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10 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 6:47PM
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Hi. I am trying to figure out MTG and have a bunch of what I am sure are totally newby questions. I don't know anyone personally who knows the rules better, because I just play with my son. If there is a different place for me to ask these questions, please direct me there!
Here's one of the many questions I have. Roaring Primadox has "At the beginning of your upkeep, return a creature you control to its owner's hand."
In practice, what does "creature you control" mean? Does this mean a creature in my hand? Doesn't make sense. A creature on the battlefield? Doesn't make sense. A creature from my library or the graveyard? That's my theory, but I can't tell from just the description.
Or, for instance Arbor Elf says "Untap target Forest" Can I untap a forest with this card every turn? That causes the Arbor Elf to tap, right? So I basically have the choice of using this card to attack, block, or untap forests? If untap forests, at what stage in each turn does this occur, precisely?
Thanks a lot for any help, and for telling me where to ask many more of such questions that are not in the rules I have been able to find, but are probably too obvious for the people here.
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10 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 6:50PM
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creatures only exist on the battlefield ("creature" is short for "creature permanent") on the stack they are a "creature spell", everywhere else they are a "creature card" you can use any activated ability as often as you can pay the cost, in the case of Arbor Elf  that cost is simply  you can do this any time you have priority, so you decide when the Forest  untaps
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10 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 6:51PM
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1. Creature you control means creature on the battlefield. In your library, graveyard or hand they are reffered to as "creature cards" (on the stack creature spells) Roaring Primadox  2. Yes, if you use his ability, he won't be able to attack, if you attack you won't be able to tap him for his ability. You can use this any time you want, even on your opponents turn. Arbor Elf
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10 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 6:53PM
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Hi, and welcome to the world's premiere trading card game. No, I wasn't paid to say that. On your first question, your Roaring Primadox causes you to return a creature that you control in play to its owner's hand. On the Arbor Elf inquiry: When you activate Arbor Elf's ability, it goes onto the stack. After the the ability leaves the stack, the forest you chose to untap, untaps.
If you have any more questions, then please, feel free to ask them here. This is MTG Q&A, right?
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10 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 6:54PM
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in play
that term has been discontinued
it's called "on the battlefield" now
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10 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 6:59PM
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Each permanent has a controller. Typically, it's the player that brought that permanent onto the battlefield, but other effects  can make controllers change.
Rules Advisor Please autocard: [c ]Disenchant[/c ] = Disenchant  .
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10 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 7:02PM
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OK. Thanks everybody for the really quick replies.
I'm sure I'm being dense, but how would you use Roaring Primadox? Would you use it to return one of your own cards on the battlefield to your hand? Why would you ever do that? Or one of your oponent's cards that you control (even though I thought controlling oponents' cards was primarily a black thing...)
Last time I was into gaming, we played D&D with graph paper and pencils, right after walking home from school uphill both ways in the snow....
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10 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 7:04PM
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Elvish Visionary  or similar cheap ETB effects Thragtusk  also likes to leave the battlefield (and return) nowadays controlling enemy creatures is blue  and red  , rarely black 
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10 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 7:18PM
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10 months ago ::
Aug 01, 2012 - 9:21PM
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Look at cards that have the Ally type. They all have triggers when another ally enters the battle field.
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