MTG Ask a Judge thread

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This thread is a place to ask rulings, policy questions, etc.

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Does Phyrexian Metamorph exit the battlefield as the cloned permanent? More specifically: Does Phyrexian Metamorph enter the graveyard as a copy of another permanent or does he lose that ability?

Can I use Phyrexian Metamorph as an extra Myr Retriever?

Yes. "Dies" triggered abilities trigger from the battlefield, so that works. The old combo is cloning a persist/undying creature, killing it and bringing it back as something else.

Strangely enough I was just looking at Yixlid Jailer's rulings where this is mentioned.

Please explain ninjutsu

Gratz on your contract

at what point does a clone stop being whatever it is that it cloned? this came up in recent game where a player wanted his Lazav to copy clone that died that had copied Sheoldred

Alright, so when you attack with some dudes, after your opponent blocks, but before the damage step, you can activate the Ninjitsu ability of the creature in your hand and swap any unblocked creature with it, by which point it's too late for them to change their blockers, so your ninja will get through unblocked. It's not too late to, say, Doom Blade it, though.

Technically you can activate Ninjitsu after the damage step as well, if you're into that kind of thing. It just won't get to deal any damage.

Basically, you swing with a Spellstutter Sprite and a Delver of Secrets, they block your delver and your Sprite pulls off a mask and says "Ahah! It was me, Ninja of the Deep Hours, all along!". Then your sprite is in your hand.

Thanks!
It stops being a copy as soon as it hits the bin. It was never a Sheoldred in the graveyard. The difference is, while both Lazav and, say Persist, trigger on the field and resolve in the grave, Lazav looks at what the card in the graveyard is apon resolution, while Persist doesn't care. Lazav see's a 0/0 clone and probably doesn't turn into it, but Persist just says "hey, you didn't have any counters on you, lets come back for a second round".

I keep forgetting to put my name back on after shitposting in other threads.

Chalice of the void. What are all the penalties for missing triggers on both sides of the chalice at all the different rules enforcement levels? I mostly just want to know at what point,if any, do i get away with running into my own triggers and "forgetting." Thanks in advance!

If you run into your own triggers and "forget", you're cheating and will be disqualified if caught, at any REL.

If you legitimately forget at Regular we're gonna have a conversation about how you managed to do that. If we're at a higher REL, you're gonna have to do a lot more work to convince me it was an accident. Also comes with a warninig (missed detrimental trigger) at a higher REL.

alright now what about playing against an opponent's chalice. are there penalties for running into my opponent's and "forgerting."