Comments on: Punting All the Way to the Finals – SCG Legacy Open: KC, 2nd

By: Will Hooten

Will Hooten — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:41:23 +0000

Look at that sexy name drop.

By: Napo

Napo — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:42:32 +0000

You lost to a very strong goblin deck, which usually is very effective against merfolks because of the Goblin Piledriver. I'm trying to create a merfolk deck that beats that deck, but it's not being easy… I miss your decklist…
Congratulations for the 2nd place and for writing this entertaining article.

By: Corbin Hosler

Corbin Hosler — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:49:28 +0000

@Stefan
Yes, that seems to be a typo. It was, in fact, a Player Communication Error violation.

By: Corbin Hosler

Corbin Hosler — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:33:05 +0000

@McNutt
We're dong this on Twitter as well, but I figured I'd post it on here as well for those seeing it. My problem was with the Judge telling me I had to remind my opponents of "may" triggers and the Player Communication Violation warning I received by not reminding him of his "may" triggers. I understand the warning means very little in the end, but it's still frustrating, and more importantly, wrong.

By: FateCreatr

FateCreatr — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:14:19 +0000

The judge made the right call on the Counterbalance issue. The short answer is that all triggered abilities, ALWAYS trigger, even "may" abilities. The may abilities resolution is where there is a decision to use them or not. I'll quote the specific rules.

603.2. Whenever a game event or game state matches a triggered ability’s trigger event, that ability
automatically triggers. The ability doesn’t do anything at this point.

603.5. Some triggered abilities’ effects are optional (they contain “may,” as in “At the beginning of
your upkeep, you may draw a card”). These abilities go on the stack when they trigger, regardless of
whether their controller intends to exercise the ability’s option or not. The choice is made when the
ability resolves. Likewise, triggered abilities that have an effect “unless” something is true or a
player chooses to do something will go on the stack normally; the “unless” part of the ability is
dealt with when the ability resolves.

By: Derfington

Derfington — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:08:40 +0000

I love Legacy, and I'm happy to see a QS'er crushing it 🙂 While you were lucky enough not to face Zoo, you obv know what you're doing. I think this is the second Goblins 5k win in recent memory, and that can't be a coincidence, either.

Fish seemed like a good choice with all the Top-Goyf decks you faced, and I'm impressed you beat Green and Taxes, as I imagine it would have been a tough matchup.

I'm no judge, but I definitely disagree with the call in round 5. I'd like to hear Mr. Knudson's thoughts on this scenario 🙂

Glad to hear you had fun. Look forward to more reports in the future!