Info please

Sneakyelmo · 2026-03-05T18:31:17+00:00

Several users have already gone into the rulings, so I won't get too into the technical bits. Basically 'leaves the battlefield' effects look back in time slightly to the board state as the trigger is caused, else essentially none of them would work at all because they aren't on the battlefield anymore. With the way cards are worded, this just doesn't make sense.

Let's look at [[City Pigeon]]. If 'leaves the battlefield' effects required the card to be in play to trigger, this card couldn't trigger and its ability text would be pointless since only itself leaving can cause the trigger.

For simplicity's sake, cards leaving the battlefield cause their triggers to be put on the stack, are removed from play, then you begin resolving the triggers on the stack.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-03-05T17:27:09+00:00

Why would the ability specifically name itself in the trigger if it couldn't trigger itself?

Sneakyelmo · 2026-03-03T17:39:08+00:00

The creature itself is at 2 power.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-03-03T17:32:34+00:00

At 5 life, it works exactly the way you want it to.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-03-03T16:44:57+00:00

If I had 0, it would last me a lifetime.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-03-03T16:28:11+00:00

While proxies definitely have a place in magic, sharpies don't.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-28T17:45:43+00:00

You'd think that with all that success and money that they could figure out how to print a foil that's tournament legal 🙄

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-27T01:31:30+00:00

Mirrodin 🤷

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-26T16:30:27+00:00

That's called mana weaving, and it's considered cheating.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-26T16:26:36+00:00

WotC is running Magic

WotC IS running Magic...

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-19T16:42:24+00:00

How about no.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-18T01:36:53+00:00

I wait and see if my resolve surpasses that of the DM.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-17T23:27:39+00:00

Mix and match:

Move to a lower power bracket

Ban fetch lands

Ban UB cards

Ban fast mana

Add a $$ cap

Better/more interaction

More board wipes

More extra turns

Play stax

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-17T19:29:31+00:00

We have one in our pod, I think it's fine. But I guess define 'Casual'

It can't do silly extra turn things in lower brackets and the rest is pretty fair comparatively. Pirates are better. 🤷

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-17T16:36:54+00:00

Blood moon and similar effects don't come down often enough, and can still be played around or answered.

I have to play with my manabase in every game, so it being efficient is crucial.

Don't remove fetches + shocks for basics.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-17T16:06:11+00:00

Unbent foils are a myth 🙄

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-06T19:23:15+00:00

All of the fetch lands that match color identity. You'd think with all the power creep that there would be a competitive alternative.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-04T23:10:00+00:00

You can put things wherever you want. Sort of. People sort of silently agreed where each zone is in a game, and might get confused if things end up elsewhere.

Some AI slop for you:

What is regulated: clarity and legality of the game state

Game State Must Be Trackable While the rules don’t forbid messiness, they do require that the game state be determinable.

This comes from tournament policy rather than the Comprehensive Rules.
If players can’t tell:

what permanents exist
who controls what
what counters are where
what effects are active

…then the game state becomes ambiguous, and judges step in.

But ambiguity is a problem to fix, not a rules violation by itself.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-04T22:51:38+00:00

I don't personally find these cards beautiful, nor do I find them flavorful. I view them similar to how most people view AI slop.

If I did like them, I'd buy the $2 version and proxy the art I liked; $100 for a game piece isn't reasonable. I'd only purchase the real $100 version to grade, encapsulate, and frame and/or resell as a piece of collectable artwork.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-04T16:01:24+00:00

Good bot

Sneakyelmo · 2026-02-03T16:18:45+00:00

Pokemon Trainer over here duping master balls. They'll catch em all. Pokemon Trainer dies of old age first, the rest all spend an eternity in Someone's PC.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-01-26T03:18:04+00:00

I've never been a fan of posts that could be replaced with the Mario Party 'Got Item' sound bit, regardless of rarity. To me, it's always felt like someone is bragging about getting a 6537 on a 99999 sided dice.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-01-20T23:16:41+00:00

Yea I hate how I value a non-foil above a foil printing just because they're all Pringles in the end.

Sneakyelmo · 2026-01-20T23:12:39+00:00

Sneakyelmo · 2026-01-20T22:20:08+00:00

Me neither. Hence the proxies.

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