There are a few situations that can severely damage a game despite no player committed an actual infraction. One of the most common is a disagreement on the current game state following a below average, not to say inexistent, communication, while no CPV was committed. The instinctive reaction: Backing up In these […]
Author: KevinD
Investigating Life Totals corrected to an incorrect number
Life totals discrepancies happen many times. With Fetchlands, Shocklands and Painlands being heavily played and the fact players are often more focused on the card they cast than on the lands they tap for mana, the odds players end up tracking their life totals incorrectly are high. This means that the potential for this […]
Backing up : Philosophy and Methodology
The MIPG states that, when a Game Rule Violation happens, there are two possible options: “[…] Perform the fix specified unless a simple backup is possible” “Otherwise, a backup may be considered or the game state may be left as is.” This raises quite a few questions: When is a backup “simple” enough? When […]
Handling end of matches
Especially at GPs, where the stakes are high, the chances that two players end up in a situation where it would be beneficial for them to commit Bribery or Improperly Determining a Winner are high as well. If you would like more information about these two infractions, I wrote this article a while ago. […]