Dark Times in the Land of Cornercase “I have kidnapped Princess Artemis and cast an illusion upon her. She cannot be found,” the Evil Queen cackled. “Also, the rules for drafting have been updated and the players will always leave the basic lands in the packs when they draft. This provides consistency and players won’t […]
Category: Policy
Policy Changes for Core 2020
Evil schemes. Blue-coated figures. Carnage in the streets. Sacrifices being made to save the day. Yeah, Narset has been interesting. Narset Many people have been worrying about Narset and, more generally, the static abilities on the War of the Spark planeswalkers. It turns out that they’re really easy to miss, and several of them alter […]
Policy Changes for War of the Spark
You’d think with how big War of the Spark is, as culmination of years of story, we’d have a big policy update to go with it. Not so! This is the smallest update in the history of the IPG. The changes are on the level of things I’d usually debate whether they were worth mentioning […]
Policy Changes for Ravnica Allegiance
Ravnica Allegiance is here, which means it’s time for us to let our Simic flag fly. Open the cloning vats! Prepare the splicers! Two New Match Losses Bet that got your attention. I’m going to announce something big, but it’s not as big as you might initially think. Deep breath. Improperly Determining a Winner and […]
Trolling
Fun fact: Charnel Troll has a template that hasn’t been used before. (Well, technically on one un-card, but I’m not about to use that for precedent!) This has led to a question of whether the “otherwise” on the trigger means “if you don’t” or “if you can’t”. This matters because the former is a trigger […]
Policy Changes for Guilds of Ravnica
I was all ready to do a Guild-themed announcement update, until I discovered that most of the guilds I identify with were in the next set. So there are no changes this time; see you with Ravnica Allegiance. Kidding! There’s a few worthy guilds kicking around, another new Communication section, and lot of little cleanups. […]
Policy Changes for M19
It’s a small update this time around, so I’m going to use this space to talk about a few additional things at the bottom that aren’t policy changes, but are useful guidance. In the meantime, updates! We’ve Been Here Before By far the biggest change in terms of text volume is a new Communication section […]
Policy Changes for Dominaria
There’s a whole lot of text changing the IPG and MTR this time, but there’s only one significant functional update. A lot of the change is removing the gendered pronouns. Yay! Thanks, Chicago Manual of Style! What We Talk About When We Talk About Magic In keeping with the theme of Dominaria, let’s talk about […]
Policy Changes for Rivals of Ixalan
I know, I know. We’re all in mourning. It’ll be tough to get through a policy update, but we can power through. It’s a small update, so if we all work together, it won’t be too bad. But enough about the end of Unstable drafting. What does Rivals of Ixalan bring to the table? To […]
The Reflex
I learned something new yesterday, and I wanted to share it with folks, since evidence suggests you’ll all get to learn it too! (Note: this is for judges. It’s irrelevantly technical for everyone else). There’s also an IPG update to go with it, but it won’t have much impact. The reflexive trigger change was one […]