>\n

When it\u2019s on the opposite side of the table, you need to find a way to get rid of it.<\/p>\n

When you are a judge and you see one or two Teferi on a table, you know that the match is not going to end quickly\u2026 have I already told you how much judges prefer aggro decks that make matches end before the 50 minutes? ^___^<\/p>\n

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Rules-wise, Teferi has an interesting ability, that has been discussed on many forums:<\/p>\n

+1: Draw a card. At the beginning of the next end step, untap two lands.<\/p>\n

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This is a very simple ability, that gives you an extra card and that offers you two additional mana available in your opponent\u2019s turn\u2026 if you remember to untap two of your lands.<\/p>\n

What happens if you forget the delayed triggered ability?<\/p>\n

Like all triggered abilities, judges determine if the ability is beneficial or detrimental.<\/p>\n

This ability is clearly beneficial (Teferi is your hero, so he helps you), as it offers you the advantage of two extra untapped lands\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026BUT\u2026<\/p>\n

There is also a rule that handles the effects that say \u201cTap\/Untap\u201d, and the tricky part is that Teferi\u2019s ability doesn\u2019t target.<\/p>\n

When an ability has targets, they need to be chosen when the ability is put on the stack.<\/p>\n

When an ability has no targets, all the choices are done on resolution.<\/p>\n

All seems good, except the \u201cnot well-known rule\u201d that says that, if you have to untap a permanent, it must be tapped:<\/p>\n

701.20 To untap a permanent, rotate it back to the upright position from a sideways position. *Only tapped permanents can be untapped*.<\/p>\n

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If you have all your land untapped, Teferi\u2019s ability cannot apply to them, untapping them again. This means that Teferi would look at your opponent\u2019s lands\u2026 and your Hero would offer his help to your opponents\u2026 betrayer!<\/p>\n

It can\u2019t be, it\u2019s not in the character of Teferi!<\/p>\n

But the rules clearly say that your untapped land cannot be affected by Teferi\u2019s ability.<\/p>\n

And, if you don\u2019t resolve Teferi\u2019s ability, you are committing an infraction.<\/p>\n

Judges have been discussing how such situation should be solved, with two different approaches.<\/p>\n