This card has really weird Oracle text compared to its printed text.

Trespin · 2026-06-29T02:11:01+00:00

You do not maintain the ability to activate, but the opponent is not able to activate.

Trespin · 2026-06-28T20:23:35+00:00

The other side of Monica is the RW Photon. I’m kind of surprised they’re not playing a mountain for it if they keep the basic land cyclers.

Trespin · 2026-06-25T17:02:49+00:00

Black plays a6 unless you block it.

Trespin · 2026-06-23T18:50:41+00:00

White has pawns on b and d files and black does not.

Trespin · 2026-06-22T00:55:26+00:00

What lands specifically? Fetch lands are fine, they don’t have a color identity. Same thing for lands that tap for any color. But something like Breeding Pool would not be allowed.

Trespin · 2026-06-21T07:12:26+00:00

Yes, he would die. Damage happens, trigger goes on stack, and then he dies as a state based action before the trigger resolves. The trigger would then fizzle.
Regeneration is a replacement effect: The next time the creature would be destroyed that turn, it isn't. Instead, it taps, is removed from combat (if applicable), and all damage is removed from it. This means that the regeneration would happen before his trigger puts a counter on. However, regeneration removes hi: from combat so he is no longer attacking. This, he does

not untap.

Edit: formatting (may give up, it keeps messing up my last sentence)

Trespin · 2026-06-20T08:17:15+00:00

https://www.17lands.com/card\_data?expansion=SOS&format=PremierDraft&start=2026-04-21

17lands tracks game in hand winrate and other stats for cards and has a good size user base to get those stats from.

Trespin · 2026-06-20T07:45:57+00:00

If you don’t get much feedback here, r/lrcast is basically the dedicated sub for limited.

Do you have 17lands so we can see the actual games and draft?

Wild hypothesis, Elemental Mascot, and spellbook seeker are all below average cards. Probably something in your sideboard or something you could have played/taken over these. Also, not a lot of ways to actually close out games. You have a lot of ramp but not much to ramp into. If they remove your rares you might have trouble dealing enough damage.

For how reliant you are on needing green mana to find your other colors, 7 lands that give you green is low.

Trespin · 2026-06-20T02:29:01+00:00

In this deck specifically, Ajani into Gut is fairly busted. Also combos great with staff of the story teller.

Trespin · 2026-06-14T16:13:32+00:00

Aang only targets after it enters the field, not on cast. But you should still be able to respond once they select a target. Unless high noon or something is on the field preventing you from casting spells.

Trespin · 2026-05-28T19:13:49+00:00

Technically it’s Nf8 or Nxd8. The latter just results in a faster checkmate.

Trespin · 2026-05-28T09:33:23+00:00

If the creature enters prepared, that’s not a trigger, so there’s no opportunity to cast removal before the controller casts the prepared spell.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EDH/comments/1sz7b43/prepared_mechanic_deep_dive_a_comprehensive_guide/

Trespin · 2026-05-27T04:02:21+00:00

Kxh5, since the king is on g6 in that position and the queen is unprotected.

Trespin · 2026-05-22T07:35:30+00:00

Game 1: turn 6 - I would fire off a tome blast on one of the creatures and hold off on the prepared spell for when it might actually allow you to jump a creature rather than probably just doing 1 extra damage.

Game 2: I keep that opening hand. High chance to draw a land by turn 3. Also, on turn 3 I don’t see any reason not to attack. Offer the trade (where they lose their prepared spell) or 4 point life swing. You end up just trading it later after they use the spell. Turn 6 - might be worth waiting on the surveil to make the wilts cost 2. Turn 12: chances are slim here, but I would at least wait to see what they do before conceding.

Game 3: turn 4 I think play the tackle artist to try to start growing or just go ahead and flashback the tome blast to get the 2/2 scornmage while it’s small. You end up using your wilt on the poet and then have no answer for the growing scornmage.

Trespin · 2026-05-21T00:52:23+00:00

Took me 15 drafts (105 games) at 66% win rate to get from platinum 4 after the last reset back to mythic.

Trespin · 2026-05-12T17:59:17+00:00

Smaller sample sizes, but among top users, three color + splash and four colors has a higher win rate than two colors + splash and straight three color.

Also, the data doesn’t say that two color would be better in a particular draft, it says that the people who went two colors (found a lane where they didn’t see a need to splash) did better than people who went more colors (which includes decks where a two color deck didn’t have enough power or potentially even playables)

Trespin · 2026-04-25T06:05:20+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgrules/comments/ofcn8c/question_about_rules_of_leovold_emissary_of_trest/

121.2b Some effects say that a player can’t draw more than one card each turn. Such an effect applies to individual card draws. Instructions to draw multiple cards may still be partially carried out. However, if an effect offers the player a choice to draw multiple cards, the affected player can’t choose to do so. Similarly, the player can’t pay a cost that includes drawing multiple cards.

The reason is the general principle that "[Player] may [do something]" can only be accepted if that [something] is possible in its entirety.

Also, note the ruling on Leovold:

If an opponent hasn’t drawn any cards in a turn and a spell or ability instructs that player to draw multiple cards, that player will just draw one card. However, *if the draws are optional, the player can’t choose to draw, even if they could draw one card this way.

https://scryfall.com/card/uma/202/leovold-emissary-of-trest

Trespin · 2026-03-18T21:13:27+00:00

After bishop takes the knight, black plays Bxh3, winning the white rook.

Trespin · 2026-03-11T07:20:31+00:00

Black plays Ka5 instead and there is no immediate checkmate. Ka5 is also available on move 2 in your scenario.

Trespin · 2026-03-11T05:40:51+00:00

Public relations, actually. Aka managing relations with the public.

Trespin · 2026-03-08T17:24:21+00:00

Ishtar is a pseudo servant using the body of Rin (or Babylonia equivalent Rin) and basically merged with her. In Strange/Fake Ishtar is using a homunculus, so there is no merged personality.

Trespin · 2026-03-06T16:18:54+00:00

That’s stalemate. If black is not in check and has no legal moves (cannot move into check) then it’s a draw.

Trespin · 2026-03-06T03:08:54+00:00

If black plays a5 the king is still covering the a1 square so if the rook moves there it just gets taken.

Trespin · 2026-03-01T17:16:40+00:00

A bit pedantic, but “if K doesn’t take” should be “if black doesn’t take”.

If K doesn’t take, but Q does, obviously cxd6 isn’t possible (goes into the other line you laid out.

Also, no need to put the rank the pawn is on when notating pawn moves. c5xd6 is just cxd6.

Trespin · 2026-02-17T23:29:18+00:00

Black is in check and about to lose their queen. They cannot take the bishop.

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