Communication Policy Part 1: What is “Public Information” ?<\/p>\n
It is important to make sure you communicate clearly with your opponent during a tournament.\u00a0 First, it makes the game flow much more smoothly and, second, the game is a lot more fun if you don’t have to argue about what happened.<\/p>\n
The first type of information laid out by the Magic Tournament Rules is Public Information.\u00a0 Public Information is information to which all players are entitled complete access; this information must be clearly presented, without error or omission.\u00a0 Generally speaking, this information includes all those items immediately visible in the game.\u00a0 Public information includes the following specific information:<\/p>\n
* The name of any object in a public zone.
\n* The physical status (tapped\/flipped) and current zone of any object.
\n* Player life totals, the number of poison counters a player has and the game score of the current match.
\n* What step or phase that the game is currently in.
\n* Details of current game actions and past game actions that still affect the game state — for example, whether a land has been played this turn.<\/p>\n
If asked about public information, it is vital for you as a player to communicate this information clearly and completely to your opponent. If you are unwilling or unable to do so, it is important to call a judge.<\/p>\n
As always, be sure to answer questions from a judge completely and honestly regardless of what type of information is requested. It is perfectly acceptable to ask to do so away from the match.<\/p>\n
If a player accidentally misrepresents any of this information, it will be considered a Player Communication Violation, an infraction carrying a warning as the initial penalty and a game loss for repeated infractions.\u00a0 Note that the key here is that it is accidental; if you deliberately misrepresent this information, the head judge will consider it Fraud — a serious infraction indeed!<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s Rules Tip was submitted by David Hibbs, a level 2 judge from League City, Texas, United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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