Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 21:10:10 +0100 From: Paul Barclay Subject: [O] NetRep Reply 562 ======================================================================= NetRep Reply number 562 to the Magic: the Gathering List ======================================================================= This reply covers the digests: MTG-L Digest - 29 Jul 2000 to 30 Jul 2000 (#2000-244) MTG-L Digest - 30 Jul 2000 to 31 Jul 2000 (#2000-245) MTG-L Digest - 31 Jul 2000 to 1 Aug 2000 (#2000-246) MTG-L Digest - 1 Aug 2000 to 2 Aug 2000 - Special issue (#2000-247) Older replies may be found at: http://www.second-hand.demon.co.uk ftp://ftp.magic.asuka.net http://www.yavapaiopen.com http://www.en.magic.asuka.net http://www.wizards.com/dci/judge/judgelistarchive.asp SHORT ANSWERS: ======================================================================= ** I don't know what time the Worlds will be shown on ESPN 2. ** Sorceress Queen's ability does NOT create a type-changing effect. It does not change any permanent type, it just changes Power/Toughness. ** Could the gurus please take the detailed CE discussions over to RULESGURU-L (at least, could you take them over as soon as you're added to that list). ** If you play Rancor on a creature with a Cowardice in play, the creature will end up in your hand, then the Rancor will end up in the graveyard. LONG ANSWERS: ======================================================================= [Karl Burlingame, asking about lands] >Also, What would the interaction be with "Living Lands" and "Living Terrain" >both in play. > >LL is in play first then LT played on a Forest? 5/6 green Treefolk Forest. >Also LT on a Forest then LL played? 1/1 green Forest that isn't a Treefolk (because when you apply a type- changing effect to a card, you remove all its subtypes). ----- [Marcus Olsson, asking about Cloning Palinchron] >I wonder if it is possible to summon a Palinchron (5bb, when palinchron >comes in to play untap up to seven lands), then tap all seven islands >again and summon a palinchron clone (+3 islands in pool), untap my >islands then tap it all again to summon a palinchron doppelganger (+5 >islands in pool), then for instance use a timewarp, braingeyser etc ? Yes, this is legal. ----- [Akiva Smith, asking about the Informers] >In each case the card "Targets" a creature. I assume that a target can be >any creature that has not been removed from play. Therefore, if I play a >W/B - Rebel/Mercenary deck, I can return creatures from my graveyard to my >library. Just Like Lin Sivvi. No. Both Informers have errata to read "Put target Rebel/Mercenary on the bottom of its owner's library." - they can only target Rebel's/Mercenaries in play. ----- [Jacek Gadomski, asking about "{0}:"] >some cards have activated abilities with mana cost equal (0), f.ex Chimeric >Idol. I think I dont understand that kind of payments... what are they for? >Is there a situation when you are not able to pay zero mana? No, never. These costs are designed to allow you to pay them at any time you want to. ----- [Ed Phillips, asking about additional costs] >That brings up a question - if there is an effect "All black spells and >abilities cost an extra 2 to play" in play, then would you be required to >pay 2 to activate _any_ ability (of a black permanent, of course)? That's correct. For example, a Sleighted Gloom will apply to a Copy Artifact of a Telim Tor's Darts ("{T}: ~ deals 1 damage to target player"). Note that we'd never print anything worded in this way - it would say "activated abilities". ----- [Mat Brown, asking about paying costs] >According to David DeLaney, you can claim that you cannot pay and back up >even if the mana is sitting in your pool. (I would take this issue up with >David DeLaney, but my ISP's newsfeed isn't stable enough for me to have a >discussion in a newsgroup. I kept trying for quite a while, but I finally >had to give up in frustration.) If I recall correctly, Paul ruled >differently. So maybe I misunderstood Paul. Paul, if I have the mana I need >in my mana pool, can I invoke 422.1 anyway to reverse the action? Under the game rules, maybe. Under the tournament rules, no, you can't. Well, you can do it about once before you get your Match Loss. ----- [Mat Brown, asking about Invasion/Bethmo] >> ** I won't answer any questions about supposed Invasion cards until the >> prerelease. > >Can we start a cue of questions now for you to answer then? Would be pointless, since I won't be the NetRep at that point. >> >Why is Bethmo being replaced? >> >> She's retiring from her job and moving on to other work. And, as far as >> FAQs are concerned, we've just been given the Invasion FAQ to review. > >Magic will surely miss her. >I don't envy her successor. She won't be an easy act to follow. > >Is her other work at Wizards, or is she leaving Wizards entirely? Retiring, I think, but I'm not sure. ----- [Richard Cullen, asking about Skirge Familiar] >Just a quick, and probably old, question. Once >Yawgmoths Will has been played can cards in your >graveyard be discarded to Skirge Familiar to produce >mana? No, of course not. You can only discard cards that are in your hand. ----- [Ernie Miller, asking about Chimeric Idol] >According to how I read the card, you can activate the IC as a creature on >every turn if you need to. It turns back into a non-creature at the end of >the turn (please forgive any errant wording). During every turn, I could >activate the CI, right? Right. ----- [Matthew Sach, asking about cutting] >1. Remove top half, and place under bottom half - Cut. >2. Remove middle third (dropping top onto bottom), and place on top third - >Cut. >3. Remove middle third (dropping top to bottom), and place under bottom >third - Shuffle. >4. Exchange bottom and top thirds - Shuffle. That's correct, although the last two are not considered to be enough "shuffling" for the purposes of real shuffling - they're just not cuts. #1 is a normal cut. #2 is a "Scarne" cut. 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