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Former MtG L2 Judge with DCI
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Myrkul / Brenard and Merged Creature dying.
Does each component part need to be Exiled to create the Token?
As in, if some Component Card had already left the Graveyard, or was a Token, could nothing be Exiled?
Is this do as much as possible, or partial payments not allowed?
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
@wotcmatt.bsky.social Inspirit with 8x Charge counters + Memnite + Howling Mine vs Dress Down

Am I correct in that DD will remove Station from Inspirit.

And, 1st Static ability, there is a Dependency, removing the ability before it could grant the Triggered ability.

And, 2nd Static ability, [..]
September 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Drain Life with an X of 5 targets an Ugin's Conjurant with 8 +1/+1 counters.

Drain life with an X of 8 targets a vanilla 5/5, while there is an Everlasting Torment.

Drain Life with an X of 8 targets a Battle with 5 Defense counters.

How much life is gained each time?
September 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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If a Warped Nova Hellkite Spell is Double Majored, then does the Token from the Spell-Copy get Exiled in the End step?

If a Shivan Dragon gains Warp from Tannuk, and that Spell gets Double Majored, does that Token from the Spell-Copy also get Exiled in the End step?
August 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Persistent Nightmare dies.
Missy returns it as a face-down Cyberman.
It gets Targeted by Break Open.
What do?

It would make sense that {701.40g} / {701.58g} would apply, but the Card is neither Manifested nor Cloaked.
Shouldn't this be a Rule in section {708}?
August 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Amy casts a Saga. It enters with a Lore counter.
Amy moves to Combat. Casts Savage Beating with second Mode.
Nancy casts Ertai's Meddling with an X of 1 on the Beating Spell.

What happens on Amy's next turn?
Will her Saga get a new Lore counter?
August 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Now that the Conga Line of Death (Damage Assignment Order) was removed in Foundations, shouldn't Deathtouch {702.2c} refer to Trample {702.19b-c}? Seeing as though {510.1c-d} no longer care about what would be "lethal damage". @wotcmatt.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
@wotcmatt.bsky.social; Felix Five-Boots + Quilled Greatwurm

5/5 with Trample is blocked by a 2/2.
5/5 assigns 2 damage to the 2/2 and 3 damage to the Player.

The 5/5 is dealing 5 damage. 3 to the Player.
Greatwurm Triggers on the Damage.
Does Felix make it Trigger the additional time? 10 counters?
August 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Opportunistic Dragon steals a Bronze Bombshell an Opponent owns.
Boom or no boom?

Player activates Xu-Ifit targeting Bronze Bombshell. Opponent casts Gather Specimens.
Boom or no boom?
August 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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For Black Panther, Wakandan King, what is meant by "moved this way" and "that much"? And, how does it interact with Replacement effects like Doubling Season?

Land gets (x2) 2 counters.
Those 2 counters are removed.
Creature gets (x 2) 4 counters.
Do they gain 2 or 4 life?
July 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Per 616.1b, c and e;
If Amy controls a Authority of the Consuls, and casts a Phyrexian Metamorph, and Nancy casts a Gather Specimens;

Specimens has the Creature enter under Nancy's control.
Nancy chooses for it to Copy a Creature or Artifact.
Authority may apply, if Nancy chose to Copy a Creature.
July 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hey, @wotcmatt.bsky.social
What exactly does “enchant creature put onto the battlefield with (this)" mean? As in, what would happen if Necromancy's Enters Trigger were Copied, with a different Target?
July 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Parsing the different wording of Vaevictis Asmadi and Lagrella.

If Amy's Triggered ability Targets a Permanent controlled by Barb and one controlled by Claire, if control of these two Permanents were exchanged, are they still legal Targets for Vaevictis? Or, Lagrella?

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June 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Is there some reason Gyrus and Flamerush Rider read "and that's tapped and attacking" instead of "create a tapped and attacking token"?

I can see how someone might read Flamerush Rider and confuse the phrase as the Targeted Creature needing to be tapped.
June 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Any update on Counter-dependent Continuous effects and 614.12? @wotcmatt.bsky.social

Blind Obedience vs Impending Permanents enter tapped?
Metallic Mimic + Kaito, Bane of Nightmares enter with a +1/+1 counter?
June 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Regarding Sagas, I see 714.3b was changed, but not 714.3a.
Does this mean that if Dress Down is already on the Battlefield, a Saga Creature will enter with a Lore counter, but not Trigger its first Chapter? So, that first Chapter ability never Triggers, barring counter removal.
June 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Is a Dungeon being completed {309.6}, and example of a Trigger that "looks back" {603.10}?

If Undercity's last room puts a second Sefris onto the Battlefield, do both Sefris Trigger as the Dungeon is removed / completed? Or, only the one chosen via the Legend Rule?
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May 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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What happens when multiple Enters Triggers of Animate Dead resolve?

iirc, a former Manager said that each Trigger adds an Enchant ability that is exclusive to the Card it (attempted to) put onto the Battlefield. Leaving the Aura with an Enchant ability to attach to nothing.
April 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Amy controls Prismatic Omen and 5 Lands
Barb controls Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
Amy resolves Tempt with Discovery
Amy gets Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Barb, Claire and Dani get a Land
Amy gets 3 more Valakut

How many Valakut Triggers?
How many Ob Nixilis Triggers for Amy?
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March 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hey @wotcmatt.bsky.social; Dress Down is on the Battlefield. Arixmethes / Impending Spell is about to enter. What is the resulting Permanent?
March 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The +1 of Sarkhan the Masterless animates itself.
I cast Croaking Counterpart to copy the animated Sarkhan.
I equip Luxior to this new Sarkhan Token, with its 5x Loyalty counters.
What is the Token's P/T?

Can any Permanent have a printed P/T?
Or, only Creatures or Vehicles?
March 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Conformation;
Discarding with Library of Leng is a nondescript Card.
Adding Revelation and/or Future Sight does not change this.

That the Card was revealed in the Hand, or in the Library, does not change the fact that is was not revealed during the action of being discarded.

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February 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thunderous Velocipede cares about the Mana Value of the Permanent entering, not the Spell/Card that's leaving the previous zone?

Auton Soldier entering as a Copy of Grizzly Bears gets 1 counter, not 3.

Feral Hydra enters with 1 counter from Velocipede, regardless of its X.

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February 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Breeches, the Blastmaker has a Ruling referencing *Delayed* Triggered abilities. Should this not be a *Reflexive* Triggered ability.

It's Triggering based on the flip that just happened. Not a flip that will happen in the future.

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January 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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(Lvl 3) Fisher's Talent + Maskwood Nexus

What Token does Bearscape create?
What Token does Nexus create?
January 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM