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RT = Rules Team

IN THIS DIGEST:

Announcements and Clarifications
1. M'Rika vs. Purity.
2. Agram's Staff and Crushing Spells.
3. Ups and Nodj.
4. Stacking Ralas.
5. Simultaneous effect resolution.
6. Ninx's Cloak vs. Climbing Staff.
7. Sandswirl's beginning.
Non-Legal Limited Cards

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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS

None at this time.

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douglascamp (douglascamp@...) writes:

1. Let's say I have 5 Orothe Relics in play (one of them Orlon's Ring),
3 Creatures in play, and M'rika as my current Magi with another Magi
yet to be shown. As I end my turn M'rika has no energy on her.

The question is this. What happens? Does M'rika's ability go off
first, or does Orlon's Ring go off first, or third possiblity I get
to choose which goes off first?

RT - When two card effects are triggered simultaneously, the owner of the
effects chooses the order they resolve in. Both Effects mentioned will be
triggered at the same time (end of your turn), and since you control the
order they resolve in, you choose which will resolve first. If you resolve
Purity, then M'rika will gain five energy, and then Interchange will fail
because she has energy. If you resolve Interchange first, M'rika will
Interchange, the next Magi will receive their starting energy, then Purity
will resolve and add five energy to the new Magi.

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Zoz (zoz@...) writes:

2. If Agram has Agram's Staff in play, he is allow to play any card that
specifically says it can be played by a Shadow Magi. Does this mean that he
can play any of the Crushing spells, regardless of region?

RT - No; the Crushing Spells are more specifically restrictive because they
specifically do not allow non-Shadow, non-regional Magi to play them, as
opposed to the Staff, which gives a blanket "okay" to the cards of any Shadow
Magi.

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douglascamp asks again:

3. Since Bagala Fangs' Ups Power lasts until the start of your next
turn, does a Nodj's current energy be "restored" to 10 if it had Ups
used on it the turn before?

RT - No; effects that end at a specific time stop immediately before effects
that would occur at that same time. Ups will end, then Nodj will restore
itself to five starting energy.

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loque (guildofthemagi@...) writes:

4. i was wondering if having a rala tail nd 3 ralas in play
allows each of my creatures to use their powers 5 times in one turn.
i think so because A) the effects don't say they can't stack and B)
yaki's guantlets work kinda the same way.

RT - No; note that Yaki's Gauntlets use the phrase 'an additional time'
whereas all of the Ralas and the Tail use 'one additional time'. They will
not be cumulative with each other.

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Mike (mont1983@...) writes:

5. Im pretty sure I know the answer to this but I just want to check.
If I have two different Effects on the table that say "at the end of
your turn...", do I choose which one happens first?

RT - Yes; whenever simultaneous effects happen, each player decides the order
their effects will resolve, beginning with the active player, and continuing
in play order. For example, the following "When a Creature (or similar) is
played" effects are in play:

Your Magi is Ogar (Feral Instinct).
The opponent has in play Wudge (Strengthen) with 2E.

It is your turn, and you play Koil (Nightmare).

When the Koil enters play, three Effects are triggered: Feral Instinct,
Strengthen, and Nightmare. You're the active player, and you control both
Feral Instinct and Nightmare; you choose to, obviously, use Nightmare to
discard one energy from the Wudge (Now at 1E). You roll for Feral Instinct
and end up with discarding one energy, and you choose the Wudge again,
discarding 1E and reducing it to 0E. Now would be the time that Strengthen
would normally resolve, but the Wudge is discarded the moment it reaches 0E,
and never receives the Strengthen bonus.

If you had rolled to add one energy to a Creature and given it to the Koil,
however, then Strengthen would have resolved and added one energy to the
Wudge, raising it back to 2E.

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paliden99 (paliden99@...) writes:

6. Ninx has Rayje's cloak in play with no energy.
Ninx stare down the opposing magi.
The opposing player drops a climbing staff.
Who would win out in this situation.

RT - The Climbing Staff. The Climbing Staff does not prevent the use of the
Power, it lets the Power happen, it just makes it 'do nothing'.

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7. If sandswirl is played against a Magi when does it go into affect?
Does it go into affect immediately OR on the next turn? This came up
in a local tournament.

RT - Immediately; currently, whenever a card refers to the 'next X turns', it
includes the current turn as well. Future cards will be templated to state "X
turns, beginning with the current one".

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NON-LEGAL LIMITED CARDS

The following list of cards is provided as a reference to cite current,
non-legal promotional cards, and their expected legal date:

Power of the Creators: No date currently planned.
Tony at a Con: No date currently planned.
Dan (including alternate artwork): No date currently planned.
Dan (Tony Jones Universal version): No date currently planned.
Ludi: No date currently planned.

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1. Do not answer rules questions on the list, even if they are not preceded
by a [RULES] note.
2. Old rules digests may be found in the Files section of the listserv:
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Please check previous digests before asking a question to be certain it has
not been answered before.
3. Include [RULES] in the subject of all rules posts, otherwise the rules
team may miss the question for the digest.
4. We must stress again the first rule; those who continually violate this
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