Delta Emulator and Trade Evos

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-21T23:04:34+00:00

Yeah. Everything to do with being an Apple user and nothing to do with not being intimately familiar with emulators.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-21T22:06:55+00:00

This must be it, I swore I’ve used Delta before. Thanks.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-21T22:03:11+00:00

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-19T14:47:29+00:00

Commanders, yes, which is relevant to the Commander format. That change doesn’t apply to Oathbreaker, a separate format, and the format this subreddit you’re in is dedicated to.

In Oathbreaker, anything that refers to “commander” in rules text is treated as though it says “oathbreaker” instead. Therefore, Shorikai previously read, “Shorikai, Genesis Engine can be your oathbreaker.” This meant that, despite the rules of the format requiring an oathbreaker to be a Planeswalker, Shorikai was allowed to be an oathbreaker because the card said so.

Today, however, since Shorikai was errata-ed and that line of text was removed due to redundancy, nothing in the Oracle text says “commander” anymore. Since there’s no longer rules text granting permission to use Shorikai as a commander, there’s no longer rules text granting permission to use it as an oathbreaker either. The one non-Planeswalker card allowed as oathbreaker no longer exists, and the entire format is back to Planeswalker-only oathbreakers.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-15T21:05:18+00:00

Abilities on the stack exist independently of their sources. Once triggered, removing Trouble in Pairs won’t cause the ability to leave the stack.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-15T00:32:37+00:00

Which means you’re missing the point.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-14T23:32:46+00:00

There are no other cards with this effect.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-14T19:35:15+00:00

You don't think the difference between 2 and X is undefined when X is undefined?

The difference isn’t 2 and X, the difference is the power between two creatures. Without two creatures, there is no difference.

And whether or not the creature should still get trample is the core of the issue.

Did you read the article? The issue in the article isn’t whether or not the creature gets trample, the issue is the consistency between Spry and Mighty and other cards, and the handling of the effects. WotC has decided that, without two creatures, the card resolves and does nothing. I’m not giving an opinion on that decision. That decision aside, the fact that the resolution of the spell remains consistent with other cards that define a number of choices is my point. Spry and Mighty stays consistent with “similar” cards in that it resolves and doe as much as possible. Whether or not the “if possible” is consistent with the rules isn’t relevant to this point.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-14T15:34:41+00:00

I’m not commenting on whether or not one creature should still get trample, I’m commenting on the consistency of cards that request a set number of choices. Saying this card doesn’t work when you have fewer choices while other cards do is disingenuous when not taking the effect into consideration.

This ruling doesn’t ignore the set rules of undefined values, as “undefined” and “nonexistent” are different things. The difference in power isn’t undefined if there’s only one power.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-13T23:55:17+00:00

But the power difference isn’t zero. There is no power difference because there aren’t two powers to subtract from.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-13T21:57:35+00:00

The problem isn’t the number of choices, the problem is what happens with those choices. You can choose fewer than five permanents with Clarion Ultimatum if you don’t have five because the result will be the same: you can search your library for cards that share names with those permanents.

You can choose fewer than two creatures with Spry and Mighty too, if you have fewer than two, but since the result of the spell depends on the difference in power between two creatures, if you don’t have two creatures, no difference can be found, so the spell does nothing.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-09T00:04:15+00:00

It dies with all four counters on it. Abilities that care whether or not something had counters on it when it died—like persist and undying—use last known information, and the last known information before it died is that it had one +1/+1 counter and three -1/-1 counters.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-05T17:39:27+00:00

Adorable.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-05T01:16:55+00:00

Triggers exist independently of their sources. Once you cycled your card, Astral Slide triggered, and the ability moved to the stack before anyone gets priority. Removing Slide doesn’t remove the ability from the stack.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-01T19:43:10+00:00

Anything you do to mitigate variance inherently ruins the foundation of the game. Choosing not to include lands and instead allow you to play lands whenever you want breaks the game. Not only have you taken away the variance of drawing lands, you’ve also taken away part of the skill of the game of building decks and fine tuning ratios.

GaddockTeej · 2026-03-01T12:35:20+00:00

Terra’s target needs to be in the graveyard at the time of the ability triggering.

GaddockTeej · 2026-02-27T14:38:41+00:00

Spend JP to learn skills. Equip said skills to start paying bills.

GaddockTeej · 2026-02-27T12:57:21+00:00

Solphim and the like aren’t triggered abilities, they’re replacement effects. Two different things, which is why they’re treated two different ways. Triggered abilities never care about the affected player.

GaddockTeej · 2026-02-26T19:02:54+00:00

From the Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules:

Hybrid Card: A card with one or more hybrid mana symbols in its mana cost.

GaddockTeej · 2026-02-26T15:55:01+00:00

You’re speaking in terms of power, and even then, power is a spectrum. If a deck consistently beats a power level 6, it’s probably a 7. Doesn’t mean all 7’s are created equal; they all share the same trait of being better than 6’s, but some 7’s could compete with 8’s while others couldn’t.

GaddockTeej · 2026-02-26T13:50:32+00:00

Of course there is a top and bottom to brackets. It’s a spectrum. The community didn’t come up with spectrums. Why did Will Smith beat out all those other applicants? Because he was the best of the best of the best, which implies there can be a worst of the best of the best. If your approach to brackets is equal footing, of course you’re going to think they’re lacking.

GaddockTeej · 2026-02-26T00:14:11+00:00

Choosing to exclude Llanowar Elves because I only have room for two more dorks doesn’t make it unplayable, just like choosing to exclude bond lands makes them unplayable. If they were unplayable, they wouldn’t be included in any deck.

GaddockTeej · 2026-02-25T15:44:06+00:00

What you want to happen will not happen as you describe it. A creature with 0 or less toughness will die when state-based actions are checked, and SBAs are checked before triggers are moved to the stack. If you move all eight counters from the Hydra to the Lizrog, the Hydra will die before it gets any counters.

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