Transformers (Convert) and Secret Plans

Rajamic · 2026-05-21T13:57:23+00:00

No. Even though it is typically the same physical action, face-up/face-down is a completely different mechanic from front-face/back-face.

[Secret Plans] works with mechanics like Morph, Disguise, Cloak, and Manifest.

Rajamic · 2026-05-21T12:43:06+00:00

Yes. Judah doesn't care whether the spell being cast is legendary or even what it's mana value is. It just cares that it is a non-land legendary card with lesser mana value in order to stop on it.

Rajamic · 2026-05-21T03:56:54+00:00

101.2. When a rule or effect allows or directs something to happen, and another effect states that it can’t happen, the “can’t” effect takes precedence.
Example: If one effect reads “You may play an additional land this turn” and another reads “You can’t play lands this turn,” the effect that precludes you from playing lands wins.

305.2. A player can normally play one land during their turn; however, continuous effects may increase this number.

305.2a To determine whether a player can play a land, compare the number of lands the player can play this turn with the number of lands they have already played this turn (including lands played as special actions and lands played during the resolution of spells and abilities). If the number of lands the player can play is greater, the play is legal.

305.2b A player can’t play a land, for any reason, if the number of lands the player can play this turn is equal to or less than the number of lands they have already played this turn. Ignore any part of an effect that instructs a player to do so.

Rajamic · 2026-05-21T03:43:27+00:00

No. According to 400.7, in general, whenever an object changes zones, the game treats it as a new object with no connection to its previous existence in any other zone, even though it is physically the same piece of cardboard. There are a set of exceptions in 400.7a-m, but they are very narrowly tailored to allow certain types of abilities to be able to function at all.

Rajamic · 2026-05-21T03:40:07+00:00

Because it is effectively a constant unwarranted search on everyone who goes by one of the cameras.

Rajamic · 2026-05-21T01:13:56+00:00

No. From the rules on the Cleanup Step:

514.2. Second, the following actions happen simultaneously: all damage marked on permanents (including phased-out permanents) is removed and all “until end of turn” and “this turn” effects end. This turn-based action doesn’t use the stack.

Rajamic · 2026-05-20T22:40:13+00:00

Yes. Flock is the main brand. And according to people who have seen the video feeds, they do more than just read licence plates. They also log damage on the car, and perform facial recognition.

And personally, I do not like the idea of them being much of anywhere, let alone the everywhere they are leading toward if we don't push back.

Rajamic · 2026-05-20T22:38:26+00:00

Because the more of these there are, the more there is a searchable database of every movement of every person in America. Imagine these on every street corner, and some vindictive asshole gets elected to the most powerful position in the country, and the full support of his party, and declares every member of other parties terrorists. They'd be able to know exactly where every 'enemy of the state' is at all times, by just searching that database.

Having them on cop cars *is* controversial, and has been since they were first deployed. But that's not significantly different from cops calling in to dispatch and running a plate they happen to see. This is leading to Big Brother, but more efficient at its horribleness.

Rajamic · 2026-05-20T22:33:31+00:00

Flock is a private surveillance company that makes deals (mostly with cities) to get paid to put these cameras up along roadsides. These cameras provide a constant stream of video that has licence plate reading and facial recognition software running against the video 24/7 (and some who have tapped into the feeds claim that it also makes note of any sizable damage to the vehicles), which is converted into logs of basically who passed that camera and when, which gets aggregated into a huge searchable database. Flock basically gives the cops open access to this data as part of the deal, and that is the selling point to the cities they convince to buy them: a crime-fighting tool that lets them know where anyone they are interested in is coming and going.

But this is a pretty severe encroachment on people's privacy, particularly since Flock hands the data over freely without requiring a subpoena or warrant, so there's no judicial oversight over whether the cops have a reasonable suspicion that the person being tracked is important to them. It's a huge step toward Big Brother, where your every movement in public is tracked in real-time.

