Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 23:09:37 +0100 From: Paul Barclay Subject: [O] NetRep Reply 564 ======================================================================= NetRep Reply number 564 to the Magic: the Gathering List ======================================================================= This reply covers the digests: MTG-L Digest - 8 Aug 2000 to 9 Aug 2000 (#2000-255) MTG-L Digest - 9 Aug 2000 to 10 Aug 2000 (#2000-256) MTG-L Digest - 10 Aug 2000 to 11 Aug 2000 (#2000-257) MTG-L Digest - 11 Aug 2000 to 12 Aug 2000 (#2000-258) MTG-L Digest - 12 Aug 2000 to 13 Aug 2000 (#2000-259) 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 ** Note to whoever becomes NetRep: Apparently setting tests for all the gurus is a really good way of reducing the volume of work to next to nothing. :-) ** Hope all seven people who are taking the second half of the NetRep test is doing well - good luck to all of you. For those that aren't aware, the plan is to have a new NetRep by the 1st of September (or as soon after as is possible). LONG ANSWERS: ======================================================================= [Jeff Jordan, pointing out a problem] >Power Artifact from Antiquities, which literally seems to "reduce the >activation cost" of a Credit Voucher from "2,Tap,Sacrifice" to "1." >Uh, until it gets reworded, that is. Play it as intended, of course. I'll get it fixed (to read "If this would reduce the generic mana portion of an activation cost to less than {1}, that portion becomes {1}.") or words to that effect. ----- [Jeff Jordan, talking about RULESGURU-L] >But it does mean that you can't access it through any means unless you >are on it, even if Paul had given you the correct name for it. I did - it's been (or will shortly be) changed, because they lost the keys to the old list. While it is invite-only, its archives should be public. ----- [Ed Phillips, asking about Mossdog and Windscouter] >Say I have Mossdog in play and already has 1 +1/+1 counter. Then my >opponent announces Shock and selects Mossdog as the target >What happens? The triggered ability is put onto the Stack on top of the Mossdog, then it resolves, the Mossdog gets +1/+1, and then the Shock resolves and deals 2 damage to it, so it will live. >Can Windscouter's ability save it from lethal damage at the end of >combat? It seems like SBEs will kill it before its ability can save it. No, it will die from lethal damage before the end of combat. So, if it receives 3 points of combat damage, it will be destroyed. ----- [Patrick O'Neill, asking about Avatars] > Hi folks, new to the list so I don't know if I'm going against >protocol or not but I have a question in regards to playing avatar >cards. Do they work like legendary cards where only one of each type >can be played at any specific time? No. Only creatures that say "Creature - Legend" are Legends. Avatars aren't any one person or entity. They're just the embodiment of that particular force (they're similar in some ways to the Force of Nature). ----- [Ed Phillips, asking about Pandeburst (a kind of odd German sausage?)] >Scenario: My opponent plays Replenish and fetches a Pandemonium and a >Saproling Burst into play. I can't counter Replenish, so they make it >into play. I have a Disenchant in my hand. What should I do? If you're on 20 life, Disenchanting either the Pandemonium or the Saproling Burst in response to the first activation will keep you alive. ----- [Jacek Malinowski, asking about "becoming tapped"] >If I enchanted opponent's creature with Betrayal then I can use Mind Over >Matter ability to tap this creature over an over again discarding cards as a >cost (including those which I draw with Betrayal). So effectively, this is >a milling engine, which lets you get any card you need from your library. No, this doesn't really work - you'd be discarding 2 cards to draw 1, as you have to untap the creature before it can become tapped again. Betrayal only triggers when a creature actually changes from being untapped to being tapped. ----- [Colonel Neo, asking about Illusions of Grandeur] >I was at this "you can play anything" tournament and I was playing Trix. I >advanced thru to early rounds until I got to the better players. In the >Finals, I played a friend with White Weenie deck. Now here is the hard >part, He has Seal of Cleansing in play, I cast Illusions of Grandeur and he >responses to me gaining life by sacrificing the Seal of Cleansing thus, >making me lose 20 life first (which would put me at zero). This is correct - you'll die before you get the chance to gain the 20 life. 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