Normally, judges are discouraged from commenting on DQs for a few reasons. It can affect an ongoing investigation, and we don’t have a lot of interest in escalating what may be a he-said-she-said situation. In this situation, though, the investigation has concluded, and we can talk about it based entirely on what Jackie wrote in […]
Category: Policy
On the Origin of Delayed Triggers
One interesting thing that has popped up lately are triggered abilities that do nothing except set up a delayed trigger (DTAs). They’re few and far between – recent examples include and – and almost all, if not all, are “something died, do something with it later.” The important trigger is clearly the second one – […]
Things Players Need to Know About the September 20 Policy Changes
Most policy changes are small things around the edges that only impact a tiny handful of weird situations, or tweak how a judge handles situations where something has gone wrong. However, it’s worth having a summary of changes that players should know about, as it may affect their tournament experience. Share with your players! In […]
Missed Triggers 2 – More DVD Commentary
Well, Here We Are Again It’s been 6 months since we released the revamped trigger policy. On the whole things have gone well, since the fundamentals – if you miss triggers they may not happen, your opponents don’t have to point them out – have proved to be popular. We avoided making any changes to […]