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How does Radiant Scrollwielder 2nd ability work with adventure spells?
Radiant Scrollwielder reads:
"At the beginning of your upkeep, exile an instant or sorcery card at random from your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If a spell cast this way would be put ...
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Do sentence breaks, conjunctions, or "also" have any rules meaning?
Oracle rules texts have several suspicious variations which do not appear to correspond to any differences in rules meaning.
For example, they may have any of the following forms...
[Do Action A] and [...
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Does Mizzix/Reiterate/Electrodominance infinite loop work?
In theory, you use the experience counters on Mizzix of the Izmagnus to pay for the Buyback cost of Reiterate to remove it from the graveyard, allowing you to recast Electrodominance.
But, all that ...
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Goddric, Cloaked Reveler and Witness Protection
I have a Goddric, Cloaked Reveler enchanted with Witness Protection in play.
During my turn, I have two nonland permanent enter the battlefield enabling Celebration.
Is Goddric a dragon ? Is Goddric a ...
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Do Kolagan Warmonger and Recruitment Officer place cards on the bottom of the library if nothing is revealed?
Both Kolagan Warmonger and Recruitment Officer have an ability that says to look at the top 6 and 4 cards from the library, then you can show a card matching a condition from among them and put it in ...
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Turing Machine redundancy requirements
The rules to the Turing Machine say that none of the verifiers can be redundant in a given puzzle.
A number of the verifiers will validate the count of a specific number in the code. So Verifier 10 ...
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Terrain Cards and Locomotive Cards
In Heart of Africa you must have more than or an equal number of terrain cards to play over another person. If one person has 3 terrain cards face up and I have only two cards face up but I hold a ...
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Constricting sliver interaction with commander creatures
Anyone able to determine (with citations) if the following interaction occurs with Constricting Sliver's effect:
Sliver creatures you control have "When this creature enters the battlefield, you ...
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Is there a way to rate Pokemon decks so that players can be evenly matched?
I took the kids to a local game store for a casual pokemon tournament. I was disappointed to see the vastly superior decks the other players had built. Every pokemon in their decks was V, Vmax, V-Star,...
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Playing casually MTG: cheapest way to build decks
I've recently started playing MTG. It's me and a friend of mine. We play casually, we don't care if cards are old or rare, we are just looking to purchase some cards to build a few decks (ideally 4-6) ...
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Can one change their mind before playing marker or if wrong card played?
While playing Sequence and a player places his card down that he intends to play and then changes his mind before placing his chip down is that allowed? or does he have to play the card he showed? ...
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What cards can stop planeswalkers from doing anything when they enter the battlefield?
I've built a deck that's working well against most things, except planeswalkers - I cannot counter them, discard them, or attack them off the board, so they always resolve and bury me in advantage.
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Can I use the Graft ability even if the creature giving the counter only has one?
So say I have Simic Initiate under my control and I cast Cytoplast Manipulator. The former’s Graft ability triggers and I choose to move its only counter onto the entering creature. Is that how that ...
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Do you see the top card of your deck when you play Mickey Mouse - Detective?
When Mickey Mouse Detective1 is played, do you get to look at the top card of your deck and decide whether to ink it or not? Or do you just decide whether you want to ink it or not without knowing the ...
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How can I search for all sweepers?
I'm looking for a search that captures all sweepers on Scryfall. Simply "Destroy all creatures" misses sweepers such as:
Languish (gives creatures -x/-x)
Farewell (exiles)
Terminus (puts on ...
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How could allowing a moon shot in hearts benefit the other players?
I was playing online with experienced players. The high guy was about 55; the other three were between 15 and 25. The high guy attempted to shoot the moon; I prevented him. I was roundly criticized by ...
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Why do some MTG cards specify "land and/or Gate"?
I've been toying with building a Maze's End Commander deck for a while now.
Digging around for cards for such a deck, I came across Navigation Orb and some other similar cards.
Why does these cards ...
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In the carrom last turn red coin mine black coin and opponent white coin
On the board there are the red coin (queen), my black coin and my opponent's white coin. The opponent pockets the red queen first and next pockets the white coin, but accidentally pockets the striker ...
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How does Gift of Immortality work with sacrificing its creature before a boardwipe?
What happens when you sacrifice a creature enchanted with Gift of Immortality in response to a boardwipe?
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Can Ticket to Ride First Journey be used as the base game for expansion games?
I have never played any Ticket to Ride games before. I did, however, acquire two used games recently: Ticket to Ride First Journey and Ticket to Ride Japan.
I see that Ticket to Ride First Journey ...
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In modern Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG PSCT, how are effects ordered?
Yu-Gi-Oh! cards often have several effects (and other sentences) in their card texts. For example, Amazoness Onslaught and Toy Magician each have three effects...
Once per turn, during the Battle ...
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Replacing red threes
If a player is dealt (i.e., dealt during the deal, not as draws drawn later) red threes and on their first turn they want to pick up the pile, when do they pick up the replacement cards for the red ...
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Opening light in the 3rd position
What requirements do you have for opening the auction light in the third position when you are light ?
vulnerability?
strength?
4-card major?
etcetera?
All responses will be welcome.
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Codie with adventure spells
So when you activate codie's ability by casting a sorcery or instant and start revealing cards from the top of your deck, if you reveal a permanent spell with adventure, are you able to cast the ...
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Creating copies of lands that are animated by Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir
I have 5 cards in my hand and control Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir.
At the beginning of combat, I make a land into a 5/5 Bird with flying and haste.
In second main phase I cast a Cackling Counterpart on ...
