Questions tagged [mtg-multiplayer]
For questions specific to Magic: The Gathering when played with more than two players. Do not use this tag if you have a question about a situation which could also happen in a 1 vs. 1 game. Please also tag [magic-the-gathering].
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When casting Bend or Break, who and when chooses the opponents?
When casting Bend or Break, who and when chooses the opponents? Should they be chosen on cast or resolution? Must each opponent be different? Can the caster be the opponent of each of the opponents? ...
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What happens to spells with persistent effects when the caster of the spell leaves a multiplayer game?
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There are 3 players in an EDH match, players A, B, and C. Player A casts Modify Memory, targeting creatures controlled by B and C and it resolves, so B and C control creatures from the other ...
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MTG: Transform cards & Reanimator effects
I'm building a Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker deck, and I want to include Ecstatic Awakener in it. Would an Awoken Demon (the other side of Ecstatic Awakener) hit the graveyard as Ecstatic Awakener, ...
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Terror of the peaks with double myriad triggers in EDH
I'm currently brewing an EDH Wulfgar of Icewind Dale Deck.
I want to include both Terror of the Peaks and Blade of Selves.
Now let's assume the following board state:
I have my Wulfgar of Icewind Dale ...
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How does Oracle en-Vec work in multiplayer games?
When playing in 2v2 or 3v3, if I activate Oracle en-Vec ability, can other opponents' creatures attack?
I hope no because it says:
other creatures can’t attack
And it doesn't say it's only other ...
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How many triggers occur if I damage multiple players with Midnight Pathlighter in play?
Midnight Pathlighter says:
"Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, venture into the dungeon"
If I attack with two creatures at two different players and ...
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Chronatog: am I required to take a turn?
Assuming my opponents do not have a way to remove Chronatog from the battlefield, prevent me from activating the ability, or win the game, can I avoid ever taking another turn by simply activating it ...
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How do mulligans in a multiplayer game work exactly?
According to the Comprehensive Rules,
103.4c In a multiplayer game and in any Brawl game, the first mulligan a player takes doesn’t count toward the number of cards that player will
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Maximum number of parties in MTG
Apologies if this has been answered, but
How many parties can you have in MTG?
I’m aware that a party consists of 0-4 so cleric, rogue, wizard and warrior.
But if I have a full party and say another 4 ...
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MTG Is the commander-ness of a card always known to all players?
Haven't been able to find any definitive information about this.
903.3. Each deck has a legendary creature card designated as its commander. This designation is not a characteristic of the object ...
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MTG Commander Clarification on Triggered Abilities
I’m playing a 4 person game, and I’m in position #1. I cast: “Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse” with the activated ability that states: “whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 green ...
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Casual playing of Magic the Gathering MTG [closed]
me and my GF started playing casual MTG together. I used to play so I know alot about the game and i taught her already so we know about playing. I had alot of cards from past but now we bought "...
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What happens to my cards exiled by an opponent's Oblivion Ring when they lose the game? [duplicate]
My opponent in a multiplayer game had exiled 2 cards I controlled during a recent game with an Oblivion Ring like ability. On my next turn I hit him for lethal.
What happens when he loses the game? ...
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Can Strionic Resonator re-direct Ulamog, The Ceaseless Hunger's exile ability?
Let's say I have 15 copies of Strionic Resonator for a total of 16 triggers and I attack with Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger and copy its triggered ability to exile 20 cards from the top of defending ...
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Leyline of Combustion w/ two Pandemonium triggers
If player A controls two (2) Pandemonium and player B controls Leyline of Combustion, how would this resolve. Player A has a creature enter the battlefield and has it deal damage to player B twice ...
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How does Ashiok, Dream Render interact with the Vigor/Hostility and Profane Memento cards?
I have questions regarding this ruling on Ashiok, Dream Render:
If Ashiok’s last ability targets an opponent, the cards put into their graveyard will be among the cards exiled by the ability. No ...
