Hypothetical situation:  Player A has one creature and player B has also one creature. Now the player A casts a black spell to destroy the creature  and targeting player's B creature. If creature B gets protections from black does the player A need to target the only possible target left in the game and that is his creature? What if the creature B would be returned to hand instead? Is it the same?
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When you have a card like  which reads "Exile Target Creature with power 3 or less", as I understand it, it becomes untargetable if the opponent's creature power increases thanks to a pump spell like .  But what if the Disregard is already on the stack and targeting; and they respond with Brute Strength? I'm pretty sure (and my opponent with Brute Strength was certain) that it won't exile the creature, but I don't know which rule states this, and there's no gatherer ruling on the spell.
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The "Damage Rolls" section of the rules (PHB p. 196, also in the ) says this:     If a spell or other effect deals damage to more than one target at the same time, roll the damage once for all of them. For example, when a wizard casts fireball or a cleric casts flame strike, the spell’s damage is rolled once for all creatures caught in the blast.   The Magic Missile spell (PHB p. 257, also in the ) has this effect:     You create three glowing darts of magical force. Each dart hits a creature of your choice that you can see within range. A dart deals 1d4 + 1 force damage to its target. The darts all strike simultaneously, and you can direct them to hit one creature or several.    If I target three different creatures with the darts, the spell says quite clearly says that the darts strike at the same time and the Damage Rolls rule says that in that case (as multiple targets are being dealt damage at the same time) I roll only once for all of them. So my reading of that is that I roll my four-sided die just once, add 1, and apply that much damage to each target. Is that correct? It seems the straightforward reading, but then the next scenarios make me unsure. If I target just one creature with all three darts, then it seems that the "more than one target" clause of the Damage Rolls would no longer apply. So, does that mean that I effectively roll 3d4+3 (rolling my four-sided die three separate times, one for each dart), since there's no longer anything saying to use the same roll for each dart? And how about if I target creature A with one dart, and creature B with two darts? Per the Damage Rolls section I should roll once for both of them, but that doesn't make any sense they should be taking different amounts of damage, right?   I'm sure I'm just reading things too literally, but it all seems rather contradictory to me, and now I'm unsure how many dice should be rolled for Magic Missile in any scenario. Is there further direction somewhere I'm missing? (I currently only have the PHB, the Starter Box, and the online Basic Rules, so maybe there's more guidance in the other books? I wouldn't think so, though.)
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Say my opponent plays a planeswalker during their first main phase.  I have a  or some other effect that will kill it after it is already in play, but before they use any of its abilities.  I could respond to them using a +1 ability, but I want to kill it before that effect goes on the stack.  In most casual situations, it would basically come down to whether I say "Hero's Downfall" first, or they say "+1" first.  But I can't imagine that's how it's supposed to work.  Is there a time between when the planeswalker hits the battlefield and when they activate its abilities that they must let me respond? It seems to me that situations like this arise frequently, and they are resolved simply by who speaks up first, which is horrible for such a rules-oriented game.
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I got attacked by 2  (1/1 infect unblockable), a  (3/1 unblockable) paired with  (2/1 and when paired both creatures get "Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card") and Tandem Lookout itself (which was unblockable due to an effect).  I tapped my  (tap: "Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn") to prevent 2 damage to me.  My question is: who's damage will be prevented?  Does my opponent decide the order in which the attacking creatures attack during the Declare Attackers Step? Or does he decide that during the Combat Damage Step?  We couldn't find this in the Comp. Rules, so my opponent said his Latch Seeker(3/1) was prevented by 2, but this way I got 2 poison counters and he drew 2 cards. I would have liked to prevent the two poison counters or to only let him draw 1 card (by preventing Tandem lookout).
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Yesterday, our group was fighting a boss, and I had successfully thrown a net to restrain him (a condition which he could end by either using an Action to make a DC 10 Strength check, or by doing 5 slashing damage to the net by attacking it at disadvantage).  On a subsequent turn, as the boss was still netted, I decided to throw another net (which hit him too), with the objective to force him to use two Actions (or two successful attacks) to free itself.  The DM accepted the "stacking nets" effect, but I'm wondering if it was legitimate, considering that same-name game effects cannot stack at the same place and time, or something like that.  My question is : can you apply multiple net effects to a single target, thus forcing it to spend multiple actions (or attacks) to free itself from the restrained condition ?  An argument in favor of a "yes" would be to say that the different nets cover different parts of the target's body. An argument for a "no" would be to say that a net, by default, covers the entire body, and therefore, the anti-same-name-effect-stacking rule would apply there.
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Rules Question:     Player A attack with 1/2 creature Player B block with  with 1 +1/+1 counter And now can player B use Walking Ballista activation ability, after combat damage but before it go to graveyard, to kill 1/2 creature?
