Magic The Gathering Rulings

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1. If a person casts Control Magic on a Hill Giant (3/3), can they attack with it immediately? Control Magic: You control enchanted creature. [Oracle 1999/09/03] Yes No

2. With a Decree of Silence is in play, under your control, with two counters on it, if your opponent casts a spell, then another spell in response to that, what would happen? Decree of Silence current rules text: "Whenever an opponent plays a spell, counter that spell and put a depletion counter on ~this~. If there are three or more depletion counters on ~this~, sacrifice it. " The decree will counter both, and not be sacrificed since it has 4 counters on it, not 3. The Decree will counter the first spell, but be unable to counter the second one. The Decree will counter both, and simply be sacrificed once the third counter is put onto it. The decree will counter the second one, since it resolves first, but be unable to counter the first one.

3. A Prodigal Sorcerer taps to deal 1 damage to a Zuran Spellcaster (Same thing as Prodigal, with a different name). In response, the Spellcaster taps to deal 1 damage to the sorcerer. Which would survive, and which would die? The Prodigal Sorcerer Dies, but the Spellcaster survives They both survive. The Spellcaster Dies, but the Sorcerer survives Both creatures die

4. The "Magic: The Gathering" Rules changed most drastically with the coming out of which set? Tempest 4th Edition 6th Edition Mirage

5. If Mark and Tom are both at 3 life, and Mark casts Lightning Bolt on Tom, and in response Tom casts Lightning Bolt on Mark, then how does the game end? Mark loses the game, and Tom wins The Game ends in a draw Tom loses the game, and Mark Wins Both spells cancel out, and the game continues.

6. Grindstone: "3:Put the top two cards of target player's library into their graveyard. If they share a color, repeat the process". If two artifacts are hit, then will it repeat the process? Yes No

7. The card Book Burning states "Unless any player has Book Burning deal 6 damage to him or her, put the top 6 cards of target player's library into his or her graveyard". What does that mean? Unless any player has the card Book Burning, deal 6 damage to a player and put the top 6 cards of their library into their graveyard. Unless a person puts the top 6 cards of their library into their graveyard, deal 6 damage to target player. The person who plays Book Burning chooses to either deal 6 damage or put the top 6 cards of a person's library into their graveyard. Any player may take 6 damage. If none do, put the top 6 cards of target player's library into their graveyard.

8. With the coming out of 8th edition, a new change has been made about the draw step. What is different about the draw step now? It is able to be countered It does not use the stack It occurs after any "At the beginning of your draw step" effects It is non-existant

9. Volrath's Curse states "Enchanted creature cannot attack, block, or play any ability requiring an activation cost. That creature's controller may sacrifice a permanent to ignore this ability until end of turn". With this in play on a creature, how many permanents can the creature's controller sacrifice? They can sacrifice as many permanents as they wish to the ability per turn They can sacrifice permanents equal to the creature's toughness per turn, no more. They can sacrifice permanents equal to the creature's power per turn, no more. They can only sacrifice one permanent per turn to ignore this ability.

10. What card forms an infinite mana combo when Animate Dead is used on it? Worldgorger Dragon Nether Shadow Phage the Untouchable Phyrexian Dreadnought

11. The instant Orim's Chant states: "Target Player can't play Spells this turn". If Orim's Chant is played, then what happens to spells that player played before it? They stay on the stack, but are countered upon resolution. They continue to resolve normally. They are removed from the stack. They continue to resolve, but when they resolve they have no effect.

12. The instant Gilded Light states: "You can't be the target of spells or abilities this turn". In response to an opponent's Incinerate (deal 3 damage to target creature or player), you play Gilded Light. What happens? The Incinerate will be countered upon resolution. The Incinerate still deals 3 damage to you. The Incinerate is instantly removed from the stack. The Incinerate is redirected upon its own caster.

