Welcome back to the Rules Tip Blog! On today’s Tournament Tuesday, we’ll be talking about foreign, misprinted, and altered cards; how to play them in an event; and what to do if you encounter them during an event. We’ll start with misprints. Usually the QA on Magic cards is pretty great, but sometimes things slip […]
Category: Tournament Rules
Kaladesh Prerelease Week: Fabricate
Welcome back to the Kaladesh Prerelease Week! Today we’re going over Fabricate, a new mechanic that shows off the inventiveness of a plane full of artificers. Fabricate is a triggered ability that fires upon the permanent entering the battlefield, and will come with a number- for example, has Fabricate 2. What that means is as […]
Tournament Tuesday: Update to Post-Mulligan “Scry”
Welcome back! Today we’ll be going over a minor update to the pre-game procedure. Since Pro Tour Magic Origins in Vancouver, we’ve been using a ‘new’ mulligan procedure commonly referred to as the Vancouver Mulligan (much as its predecessor was sometimes known as the Paris Mulligan): a player who is dissatisfied with their hand may […]
Emrakul and End of Round Procedures!
Welcome back to the Post Pro Tour Week! Today we’re going over another bit of : her extra turn creation! Specifically we’ll be going over how it works in the context of the End of Round Procedures at a sanctioned event. As you probably know, sanctioned events usually have timed rounds, and if you’re still […]
When Sylvan Library collides with Competitive tournament Magic
Sylvan Library has been the source of many judge discussion about “what do we do with this card in real life??” And the official policy has changed a few times. The comprehensive rules handle the card just fine, and in an interface that removes human dexterity from the equation, like MTGO, there are no problems. […]
PSA: How to handle a draft with DFCs!
Don’t worry about it. Just draft. I promise it will be ok! Best practices: Have players reveal the DFCs when they open each booster for a few seconds, so players can look around. Remind players to put each pick on the top of thier single face-down pile, which will make any drafted DFCs visible for […]
You can keep extra copies of DFCs with your sideboard (in different sleeves)
Hello all! This is a public service announcement about the rules for what you’re allowed (or not allowed) to keep with your sideboard. You CANNOT keep cards that are legal in the format and “conceivably playable” in your deck (i.e., your deck could even theoretically cast that card with the colors of mana your deck […]
SOI Prerelease Week! Prerelease Primer
Welcome back to Prerelease Week here at the Rules Blog! Today we’ll be going over what you can expect at your SOI Prerelease, and some tips on how to enjoy it to the fullest! First, we’ll quickly cover the ‘new’ mechanic of Skulk: I frame it that way because it’s actually something that already exists! […]
Kalitas Week: Kalitas Is Not Optional!
Welcome back to Kalitas Week here on the Rules Blog! Today we’re covering another common misconception about the chief: what, exactly, his second ability IS. A lot of people seem to mistakenly think that Kalitas’ ability is a trigger, and subject to the Missed Trigger rules. However, it is not! A trigger will have the […]