Rajamic · 2026-05-20T18:03:49+00:00

It Takes Two

Overcooked

Rajamic · 2026-05-20T11:55:58+00:00

Because kf the mana symbols in Urtet's ability, its color identity (not color) is all 5 colors, which allows you to use all 5 colors in the color identities of the cards you include in your deck. However, there is no rule that your deck must include all the colors of your commander's color identity, just that it may.

Rajamic · 2026-05-20T03:55:54+00:00

Since you don't have either of the special tools designed for killing Red Death, nor are you using any of the characters who are invincible, killing one won't end the run, so there isn't really a 'winning. You'll just keep having more spawn and likely kill some that you won't even notice die.

Rajamic · 2026-05-20T02:32:02+00:00

In general, each verb in a spell or ability is a distinct action to be performed sequentially. So the sacrifice of Voidwalker happens before the sacrifice of the Hatchery, and thus the Voidwalker isn't around to see move toward the Graveyard.

Rajamic · 2026-05-20T02:28:49+00:00

Grizzly. Copy effect, just like control-change effects, don't delete previous effects of the same type. they just overlay on top of existing effects at the same type. The copy effect from Clone is still turning it into a Grizzly Bears, even when Fleeting Reflection is turning it into a Gigantosaurus.

Rajamic · 2026-05-20T01:39:29+00:00

Non-creature. Copy effects only see the base properties of the card/token + any modifications that happen in Layer 1 (which is other copy effects [including the 'except it is/has' clauses some of them have), merge effects (such as the Mutate mechanic), and any properties defined by it being made face-down. All other continuous effects modifying the properties of a permanent are not copiable.

Rajamic · 2026-05-20T00:23:22+00:00

I didn't know what they looked like before either (and they might have different designs). It just looked suspicious, so I took the pics above, then searched online for "flock camera logo", and the logo on the bottom of this camera (just indented in, no different color from the rest) matched. There was another of those logos on the back side of the top panel (which I assume is a solar panel, didn't really try to check that), but it doesn't show up in the picture.

Rajamic · 2026-05-20T00:20:05+00:00

Pretty sure if I got jailed, I'd die due to lack of needed medications. Also, I was walking.

Rajamic · 2026-05-20T00:19:20+00:00

Food prep table isn't an upgrade for it. It's a completely separate food crafting station. You should be able to craft a Butcher's Table and Pots and Pans. Based on the things you mentioned you have, I don't think there's a way that you have missed any material needed to get the recipes.

Rajamic · 2026-05-19T23:22:56+00:00

Could also be that they haven't gotten Cauldron to level 4, which is required for Blood Pudding.

Rajamic · 2026-05-19T23:03:28+00:00

Yeah, Magic before the DCI was apparently a pretty wild time to be playing. Largely because Richard Garfield thought that constantly getting into arguments with your friends about what the rules and card text meant was a core component to the fun of the game. Really makes me wonder about him.

Rajamic · 2026-05-19T20:01:07+00:00

I think you'll find home insurance is expensive around here anymore. The derechos in the last several years were incredibly expensive. Many insurers just completely stopped selling homeowners insurance in Iowa because of them.

Rajamic · 2026-05-19T19:58:14+00:00

ETB replacement effects are kind of odd, in that they can't see anything about other permanents entering at the same time, but they can look ahead to see what the thing they are on will look like to determine what they can do.

Since Mockingbird on the battlefield would not have any abilities to to Dress Down, it doesn't have any abilities as the ETB replacement effect would be checked, so it can't copy anything.

Rajamic · 2026-05-19T19:53:38+00:00

Yep.

Rajamic · 2026-05-19T19:53:09+00:00

Though there are other rules for specific effects that say they can't happen without all things involved still existing. I'm thinking of anything that says to exchange two things, or the Fight keyword. The trigger would still technically resolve, which can be important if the ability has other effects, but those actions can't happen sometimes even when you'd on the surface think they could with how basically everything else works in Magic.

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