13. The creature Blurred Mongoose states that "Blurred Mongoose cannot be countered". The spell Arcane Denial counters a target spell, then proceeds to let the spell's caster draw 2 cards, and the denial's caster to draw a card at the beginning of next turn. If the denial is cast on the Mongoose, what would happen? The Denial would be countered upon resolution, and no extra drawing would take place. The Denial would resolve normally, the Mongoose would come into play, and both players would be able to draw the extra cards. The Denial would resolve normally, and the Mongoose would be countered. The Denial wouldn't be able to have been played in the first place, so this situation could not occur.

14. If a 2/2 with protection from green blocks an Avatar of Might (8/8 Trample), what is the maximum amount of damage the 2/2's controller can take? 2 damage. 8 damage. 6 damage. 0 damage.

15. Elvish Piper: "G: Put a creature card from your hand into play" Dream Halls: "Rather than paying the mana cost for a nonartifact spell, its controller may discard a card from his or her hand that shares a color with that spell" Phage the Untouchable: "When ~this~ comes into play, if you didn't play it from your hand, you lose the game." Which of the following would happen? Playing Phage with either would cause you to lose. Playing Phage wih the Halls would cause you to lose, but not with the Piper Neither would cause you to lose. Playing Phage with the Piper would cause you to lose, but not with the halls

16. When you use Animate Land on a Forest, what will its creature type be? Its creature type will be whatever you choose it to be Its creature type will be Forest It will not have a creature type Its creature type will be Land

17. If a player counters a spell with Power Sink, and the spells controller has enough mana to pay for the Power Sink cost with mana left over, can he let the spell be countered, and have all his lands tap anyway if he wants to? Yes No

18. The DCI rule that states that players can only have a maximum of 4 of the same card (not including basic lands) applies to which tournament format(s)? All Tournament Formats (Constructed, Sealed deck, and Draft) Only Constructed and Sealed Deck, but not Draft. Only Constructed and Draft, but not Sealed Deck. Only Constructed Formats

19. If a card is restricted, then how many can you have in your deck if you compete in a tournament? 2 1 3 4

20. Jolrael's Centaur says, "Jolrael's Centaur cannot be the target of spells or effects". Therefore can it be stopped by a Circle of Protection: Green? Circle of Protection: Green current rules text: "1: The next time a green source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. " Yes No

21. If you put an Alexi's Cloak (enchanted creature cannot be the target of spells or abilities), will all enchantments on the creature be put into the graveyard (as a state-based effect)? Yes No

22. If you put two Firebreathings (Enchanted creature gains "R: ~this~ gets +1/+0 until end of turn) on a creature, then what happens? For every R you pay, it gets +2/+0 You will only be able to pay R for +1/+0, since the new ability overrides the first one, and the first ability no longer exists. For every R you pay, it gets +1/+1 You will still only be able to pay R for +1/+0, but it will have two instances of the ability

23. In which order are the Upkeep Step, Draw Step, and Untap Steps? Untap Step, Upkeep Step, Draw Step Draw Step, Upkeep Step, Untap Step Upkeep Step, Untap Step, Draw Step Upkeep Step, Draw Step, Untap Step.

24. Jack and Jill are playing. It is Jack's turn, and Jack plays a Lighting bolt. Jack then passes priority. Jill plays a Lightning bolt. Then, Jill passes priority, and Jack passes priority. Jill's lightning bolt resolves. Then what? Jill gains priority. Jack gains priority. The stack continues to resolve, and Jack's lightning bolt resolves The turn immediately ends

25. Bill taps his Prodigal Sorcerer to deal 1 damage. In response, Phil taps his Icy Manipulator (1,T: Tap target artifact, creature, or land) to tap Bill's Sorcerer. What happens? Phil prevents the Sorcerer from dealing damage. The one damage is dealt, and Phil's Icy taps a tapped creature, accomplishing nothing Bill deals 1 damage, and Phil's Icy's ability is countered upon resolution The Prodigal Sorcerer is destroyed due to a confusion in the rules.