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How to calculate the power level of a Commander deck?
I've been playing Magic casually for almost half a year now, mostly in the multiplayer Commander format. Regularly, I hear people talk about the power levels of decks. Especially when I'm playing with ...
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How to interrupt a loop with multiple players?
Assume there are three players, Alice, Bob, and Chris. The turn order is Alice, then Bob, then Chris, with it currently being Alice's turn.
Alice has a loop that can infinitely create creatures, two ...
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Lethal damage while controlling Sower of Discord?
I recently played a game of commander with a single opponent. When I played Sower of Discord, I selected my opponent and myself. I then swung with Serra Avatar. If damage is taken and the amount is ...
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How does Emissary of Grudges work exactly?
I have Emissary of Grudges in my deck and I was wondering if I use it correctly. In exemple:
I play Emissary of Grudges and I secretly choose player 2.
Player 2's turn. He casts Clone and targets me ...
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What happens to excess combat damage?
If I attack a target player with a 4/4 flyer and a 2/2 flyer, and the target player uses a single 1/1 flyer to block the 4/4 flyer (and doesn't block the 2/2 flyer), do they only take 2 damage (i.e., ...
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What does it mean to "control target player"?
I'm looking for a nice Sorin card, for in my commander deck. I found Sorin Markov, which states:
-7: You control target player during that player's next turn.
What does this mean? Do I command the ...
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Multiplayer with Phyrexian Swarmlord
Phyrexian Swarmlord's last ability is that you create infect tokens based on the number of poison counters on your opponents. Let's say I'm playing a 1v1v1 and I have him on the battlefield with ...
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How does Circu, Dimir Lobotomist interact with defeated players in a Free for All?
Could an opponent cast a card with the same name as a card exiled by Circu, Dimir Lobotomist after you defeat the owner of the card in a Free for All?
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Which commanders benefit from being in the Command Zone other than Oloro?
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic, gains its controller 2 life every turn it's in the command zone. Are there ANY other possible commanders that have abilities or benefits of being in the command zone or is he ...
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What happens to spells on the stack when a player leaves the game?
Let's say, in a multiplayer late-game (3+ players) I want to cast/activate anything during another players turn. Everyone is rather low on life, and in response to my spells/abilities on the stack ...
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Copying Etrata, the Silencer, but not its name
If I copy Etrata, the Silencer, but not its name as in the case of Lazav, the Multifarious; will its copied abilities work since Etrata's ability states "When Etrata deals damage" and Lazav doesn't ...
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Black card ability - all players exile a creature - does it work on the one with protection from black [duplicate]
Let's assume I have black card with "player must exile a creature" and one of mine opponents have only one creature on the battlefield, but it has "protection from black".
Does mine card affect his?
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Does Curse of Opulence give its controller tokens when someone else attacks?
Let's say player A casts Curse of Opulence on player B. Then, player C attacks player B. I claimed that player A and C each create Gold tokens, but my friends agreed that only player C creates a Gold ...
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If my opponent takes control of my creature, then it's exiled and later returns, is it still theirs?
I was wondering, if someone casts Kari Zev's Expertise and I cast Seal Away on it, when it returns from exile does it return under my control or theirs? For example if I Blink of an eye the Seal ...
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What happens to Poison Counters after the Player that gave them leaves the game?
If a player playing with infect loses the game are the poison counters they have dealt out removed, similar to how curse enchantments they own would leave the game. Or do they remain, similar to how a ...
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Can I win in 1v1 if I stole someone else's platinum angel, would lose without it, then defeat them?
While playing in multiplayer Commander, we came across this specific situation where I used Bribery on a player to steal his Platinum Angel.
Later in the game, we are the two last players in play and ...
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In multiplayer, in which order are replacement effects from different players applied?
In multiplayer, in which order are replacement effects from different players applied ?
Here's the situation : This is a 3 players game.
I control a random creature. Both my opponents control a ...
