Subject: Magic The Gathering Rules Quiz Someone a few days ago suggested that there should be a Rules Quiz for Magic: The Gathering. This quiz would test your knowledge of the rules; provide insight and be a good test for judges of tournaments. [Judges should score above 95% on this]. Well, here's a first draft. 16 questions, 125 points total. 90 is good, 112 (90%) is excellent, and 125 is NetRep! [Mostly stuff is 1 point for each part.] Suggestions for expanding, clarifying and other good ideas are welcome. Answers will be posted tomorrow afternoon (Sunday) Magic: The Gathering Rules Quiz Version 1.0: 2/4/95 Based on the card text and rulings summaries released 1/15/95 1) Which of the following effects can kill a Black Knight? a) Wrath of God b) Terror c) Lightning Bolt d) Swords to Plowshares e) Prodigal Sorcerer tapping to do 1 point of damage to the Knight in two consecutive turns f) 2 Weakness Enchantments g) An attacking White Knight h) An attacking Deathlaced White Knight i) An attacking weakened Juggernaut j) Pestilence (for 2 points) 2) Using a Circle of Protection: Red, list how much damage can be prevented and how much it will cost. a) Lightning bolt targetting you. b) Lightning bolt targetting your Juggernaut c) Fireball for 2 points against you. d) Fireball for 6 points split against you and your Juggernaut. e) Inferno f) Hurricane g) Blood of the Martyr, then Inferno. h) Red Elemental Blast on your Prodigal Sorcerer i) Wheel of Fortune j) Mana burn from red mana from a Mountain. k) Mana burn from red mana from a Chaoslaced Mountain 3) Which of the following creatures can block an attacking White Knight? What is the outcome of combat? a) Mesa Pegasus b) Druuge Skeletons c) Sengir Vampire with 4 counters. d) Juggernaut e) Benalish Hero + Mesa Pegasus f) 2 Llanowar Elves + Mesa Pegasus g) 2 Benalish Heros + Druuge Skeleton h) 2 Scryb Sprites i) 3 Scryb Sprites j) 4 Scryb Sprites k) Pearled Unicorn with Regeneration 4) Which of the following creatures can be copied with a Clone? What is the result? a) Pearled Unicorn b) Juggernaut c) Sengir Vampire with 4 counters d) Icatian Javelineer with no counters e) Rock Hydra with 12 counters f) A Saporling token g) Basalt Monolith with Animate Artifact h) Ornithopter with Holy Strength and Earthbind i) Grizzly Bears affected by Ashnod's Transmogrant j) Atog that has eaten 5 artifacts this turn k) A Doppleganger of a Sengir Vampire. The Doppleganger has 3 counters. The original Sengir Vampire has 5 counters. l) A Sea Serpent controlled by opponent. You have no islands. [Don't ask me where your getting the mana for the Clone] 5) List the following phases in sequential order within a turn: Discard, Draw, Heal Creatures, Inform Opponent, Main Phase, Untap, Upkeep 6) Which of the phases listed in #5 allow fast effects? 7) What is the casting cost of the following items: a) Atog b) Clone of an Atog c) Doppleganger of an Atog d) Rock Hydra being cast with 5 heads e) Rock Hydra in play with 5 heads f) Saporling g) Drain Life for 5 points h) Disintegrate for 5 points i) Fireball for 20 points (total) split among 4 creatures. j) Fork of Giant Growth as it is being cast k) Fork of Giant Growth as it is resolving l) Swamp 8) What is the color of the following items: a) Mesa Pegasus b) Serendib Efreet c) Dark Heart of the Wood d) Saproling e) Ornithopter f) Crimson Kobolds g) Swamp h) Savannah i) Chaoslaced Prodigal Sorcerer j) Chaoslaced Dark Heart of the Wood k) Clone of a Black Knight l) Doppleganger of a Black Knight 9) Are the following situations legal? Explain. a) Terroring an Ornithopter b) Casting Terror on a Benalish Hero as a fast effect responding to opponent casting Black Ward on the Benalish Hero c) Casting Lightning Bolt on a Benalish Hero as a fast effect responding to opponent casting Red Ward on the Benalish Hero d) Using Spell Blast to counter a Prodigal Sorcerer's ability e) Spending 4 mana and tapping the Fountain of Youth to gain 2 life. f) Spending 2 mana on one Soul Net to gain 2 life when one creature dies. g) Spending 1 mana each on two Soul News to gain 2 life when 1 creature dies. 10) True or False: a) A Samite Healer can tap to prevent a Prodigal Sorcerer's damage on himself. b) A Samite Healer can tap to prevent the effect of Weakness on himself. c) Creatures die at the end of a turn. d) Creatures die at the end of a phase. e) Players die at the end of a turn. f) Players die at the end of a phase. g) You can cast Blue elemental Blast at a green spell and then cast Sleight of Mind to change 'red' to 'green'. h) You can Terror a Prodigal Sorcerer in response to his special ability being used to prevent the point of damage. i) You can use a tapped Soul Net to gain life. j) You can use a tapped Combat Medic to prevent damage. k) You can Drain Life a Juggernaut for 6 points of life. l) You can Drain Life a Juggernaut with 2 damage for 3 points of life. 11) Who is Tim? 12) Was the Wyluli Wolf named after Tom Wylie? 13) What three things are wrong with the following action? "I attack myself with my Sengir Vampire, block with the Druuge skeletons, regenerate the skeletons, and put a +1/+1 counter on the Vampire" 14) If Winter Orb, Smoke, and Living Lands are out, what (exactly) can you untap each turn? 15) Which of the following creatures will untap when a Meekstone is in play? [Assume all costs are paid] a) Scryb Sprites b) Juggernaut c) Juggernaut with Paralyze d) An Atog which ate 10 artifacts last turn. e) A Craw Wurm that was affected by the Sorceress Queen last turn. f) An Atog with Unholy Strength g) Khabul Ghoul with 4 counters. h) Grizzly Bears captured using Seasinger. You are choosing to untap the Seasinger i) A Juggernaut being affected by Phyrexian Gremlins. You are choosing to untap the Gremlins. j) A Grizzly Bear affected by an Elvish Hunter last turn. The Elvish Hunter was also killed last turn. k) An Ornithopter being affected by Phyrexian Gremlins last turn. The Gremlins were killed last turn. l) A Weakened Basalt Monolith while Titania's Song is out. 16) If there is only one artifact in play, list all of the differences between casting Shatterstorm and casting Shatter on the one artifact.