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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 8:13PM
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Date Joined:
Feb 11, 2010
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This card says Enchanted land has 'tap': prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to you this turn.
Ok, does this mean, if I have that enchanted on a land, and I have 4 lands total, and play a creature that cost 4 lands (meaning that that one would then tap), does it activate it's ability? to prevent damage.
Also, since it says it prevent 1 damage to YOU, does that mean it will prevent a damage to a creature even if that creature is blocking.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 8:15PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 21, 2006
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«Dystocracy : A system of government in which corrupt leadership colludes with dishonest bankers and greedy elites in order to ensure that productive members of society –people who actually do useful work- bear the greatest share of taxes while gaining the least benefit possible.»
Sounds familiar?
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 8:17PM
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Date Joined:
Jun 21, 2006
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Ok, does this mean, if I have that enchanted on a land, and I have 4 lands total, and play a creature that cost 4 lands (meaning that that one would then tap), does it activate it's ability? to prevent damage.
No. You may tap the enchanted land to obtain mana OR to prevent damage; not both.
since it says it prevent 1 damage to YOU, does that mean it will prevent a damage to a creature even if that creature is blocking.
No. It cannot prevent damage on creature. Only on YOU, the player.
«Dystocracy : A system of government in which corrupt leadership colludes with dishonest bankers and greedy elites in order to ensure that productive members of society –people who actually do useful work- bear the greatest share of taxes while gaining the least benefit possible.»
Sounds familiar?
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 11:22PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 16, 2007
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play a creature that cost 4 lands
1. One casts a creature. This use of play was obsoleted in 2009.
2. Nothing costs 4 lands. I believe you meant "4 mana". Mana is usually produced by lands, but mana and lands are entirely separate things.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 11:32PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 25, 2006
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play a creature that cost 4 lands
1. One casts a creature. This use of play was obsoleted in 2009.
If we're being picky, players do still play cards. The term "play" encompasses both the casting of spells and the playing of lands. It's been used most recently on Search the City  , and is also on Nightveil Specter in Gatecrash.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 11:37PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 16, 2007
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He didn't say "play a card that happens to be creature", he said "play a creature" and that's improper. That use of play was obsoleted in 2009.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 16, 2013 - 11:42PM
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Date Joined:
Aug 25, 2006
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He didn't say "play a card that happens to be creature", he said "play a creature" and that's improper. This use of play was obsoleted in 2009.
In absolutely technical Magic terms, a "creature" (with no specification after it) refers to a creature on the battlefield. So you're right, you don't play creatures. You play creature cards.
But you also don't cast creatures. You cast creature spells.
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5 months ago ::
Jan 17, 2013 - 12:07AM
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Date Joined:
Nov 16, 2007
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You play creature cards.
No, you can't say that as it was obsoleted in 2009. It was deemed confusing.
ok:
- play a card
- play a land
- cast a creature spell
informal:
- cast a creature (short for "cast a creature spell")
not ok:
- play a creature
- play a creature spell
- play a creature card
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5 months ago ::
Jan 17, 2013 - 12:29AM
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not ok:
- play a creature
- play a creature spell
- play a creature card
Only if you're a pedant.
Players can play cards. Some cards are creatures. Ergo, players can play cards which are creatures. For all practical intents and purposes, this is "playing a creature card", which in the case of nonland creature cards (ie, "all of them except Dryad Arbor  ") is one and the same thing as casting it. "Play a creature [spell/card]" is perfectly acceptable informal speech.
Lighten up, Feigel.
And so people say to me, "How do I know if a word is real?" You know, anyone who's read a children's book knows that love makes things real. If you love a word, use it! That makes it real. Being in the dictionary is an artificial distinction; it doesn't make the word any more real than any other word. If you love a word, it becomes real.
--Erin McKean, Redefining the Dictionary
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5 months ago ::
Jan 17, 2013 - 2:33AM
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- Beware of Falling Body Parts
Date Joined:
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I dream of Beer Head Armies. Autocard is our friend. [c]Urborg Mindsucker[/c] → Urborg Mindsucker 
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