[SOM-MBS] Mini-FAQ des arbitres du PT/GP Paris

Abuna Acolyte - If multiple sources would deal damage at the same time, the player who is being dealt damage chooses which damage to prevent (this matters for infect).

Arc Trail - It's common to hear "two to Koth, one to you". This can't be done.

Argent Sphinx - unlike most similar abilities, it's the player activating the ability who gets the Sphinx back, not its owner. It can be effectively used with Gruesome Encore.

Auriok Replica - Can be used to prevent damage from a source with protection from artifacts.

Cerebral Eruption - It's too late to respond after the card has been revealed.

Chimeric Mass - Since it has charge counters and not +1/+1 counters, it might get a little messy if it's dealt infect damage. If the number of
charge counters changes while it's animated, it's p/t is adjusted immediately, no need to activate again.

Clone Shell - After the card is imprinted, it can no longer be looked at by any player. If it happens, the correct infraction is GRV (if looked
at by player who cast it) or Hidden Information Violation (if done by player who gained control over CS).

Corpse Cur - Vector Asp can't be returned with it, not even if you pay {B}.

Darksteel Juggernaut - It's "attack if able" ability is somewhat concealed with other text, players forget it at times.

Dispense Justice - Metalcraft is checked only when the spell resolves. This can be cast at any point, including the combat damage step, after
some of the attacking creatures have already died.

Embersmith - Whether to actually pay for damage is chosen when ability resolves, not when choosing the target.

Engulfing Slugworm - Life is gained even if the creature wasn't destroyed. Last known information can be used to retrieve the creature's
toughness.

Lumengrid Drake - Needs to have metalcraft both when it enters the battlefield and when its ability resolves.

Glimmerpoint Stag - If it exiles an Aura, that Aura's owner chooses what to enchant when it returns. A creature with shroud may be chosen at that point.

Grafted Exoskeleton - Destruction of Exoskeleton will cause creature to be sacrificed.

Grand Architect - The first ability doesn't remove the artifact type, it only sets a color. The Architect may tap himself for his second ability even if he just entered the battlefield.

Heavy Arbalest - Unlike Zendikar's Blazing Torch, it doesn't deal damage itself, therefore protection from artifacts won't save the creature
(unless the equipped creature is an artifact creature). Since it's the equipped creature that deal damage, infect matters.

Hoard-Smelter Dragon - Can target an indestructible artifact and will get +X/+0 from it.

Horizon Spellbomb - Draw first, then search for land. If done otherwise by mistake, GRV and player gets to keep drawn card.

Ichorclaw Myr - Its ability gives +2/+2 just once, no matter how many creatures block him

Infiltration Lens - this one on the contrary gives cards for every blocking creature.

Kemba, Kha Regent - LKI may be used to determine how many tokens are created.

Koth of the Hammer - It doesn't give the Mountain haste. This may matter if Koth was cast using Iron Myr and a single Mountain.

Liege of the Tangle - The lands will remain creatures even after the Liege's death.

Livewire Lash - Only triggers for spells, not abilities. Will not trigger if it was attached to a creature with Brass Squire ability after the spell was cast.

Mimic Vat - It is possible to create two copies of the exiled creature, by activating the Vat during your opponent's end step, then
activating it again during your own turn. Both tokens will be exiled at the end of that turn. Mimic Vat can exile a noncreature card like a
Rusted Relic if it was animated when it died.

Molder Beast - This is a triggered ability without a visual effect on the game state, so it does not need to be announced and it is assumed to
have resolved.

Molten-Tail Masticore - This is a triggered ability with a default action associated with a choice made by the ability's controller. If the upkeep trigger has been forgotten, and players realize this, immediately put the Masticore into the graveyard. Its controller cannot activate the ability in response.

Nim Deathmantle - If two creatures go to your graveyard at the same time, the Deathmantle triggers twice, and if you have {8}, you can
return them both.

Ogre Geargrabber - If it steals Grafted Exoskeleton, nothing gets sacrificed. If it gives Grafted Exoskeleton back, nothing gets sacrificed.

Perilous Myr - Its triggered ability is not optional. If noticed soon enough, we will put it onto the stack. You cannot target a creature that
wasn't in play when the ability should have triggered. This uses LKI (for infect, deathtouch or lifelink business).

Platinum Emperion - Doesn't protect from infect.

Precursor Golem - Spells are copied for all Golems, not just ones brought by Precursor. Rusted Relic in particular is often missed by players since it doesn't say "Golem" in type line. Similar problems might occur with tokens from Golem Foundry or Titan Forge. The Precursor's ability is mandatory. Arc Trail is never copied with it.

Quicksilver Gargantuan - If it copies Myr Propagator, it'll continue to make 7/7 Myr Propagators with its ability. if Darksteel Juggernaut is
copied, it'll be 7/7. On the other hand, creatures like Rusted Relic, Glint Hawk Idol or Inkmoth Nexus would be in their usual noncreature
forms and get their usual p/t after becoming creatures.

