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Whose onus is …...
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I found a couple of slightly conflicting explanations of the exact rules of Judge Tower. Some sources say a player loses if they "commit a game rule violation" and others say something like "make a mistake" or "break any rules". If it's really based on making a GRV then that's actually a softer interpretation than what Judge Tower is probably meant to be, since "Game Play Error - Game Rule Violation" doesn't include the other separately-defined GPE of Missed Trigger, among other things (Looking at Extra Cards, Hidden Card Error, Mulligan Procedure, Failure to Maintain Game State).
In that context, I think the intent of Judge Tower is to count any GPE as a loss, including any errors involving the rules of Judge Tower itself regarding playing cards, activating abilities etc. In that case if it's clear no one other than the fifth player noticed the issues before they pointed it out then everyone other than the fifth player loses, since you did GPE-GRV by not removing the cards you "owned" from the game when you lost and the other players besides the fifth did GPE-FtMGS by not noticing the problems and continuing to play instead of fixing them.
February 19, 2025 10:32 a.m. Edited.
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Ketramose + Planar …...
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TypicalTimmy has the right idea.
First, your understanding of Planar Void is correct. It's a triggered ability that triggers when the card goes to the graveyard. When the trigger resolves, the card moves from the graveyard to exile.
If something happens during the Cleanup step that requires a triggered ability to be put onto the stack or a state-based action to be performed, then the game will deal with those things in the normal way, including giving players priority to take actions, and will start another Cleanup step right after it. This will continue until the game finally gets through a Cleanup where none of these extra things needed to happen.
In your example this means if you discard any cards to get down to your max hand size during Cleanup, Planar Void will trigger, causing Ketramose, the New Dawn to trigger. The game will start another Cleanup, you will need to discard again because of the card you drew from Ketramose, and you will keep doing this until you lose from having 0 life or from trying to draw from an empty library.
It's interesting to note that a similar interaction with the Cleanup step is sometimes also used as a "feature" in The Gitrog Monster decks. This Ketramose/Planar Void interaction could also be used as a feature if you have something keeping you from losing the game in one or more of these ways (Angel's Grace, Phyrexian Unlife etc.).
514.3. Normally, no player receives priority during the cleanup step, so no spells can be cast and no abilities can be activated. However, this rule is subject to the following exception:
514.3a At this point, the game checks to see if any state-based actions would be performed and/or any triggered abilities are waiting to be put onto the stack (including those that trigger “at the beginning of the next cleanup step”). If so, those state-based actions are performed, then those triggered abilities are put on the stack, then the active player gets priority. Players may cast spells and activate abilities. Once the stack is empty and all players pass in succession, another cleanup step begins.
February 17, 2025 9:29 a.m.
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Yes that works. The abilities on a permanent (creature, artifact etc.) only apply while it's actually on the battlefield, unless they're specifically relevant in some other zone (flash, can't be countered, a "cast from exile/graveyard" ability etc.). In your example the opponent's creatures don't have indestructible while Avacyn is still a spell on the stack.
February 13, 2025 11:10 a.m.
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Shirei's Delayed Trigger …...
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Yes, Mindless Automaton will return to the battlefield. When an object uses its own name in the rules text of its ability, it means "this object, right here". Turning a creature face down is just a change in status, like tapping it. It does not become a new object. In your example this means when the delayed trigger created by Shirei when the Automaton died triggers and goes onto the stack, it will see the "this object" from the ability still exists and will return the Automaton to the battlefield.
201.5. Text that refers to the object it’s on by name means just that particular object and not any other objects with that name, regardless of any name changes caused by game effects.
February 10, 2025 9:59 a.m. Edited.
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Yes, you have the right idea about both situations.
As Captain Howler's trigger resolves, it sets up one instance of the "Whenever that creature deals combat damage this turn..." triggered ability. Because the Captain's trigger condition is discarding "one or more" cards, the discard event from Reforge the Soul will only trigger the Captain once. Discarding multiple cards to Ghostly Pilferer has to happen in separate, distinct activations of the last ability, and the Captain will trigger after each time you pay the activation cost.
February 5, 2025 12:09 p.m.
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#1Brenard would technically trigger twice, but you're right, you won't be able to get benefits from both of them. If you choose to exile the card for the first trigger that resolves then you won't be able to exile it again for the second trigger and the "if you do" check in the ability will fail.
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