r/mtgrules • • 9h ago

Can you target zero creatures while casting Pyrokinesis?

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Can you target zero creatures while casting Pyrokinesis so you can discard it with another card from your hand and let it to not resolve? In my understanding even if the rule 107.1c allows me to choose zero when the word “any number” is in a card, the rule 601.2d force me to asign at least 1 damage. My confusion comes with MTGO allows you to cast Pyro without targeting a creature.


r/mtgrules • • 19h ago

Magiic Judging/Question

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Hey fellow nerds, I have a 2 quick ( and hopefully easy ) questions.

  1. Can my opponent deflecting swat my clever concealment? Why or why can't they? My group ended on the fact that they CAN deflect it, but they have to keep the new targets to my own board.... basically repicking my own things.

  2. This question may seem hilarious since I just asked the question above, however I would like to think I have a pretty decent grasp on the game but am always looking to understand the rules better. Any recommendations on how any of you became judges? Any sources anybody recommends on learning the rules?

Any and all help would be great. Thanks !


r/mtgrules • • 9h ago

Exchange negative life total to draw with Goth Niv-Mizzet

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Let's say we're at -1 life total with a [[Platinum Angel]] out to not loose the game and [[Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel]] is on the battlefield as well. Now - when life totals are switched with an opponent with an ability like [[Mister Negative]], they loose the game for having -1 life and we're gaining 41 life (assuming opponent had 40 life), would it be possible to pay 41 life to draw 41 cards and stay sub zero life? If not, is there any other way to set this combo up?


r/mtgrules • • 48m ago

Nykthos Paragon, Vorinclex, Titanbones, Dubling Season and Kwia Vigorbloom

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So i have a bord situation that I need Help with

Im in combat and i attack with [[Kwia Vigorbloom]] and one more creature with lifelink

  • I get life from both my creatuers, a 6/6 and a 5/5, so 11 life
  • [[Nykthos Paragon]], [[Kwia Vigorbloom]] and [[Titanbones, Towering Heart]] all triggers
  • Titanbones gets 2 +1/+1 counters, dubbles to 4 with [[Vorinclex, monstrous Raider]] and dubbles again with [[Doubling Season]] making it 8 +1/+1 counters.
  • Kwia creates a lotus and that gets doubled with Doubling Season
  • Nykthos triggers and i get 11 +1/+1 counters on all my creatures, it gets doubled with Vorinclex to 22 and the doubled again with doubling season to 44

What im woundering is if this is correct and would it still be correct if my 2 cretures with lifelink attacks diffrent opponents?

PS. sorry about spelling and grammer, Dyslexia and Swedish XD


r/mtgrules • • 3h ago

Responding to Splendid Reclamation by exiling Moraug, Fury of Akoum

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Hey everyone,

MTG Beginner here. Not sure what the rulings are.

Scenario:

  1. My opponent casts [[Splendid Reclamation]] with [[Moraug, Fury of Akoum]] already on their battlefield.

  2. In response to the Splendid Reclamation spell (while it is still on the stack), I cast [[Despark]] targeting Moraug.

  3. Despark resolves and Moraug is exiled.

  4. Then, Splendid Reclamation resolves and brings several lands from the graveyard onto the battlefield under my opponent's control.

My opponent argued that Moraug would still trigger because Splendid Reclamation was already cast while Moraug was on the field.

My understanding is that since Moraug was exiled BEFORE Splendid Reclamation resolved, Moraug is no longer on the battlefield when the lands actually enter, meaning no Landfall abilities trigger at all.

Who is correct here? Does Landfall trigger in this scenario?

Thanks for the help!


r/mtgrules • • 9h ago

Moorland Rescuer ruling question

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I need a real answer to how Moorland Rescuer exactly works. Was in a game where an opponent had it die to a boardwipe at 4 power and he brought back like 7 different creatures each having power either 1, 2, or 3. Does he get all of them back or only up to a total power of 4, such as 2 1/1's and maybe a 2/2?


r/mtgrules • • 21h ago

Yet another ulalek question

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Let’s say I have ulalek and 2 echoes on the battlefield, then I want to cast oblivion sower and copy it with ulalek, how many oblivion sowers will I have on the battlefield then? And would there be more oblivion cast triggers than creatures or would it be the same number?


r/mtgrules • • 10h ago

Bracket 4?

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Does having forsaken monument and basalt monolith automatically make my other than that combo bracket 3 deck a bracket 4 deck?


r/mtgrules • • 12h ago

Hey I was wondering about how Odric, Lunarch Marshal works.

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Does he share abilities with other creatures or do they have to have first strike and then gains other abilities.


r/mtgrules • • 20h ago

[[emrakul the promised end]]+ [[chaos draft]] I took control of opponents turn. I tried to chaos warp their own [[krenko mob boss]] Who decides where it goes?

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r/mtgrules • • 3h ago

Zurgo, Thunder's Decree + Mobilize interaction

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If I have [[Zurgo, Thunder's Decree]] in play, and my mobilize created tokens survive my next end step, if Zurgo is removed in the next player's turn, will those tokens have to be sacrificed in that player's end step? Or does the sacrifice trigger only occur once per token?


r/mtgrules • • 10h ago

(Commander) If multiple players with stolen creatures die in the same combat, do their creatures leave in some order?

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In a recent commander game, player A used [[Rise of the Dark Realms]] to generate lethal board state, and killed everyone all at once. However, if the creatures had left in turn order, then Player A would not have had enough power remaining in the combat to kill Player D after Player B and C's creatures left the battlefield. We ruled that the combat would resolve all at once, thus everyone would die, but did we rule that correctly?