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Can you cast adventures if you're able to cast creatures off the top of your library?
For example let's say I have Elven Chorus in play and the top card of my library is Bonecrusher Giant. Can I cast Stomp (the adventure side of Bonecrusher Giant)?
Similarly, if I have Johann, ...
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How should partner have followed up his takeout double under the following circumstances?
With only them vulnerable at matchpoints, RHO dealt and passed as did I. LHO opened one club in third seat. Partner doubled (takeout) with the following: ♠ KJ5 ♡AKQJ ♢KJ2 ♣ T53.
I bid one spade, my ...
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Do the effects of attractions get put on the stack in any order? [duplicate]
I have on the battlefield Myra the Magnificent. I also have on the battlefield 2 attractions. (Call them A and B.) On each attraction there's a midway counter corresponding to a different instant or ...
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Tracking Down Cards Printed in a Specific Style
Where can I find a complete list of cards which have been printed in the Mystical Archive style? Right now, I am aware of the following cards:
the original 63 cards from the Mystical Archive. [...
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Can you sacrifice Fleshbag Marauder to Ashnod's Altar, when it comes into play, if you have no other creatures?
Can you sacrifice Fleshbag Marauder to Ashnod's Altar, when it comes into play, if you have no other creatures? Would other players still be forced to sacrifice a creature?
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How does Prince Thorald works when fighting together?
From page 7 of the rulebook:
When Prince Thorald is standing on the same space as a creature, he adds 4 extra strength points to the hero’s points in a battle.
I can interpret this in two different ...
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How does Lavinia, Azorius Renegade interact with K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth?
So my question is how would Lavinia, Azorius Renegade interact with K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth if someone used K'rrik's abilities to just pay the life to cast a spell instead of paying mana? e.g. ...
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Identify a pre-8th edition black creature card [closed]
I'm looking for a Magic The Gathering card that was very sought for back in high school. It was certainly not later than 8th edition era, black colored creature. I remember the art was something ...
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Does promotion in Checkers end a turn?
I've been playing checkers for quite some time. Recently a question arose which puzzled both of us:
Can white move along the red line, i.e. eat the first black checker, reach the end, gain promotion, ...
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Can you steal a complete color set from a player that uses a wild card with the deal breaker action card? - Monopoly Deal
Lets say you have 2 red property cards and one of the wild property cards that can be used as part of any property set to make a complete color set. If another player uses the Deal Breaker action card ...
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Does Éomer of the Riddermark trigger if there are two creatures with equal power?
Card in question: Éomer of the Riddermark
Whenever Éomer of the Riddermark attacks, if you control a creature with the greatest power among creatures on the battlefield, create a 1/1 white Human ...
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Monopoly cheaters edition
So basically I was playing it with my boyfriend and his mum. I was doing property swap cheat and I took his park lane and swapped it for old Kent road but before someone else rolled I landed on park ...
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How does the Bone Orchard work in Bang! Wild West Show
In Bang! When the Bone Orchard is still active, can the player return to the game many times or just once?
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Why can I no longer find the "Big Deal" card game under that name?
Why can't I find the card game "BIG DEAL"? I used to have it several years ago but can't find it anywhere since? It had cards with images of different valuables a person might own- 'Gold ...
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MTG: Blocking with multiple units [closed]
New MTG player here and this is driving me nuts. How does the following work in magic the gathering?
Scenario 1: A player attacks with a 2/2 creature. The opposing player blocks with 3, 1/1 units. Do ...
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Does this game "Doomsday" have an alternate name?
This is a photo I found but when I search online for the name of that game I can't find anything online: no store, no product pages, no reviews, ... nothing.
Does the game has an alternate name or ...
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How to carry wood logs in the Legends-of-Andor?
Playing the legends of Andor, we are asked to transport wood logs to reconstruct villages.
The rules state [my translation from french]:
The logs are placed on the hero board, on the cells left of ...
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Under what circumstances might some modern experts bid no trump with "offshape" hands?
This question arises from the modern practice of sometimes bidding say, 1 NT with only a singleton ace (or even king).
I would never do this with a singleton king, but might do with a singleton ace. I'...
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In what order are cost reductions applied?
Suppose I control a Blossoming Tortoise, Agatha of the Vile Cauldron, and a land creature with an activated ability that costs {2} (e.g. an animated Witch's Clinic). If Agatha applies before ...
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What makes a good alternative to flipping a coin for 50/50 randomness?
I'm building a coin-flip themed Commander deck, and I realise I'm going to be flipping potentially dozens of coins every turn deeper into a match.
What would be a good alternative to flipping an ...
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What is better than fire and brimstone?
One of the worst cards in the game is Fire and Brimstone: for 5 mana, you can deal 4 damage to yourself and target player. Except that this would clearly have been too powerful, so it’s restricted to ...
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Looking for the name of this patience game
In this variant, 4 cards are dealt face up. 13 cards are dealt face down initially to the left of these, and then the top card is turned over (let's call this the reserve).
The rest of the pack is ...
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Why would a Historic Gates deck run Yorion as a companion?
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My understanding of Historic Gates is that they win by getting 9 different Gates into play and then activating Maze's End. There is a secondary plan of direct beatdown with big ...
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Who taps my opponent's creatures if I control my opponent?
Solitary Sanctuary is a new card from Wilds of Eldraine that reads, in part:
Whenever you tap an untapped creature an opponent controls, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
(The set ...
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Complete Sets monopoly [duplicate]
If someone has 4 black cards on the table but they aren't stacked are you allowed to dealbreaker it even if it isn't all together and they say they are using the other color on it can you still take ...
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