Oops, I personally may have been guilty of this myself at our kitchen table 8-man MM draft. In that case, Pat, I apologize, it was late, I had a bit to drink… I should not have crushed you that game and made you quit Magic… my bad.

Since Paradic Dragon has a trigger which does so every time your opponent casts a spell, you have to announce that trigger whenever it goes on the stack. I know, you don’t want to, and you want them to miss it, but the trigger is owned by you and you cannot miss your own triggers on purpose. There’s no “default” option when it comes to your opponent choosing something, so you don’t get to just assume the opponent chose not to add a counter when you didn’t mention the trigger. You can, however, announce it, and ask them nicely if they would like the counter to be added or not… they do get a choice since it’s stated as a “may”.

Today’s Tournament Tip written by Eddie Cheung