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Do on-death triggered abilities of creatures happen in multiplayer when a creature's owner loses at the same time?
So my friend had gained control of my Wurmcoil Engine and attacked me. When damage resolved Wurmcoil Engine and myself had lethal damage, so both myself (player) and my creature with a "when this ...
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In a multiplayer game, if a player is controlling another player's turn, may they reveal that player's hand?
With cards like Mindslaver and Emrakul, the Promised End, a player can take control of another player's turn. The controlling player can make most decisions for the controlled player, but they may not,...
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Living End/Living Death (EDH)
I have a Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest and Yahenni, Undying Partisan on the battlefield and I cast Living End. Pretend every player has 5 creatures, and there are 4 players (including me).
Do the ...
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MTG Lifelink Before Death? [duplicate]
I'm the farthest thing from a magic know it all, so I have a question for you. If my opponent has a 40/40 with trample and I have a 20/20 with lifelink that is blocking it. and I have 20 life left. Do ...
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Can you attack/deal damage an ally?
I played a multiplayer game of magic today that had a very interesting turn. The game was a five player game with your allies being the player to your left and right and your opponents were the people ...
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Two Headed Giant - do I gain life when my teammate gains life?
I'm playing Two-Headed Giant. I have Ajani's Pridemate, which has "Whenever you gain life...".
My teammate plays a card, that makes him gain life. As we share our life total, my life is also updated. ...
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Does "cards with the same name can't be played" affect tokens?
So a friend of mine has a card with the ability "Name a card. Cards that share a name with that card cannot be played."
My question is does this work on tokens?
I play a zombie token deck mainly, ...
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Creatures Dying At Same Time Controller Loses
Player A, B, and C are in a Multiplayer Game. It is player A's turn.
Player A has: Sword of Vengeance attached to Kobolds of Kher Keep, a Mystic Crusader, and 1 life.
Player B has: Memnite, a tapped ...
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Who wins when everyone takes lethal damage simultaneously?
I am building an edh deck for about 5 dollars and was wondering,
If I cast Sickening Dreams dealing more than enough damage to kill my opponent and I at the same time, who wins?
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The 'speed' of conceding a game
During a game of Commander at my local store last week some of the folks I was playing with stated that conceding the game was a 'sorcery speed' action. The playgroup made some valid points about this ...
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Can a player redirect his attack if the defending player concedes?
The situation: Player A has 1 life and several lifelink creatures adding up to 100 power. He swings at player B who has no defenders, planning to gain 100 life. Player B concedes. Without a valid ...
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When "an opponent" has to do something in a multiplayer game, who does it?
In a multiplayer game of Magic: The Gathering, if a card requires an opponent to make a choice — like Fact or Fiction, which states an opponent separates the piles into two piles — who gets to pick ...
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Magic the gathering deck foundation [duplicate]
I have 800 cards dated between 2004 up to 2011.... Is it cool to to build a deck from a variety of sets? Trying to get into mtg and need a boost of knowledge.
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Can Ink Treader Nephilim's Electrolyze copies target players?
I am curious if the Electrolyze copies created by targeting Ink-Treader Nephilim can be aimed at players for 1 point of damage or if all the damage must go to the creatures that Inky specifies the ...
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Can I use Mirror Strike on Ink-treader Nephilim when it's not attacking?
So I am making an EDH deck featuring Ink-Treader Nephilim (yes I know its not legendary but the deck will be like five bucks to make and I'm sure someone will want to play with it). As I am looking up ...
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How do you run a short multiplayer Conspiracy draft tournament?
There is a new set in Magic the Gathering coming out, called Conspiracy. Conspiracy is a set specifically designed for drafting, and notably, multiplayer games.
My question revolves around how to ...
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How to build / ideas for a multiplayer lifegain control deck?
I'm more of the dueler type, but sometimes I play multiplayer with my friends. At this point my decks are just not viable.
I want to build a multiplayer deck for this purpose. When I check online ...
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