Rusted Relic - This can suddenly stop being a creature when in combat. If this happens it is removed from combat, no damage will be dealt by
it, creatures blocking it or creatures it blocks. -1/-1 counters stay on it. If Turn to Slag is cast on this, and it destroys a third artifact in
the process, the Relic will revert to being a noncreature before state-based actions are checked so it will survive.

Strata Scythe - It counts all lands on the battlefield with the same name, not just ones "you control".

Tel-Jilad Defiance - causes equipments to become unattached from creature.

Turn to Slag - If this kills a creature with Sylvok Lifestaff on it, the equipment will be removed before state-based actions are checked
; so when the creature actually dies, it does not trigger then Lifestaff. No life is gained. The same applies to Nim Deathmantle.

Wing Puncture - Both targets need to be legal when the spell resolves. Otherwise, no damage is dealt.

Infect - Creatures with infect deal damage to Planeswalkers the same way regular creatures do.

Battle Cry - a creature with Battle Cry doesn't get +1/+0 itself unless other creatures with Battle Cry attack.

Living Weapon - Germ token is black and nonartifact.

Brass Squire - can be used to attach Copper Carapace to already blocking creature. It will remain in combat and deal damage as usual.

Burn the Impure - unlike Searing Blaze, it will be countered if the creature becomes illegal target.

Concussive Bolt - creatures that enter the battlefield after Bolt resolved won't be able to block.

Cryptoplasm - it can never copy Glint Hawk Idol or Inkmoth Nexus. If it becomes a copy of Myr Propagator, it'll make 1/1 Myr Propagator tokens with an extra ability to become something else during upkeep. If it becomes a copy of original Cryptoclasm, it will have to instances of
"shapeshifting" ability, allowing it to become a copy of multiple creatures during same upkeep step.

Distant Memories - unless there are no cards in the library, something has to be found. An opponent will know the identity of the card before
choosing whether to let player have it.

Frantic Salvage - can be cast with no targets just to draw a card. If two or more targets are chosen, player doesn't need to tell his opponent
in which order they ended up in the library.

Glissa, the Traitor - an artifact has to be in a graveyard at the time ability goes on the stack. For example, a player has to sacrifice his
Spellbomb not being sure if any creature is going to die in combat.

Hero of Bladehold - it's possible to stack the triggers so that the tokens would get +1/+0.

Hero of Oxid Ridge - similarly to Concussive Bolt, Hero's ability affects also creatures that were not on the battlefield at the time it
resolved.

Knowledge Pool - a player can cast any cards exiled by Pool, not just his own.

Kuldotha Flamefiend - a player has to announce how does he want to divide damage as soon as the ability goes on the stack. An opponent has to respond not knowing which artifact is going to be sacrificed, if any.

Leonin Relic-Warder - similarly to Oblivion Ring, if Leonin leaves the battlefield before his first ability resolves, the target will be exiled
forever.

Melira's Keepers - creatures with infect are still considered to have dealt damage to it (for lifelink/deathouch purposes).

Mortarpod - it's the creature dealing damage, so it works with infect or deathouch (Painsmith).

Myr Welder - it gains only activated abilities, so it's not possible to draw a card after sacrificing him for Spellbomb's ability (DEC-GL). It
can exile an equipment but it can't attach itself to a creature. However, activating equip ability is not an infraction, which means it's
fine to sacrifice an artifact for Piston Sledge's ability. It also means that if player actually tries to attach Myr to something (GRV), he won't
get his mana back. Activating Myr Propagator ability will create a Myr Welder token with nothing imprinted on it.

Myr Welder is also very innefective with Mimic Vat or Prototype Portal, as it's unable to create tokens with their abilities. However, up to the
point of creating a token all actions taken are legal in case of Mimic Vat, so GRV back up won't result in untapping lands or Myr. On the other
hand, activating Prototype Portal's ability is most likely going to be illegal in the first place (only 0 is legal for X) and tapping resources will be backed up.

Phyrexian Rebirth - creatures regenerated or indestructible don't count toward X.

Phyrexian Revoker - naming a card from outside SoM block is a GRV.

Piston Sledge - can attach itself to Rusted Relic if it's the 3rd artifact but not to Glint Hawk Idol that wasn't previously animated.

Red Sun Zenith - if a target becomes illegal, Zenith won't be shuffled back into library.

Rot Wolf - if a creature dies together with Wolf, player can draw a card. However, if a creature dies later than Wolf, there's no ability to
trigger. In particular, if Rot Wolf is blocked by Chrome Steed that loses metalcraft due to another creature dying in combat, there is no
card to be drawn. It's easy for a player to make honest mistake here, which is unfortunate, as the appropriate infraction is DEC - GL.

