If an opponent and I both control a legendary permanent with the name Juri, Master of the Revue, does the legendary rule apply?
Asked by MartinEMcArthur 6 months ago
Sorry if a question like this has been asked a million times, but the other night my buddies were saying that the legendary rule keeps two of the same legendary’s from being on the battlefield at the same time regardless of who’s controlling them. I’m not sure if that’s true though. Last Sunday I was playing with coworkers and a dude made a token copy of my Avacyn, Angel of Hope and no one brought up the legendary rule. I’ve read the part of the rule that says: “If two or more legendary permanents with the same name are controlled by the same player, that player chooses one of them, and the rest are put into their owners' graveyards.” I don’t see how that would keep opponents from making a copy of someone else’s legendary, or even keep two opponents from playing the same commander. If there’s a part in the rule that I’m overlooking please let me know and thanks in advance.
MartinEMcArthur says... #2
Rhadamanthus Thanks, I’m definitely glad that’s the current rule now, even if it would put me at a disadvantage in certain scenarios haha
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
You found the correct current rules. Each player is allowed to have one. Your buddies are thinking of an older version of the rules that only allowed one between all players. The change to the current rules that allows each player to have one happened with the Magic 2014 core set.
May 9, 2024 11:38 a.m.