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Feb 22, 2012 -- 6:42AM, antkour wrote:

First issue: Opponent's mortivore was 6/6 and I attacked into it with a fiery hellhound pumped to 6/2. The opponent was tapped out so he could not regenerate. My creature died while his survived, getting a stat increase from my creature dying. Shouldn't both creatures go to graveyard at the same time?

I think this is not a bug. Im no expert, but the reason mortivore didnt die is because everything happens at the same time, so, the creatures dealt damage to each other, fiery hellhound goes to the graveyard, instantly making mortivore a 7/7, allowing him to survive because it only has 6 damage assigned. You should've pumped ur creature to 7/2 (if possible) in order to kill mortivore.

I was in the middle of an epic Trinity of Elements mirror match last night, (I won but almost milled myself in the process) and came across a few issues.

1.  My opponent played Hornet Cannon quite early in the game but it wasn't tapping and untapping like it should as a visual aid so at times I was unsure whether it was tapped or not.  It was sporadic.  I played Hornet Cannon myself later in the game and it seemed to be working fine.

2.  My opponent has Riku of Two Reflections and 2 Ronin Warclub 's on the table.  They play a Hellspark Elemental and pay the copy cost.  After the whole play has resolved each hellspark is equipped with 1 warclub each.  Unless I'm overlooking something this shouldn't be possible as both clubs should be equipped to the last creature that entered the battlefield.

I can't remember the exact order of play but on second thought I think that the rough order of play went: Warclub, Rikku, Warclub, Hellspark.  Could this explain it?

3.  I don't think the following is a bug but would like some confirmation that it isn't.  I have Rikku on the table and play a Bloodbraid Elf and pay the copy cost.  Am I right in saying that I don't get the cascade with the copy because it wasn't cast; it was created on the stack?  This is how it happened in the game.

Thank you.

Feb 23, 2012 -- 3:48AM, Orthor wrote:

2.  My opponent has Riku of Two Reflections and 2 Ronin Warclub 's on the table.  They play a Hellspark Elemental and pay the copy cost.  After the whole play has resolved each hellspark is equipped with 1 warclub each.  Unless I'm overlooking something this shouldn't be possible as both clubs should be equipped to the last creature that entered the battlefield.

I can't remember the exact order of play but on second thought I think that the rough order of play went: Warclub, Rikku, Warclub, Hellspark.  Could this explain it?

Hellspark enters the battlefield. Riku's and both Warclub's abilities trigger. I don't know how the game handles such a situation, but in tabletop Magic the player who controls the triggers chooses the order they go to the stack. So all three things are possible:

* If he lets Riku's ability resolve first. The token will be created, triggering both Warclub's ability again. These second triggers will resolve before the original ones, so the warclubs equip the token first, then go to the original one. End result: original Hellspark equipped by both Warclubs.

* If he orders the triggers Warclub-Riku-Warclub: one Warclub equips the original Hellspark. Riku's creates the token, triggering both Warclub's again. Both Warclubs are moved to the token; later, the last Warclub trigger moves it to the original one. End result: each Hellspark equipped by a Warclub.

* If he lets Riku's ability to resolve last: original Hellspark is equipped by both Warclubs, then the token is created, and then the Warclubs move to it. End result: token Hellspark equipped by both Warclubs.

Again, I don't know how the game handles the ordering. Any result is possible, the player must be able to choose how this plays.

3.  I don't think the following is a bug but would like some confirmation that it isn't.  I have Rikku on the table and play a Bloodbraid Elf and pay the copy cost.  Am I right in saying that I don't get the cascade with the copy because it wasn't cast; it was created on the stack?  This is how it happened in the game.

The copy is only created when the Elf enters the battlefield, i.e., after it has left the stack. So the copy is created on the battlefield.

But even if Riku copies an instant or sorcery with cascade (like Violent Outburst ; this copy is created on the stack), cascade doesn't trigger because the copy wasn't cast.

Feb 23, 2012 -- 5:39AM, Orthor wrote:

With regards to Bloodbraid Elf , just to clarify, are you saying that because the copy was created on the battlefield I shouldn't get an extra cascade with the copy?

You shouldn't get cascade for the copy.

Cascade triggers when you cast the spell (it says When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top etc...); creating a copy of the spell, or a copy of the creature after it has entered the battlefield, doesn't triggers the copy's Cascade, because you're not casting the copy.

In the new Knight-tribal deck, Alaborn Cavalier has a triggered may ability but there is no way to choose not to activate it, which is kind of annoying if your opponent has no creatures and the Cavalier has vigilance from Sword of Vengance or if you'd rather give the opponent a chance to block with a creature you'd rather kill.