Also, temporary increasing p/t of a creature being dealt damage by Wolf won't prevent the ability from triggering if Wolf survives. Damaged
creature will die in cleanup step and the ability will trigger.

Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas - it's second ability last indefinitely. It may be temporary overwritten though by other effects, like ones from Inkmoth
Nexus or Chimeric Mass.

Virulent Wound - if targeted X/1 creature gets its p/t temporary increased in response, it will die anyway in cleanup step and its
controller will get a poison counter.

Corpse Cur - Vector Asp can't be returned with it, not even if you pay {B}.

Ogre Geargrabber - If it steals Grafted Exoskeleton, nothing gets sacrificed. If it gives Grafted Exoskeleton back, nothing gets sacrificed.

À chaque fois qu'un joueur lance un sort d'éphémère ou de rituel qui ne cible qu'un seul golem, ce joueur copie ce sort pour chaque autre golem que ce sort pourrait cibler. Chaque copie cible un golem différent parmi eux.

Froggy a écrit:

Ogre Geargrabber - If it steals Grafted Exoskeleton, nothing gets sacrificed. If it gives Grafted Exoskeleton back, nothing gets sacrificed.

euh là me faut une expliquation...

je continue ma lecture...

* Si la capacité de l'Exosquelette greffé se déclenche, mais que vous ne contrôlez pas le permanent dont il est devenu détaché au moment où cette capacité se résout (peut-être parce qu'un autre joueur en a acquis le contrôle d'une manière quelconque), vous ne pourrez pas le sacrifier.

Froggy a écrit:

Ogre Geargrabber - If it steals Grafted Exoskeleton, nothing gets sacrificed. If it gives Grafted Exoskeleton back, nothing gets sacrificed.

euh là me faut une expliquation...

Whenever Ogre Geargrabber attacks, gain control of target Equipment an opponent controls until end of turn. Attach it to Ogre Geargrabber. When you lose control of that Equipment, unattach it.

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has infect. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Whenever Grafted Exoskeleton becomes unattached from a permanent, sacrifice that permanent.
Equip 2

Lumengrid Drake - Needs to have metalcraft both when it enters the battlefield and when its ability resolves.

Embersmith - Whether to actually pay for damage is chosen when ability resolves, not when choosing the target.

Nim Deathmantle - If two creatures go to your graveyard at the same time, the Deathmantle triggers twice, and if you have {8}, you can
return them both.

Quicksilver Gargantuan - If it copies Myr Propagator, it'll continue to make 7/7 Myr Propagators with its ability

Phyrexian Revoker - naming a card from outside SoM block is a GRV.

MatF a écrit:

Embersmith - Whether to actually pay for damage is chosen when ability resolves, not when choosing the target.

Si je choisis une créature et que mon adversaire donne pro red en réponse, la capacité ne se résoud donc pas et je ne paie pas le mana?

Quicksilver Gargantuan - If it copies Myr Propagator, it'll continue to make 7/7 Myr Propagators with its ability

C'est pas contraire à ce que tu avais dit Emilien? Tu avais dit que si on vole l'effet, on remplace le nom de la créature par la nouvelle (comme ooze).
Le clone ne fait pas de copie de clone?
De même, si il a un clone qui copie A et un clone qui copie B -> je fais Pulse sur un clone, les deux meurent?

Phyrexian Revoker - naming a card from outside SoM block is a GRV.

Il devrait préciser "en limité", sinon c'est nul.

The "copiable values" are the values derived from the text printed on the object (that text being name, mana cost, card type, subtype, supertype, expansion symbol, rules text, power, toughness, and/or loyalty), as modified by other copy effects, by "as . . . enters the battlefield" and "as . . . is turned face up" abilities that set characteristics, and by abilities that caused the object to be face down. Other effects (including type-changing and text-changing effects), status, and counters are not copied.

Emmanuelle et Emilien a écrit:1) Oui. Dès qu'une source que tu contrôles inflige des blessures non-combat à un adversaire, tu peux rediriger l'intégralité de ceux-ci sur un Planeswalker qu'il contrôle.

2) « Fizzle » est un terme obsolète qui a été remplacé par « contrecarré par les règles ». Un sort (ou une capacité) est contrecarré par les règles si, à sa résolution, l'intégralité de ses cibles sont invalides. Le sort est alors placé dans le cimetière depuis la pile sans se résoudre (comme s'il venait de se prendre son Cancel, on ne fait alors rien du sort). Tant qu'il reste au moins une cible valide, le sort essaie de faire le plus possible : Into the Core détruira l'autre artefact, Arc Trail fera 1 ou 2 à l'autre cible.

Emmanuelle et Emilien a écrit:1) Oui. Dès qu'une source que tu contrôles inflige des blessures non-combat à un adversaire, tu peux rediriger l'intégralité de ceux-ci sur un Planeswalker qu'il contrôle.