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Many older cards refer to players or opponents, e.g. "deal 3 damage to target player". Can any of these be used on planeswalkers, beyond the fact that you can simply attack them with creatures?  For example:   Would my opponent discard a card if  damaged a planeswalker they control? Would my opponent, the planeswalker, neither, or both amass poison counters from an unblocked ? Can  target a planeswalker? Does  affect planeswalkers? Can  prevent damage to a Planeswalker? Would  be obligated to take damage being dealt to a planeswalker? Can a planeswalker gain loyalty from ? Can  prevent damage to a planeswalker?
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What happens if I dip below 1 life from an effect that will also heal me after the damage is dealt?  For example:   If I bolt myself while I'm at 3 or less with a  on the board? Will I die while at 3 or less if I -2 , targeting myself? Will I die if a creature with my  on it damages me? Will I die if I target myself with enough damage to 'kill' me with a ?   and so on and so forth. You get the idea. I'm pretty sure there's a relatively simple answer that I just don't know about.
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In Magic: The Gathering, the rules for a player losing in a multiplayer game are quite complex, so I'd like to try to understand them by example. I would be happy to ask each of these situations as a separate question if that is preferred, but they all seem related, and I would love to have one place to look up all of these answers.  Let's say I'm playing with two friends, Bob and Chloe, in a simple free for all. Unfortunately, I lose. When I lose, suppose the following:   I controlled an  which has exiled Bob's , does he get his bear back? I have a  on the stack targeting Chloe, does Chloe take the 2 damage still? Earlier in the turn I cast  to prevent damage to one of Bob's . If it later takes 3 damage, will that damage be prevented? Something I controlled gave Bob a 1/1 soldier token. What happens to the token? Something Chloe controlled gave me a 1/1 soldier token. What happens to the token? I had a  enchanting one of Bob's army of . What happens to the bear? I had also played  on Bob's final . What happens to the last bear? Chloe had  my . What happens to the Clone? Are there any other situations specifically addressed by the rules?
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says:     A humanoid killed by this spell rises at the start of your next turn as a zombie that is permanently under your command   If a player is hit by finger of death and dropped to 0hp, do they turn into a zombie immediately? If they subsequently fail death saves and die, do they then turn into a zombie?
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What would happen if I 'd a creature that had been enchanted by a bestow creature and cast a spell to give it protection from the enchantment's color on it to remove the bestowed creature?  For instance:  They have just bestowed a  on a  and passes the turn. I use Portent of Betrayal to take control of the Asphodel Wanderer, attack and in the second main I cast Gods Willing to give the Asphodel Wanderer protection from black. Nighthowler detaches and where does it go, my control, opponents control or graveyard?  As an additional question, in the same vein:  What if I destroyed the creature while it was on my side? So change the gods willing to a hero's downfall in the example.  Relevent (under state-based actions):     704.5n If an Aura is attached to an illegal object or player, or is not attached to an object or player, that Aura is put into its owner's graveyard.
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When I attack with a first strike creature, does it deal combat damage before normal combat damage is dealt?  Specifically, if I attack with  (has first strike and "Whenever Drana, Liberator of Malakir deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on each attacking creature you control.") and 5 other creatures with no counters on them, do I deal damage equal to the creatures' total power or damage equal to the creatures' total power + 5?
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My opponent declared attack with a flying creature, after that I declared a blocker with my own flying creature. He then cast , targeting my blocker.   My creature was a 6/6 flying, my opponent had a 3/3.  The judge said that after he casts Turn to Frog my creature still blocks the flying but turned to 1/1.  Is it correct that my creature still blocks the flying creature but becomes a 1/1 before dealing and taking damage?
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Let's say that a player uses the ready action and says "If a character aims at me with a weapon, I'll use Teleport to move behind cover."  What happens? Does this work? If not, please cite the rules to explain why not.
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Within the same phase, once a stack of spells has resolved in its entirety, is priority once again given to a player so that more spells may be cast?  For example:  I attack with a creature. Opponent opts not to block. Now, I want to buff (e.g. +3/+3) my creature multiple times, but I'm afraid of my opponent responding with a burn (e.g. Deal 3 damage) spell at the top of the stack. Can I buff once, ask if opponent wants to respond, then allow the stack to resolve. Then, in the same phase, cast more buff?
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My friend is 2 weapon fighting a flesh golem. He has one sword that does lightning damage, and one sword that does fire damage. His right hand holds the lightning sword, and his left hand holds the fire sword.  My friend wants to attack with his left hand because lightning heals the golem. However, the DM says that because his left hand is his left hand, he can't use it as his "main" hand, and only attack with it. Is this rules as written/intended?
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My opponent has a  with scads of loyalty. I've got a  and a  on the battlefield.  He activates Sorin's "ultimate" ability, targeting Gideon.     -6: Destroy up to three target creatures and/or other planeswalkers. Return each card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.   Is there any way I can use the Spellbomb to prevent my opponent from stealing Gideon after he is sent to my graveyard?