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Please do not post a new rulings thread if you aren't going to put the appropriate information in the opening post.

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sorry, my bad. Meant to do so, but I got called away right after posting, before I could put the info in and forgot about it.

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If i Copy Artifact a Gilded Lotus, and then play Copy Enchantment on the Copy Artifact, Will the Copy Enchantment become a Gilded Lotus because Copy Artifact retains its enchantment type?

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Originally posted by KyleHauser:
Just clarifying ,

If i Copy Artifact a Gilded Lotus, and then play Copy Enchantment on the Copy Artifact, Will the Copy Enchantment become a Gilded Lotus because Copy Artifact retains its enchantment type?

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1. Play Gilded Lotus.
2. Play Copy Artifact on Gilded Lotus; Copy Artifact changes types and is now a card called Gilded Lotus, Artifact Enchantment, T: add three mana of any one color.
3. Play Copy Enchantment targeting Copy of Gilded Lotus, you now have a Enchantment Artifact Enchantment Gilded Lotus, a Artifact Enchantment Gilded Lotus and a Gilded Lotus.

enjoi.

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Originally posted by Myy:
If my opponent has worship in play, and a 1/1 creature and I Earthquake. Does he die, or is he still at 1 life?

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Originally posted by Kyzneg:
The opponent is still at 1 life. All damage from earthquake is dealt simultaneously, so when it would be dealt, Worship still sees a creature and the replacement effect is applied.

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No replacement effect.

Earthquake deals 1 damage to each creature and each player, the damage is dealt simultaneously. The 1/1 dies, however the Worship prevents the player from taking that 1 damage, since the creature was still present at the time that damage was applied.

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Originally posted by joz:
No replacement effect.

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If you control a creature, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.

seems to be a replacement effect to me.

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Originally posted by choco man:
If I use tezzeret agent of bolas ability on an animated inkmoth nexus, does it stay a 5/5 for as long as its in play?

If so, when I reactivate inkmoth, does it turn back into a 1/1 and then eot turn back into a 5/5?

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first part: Yes. Tezzeret's ability does not have a duration so it remains a 5/5 creature.

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Originally posted by caquaa:

If you control a creature, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.

seems to be a replacement effect to me.

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Nevermind, the way you wrote it seemed as if you were referring to another part of the Worship effect being a replacement. Had to re-read your post a few times.

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Originally posted by joz:
No replacement effect.

Earthquake deals 1 damage to each creature and each player, the damage is dealt simultaneously. The 1/1 dies, however the Worship prevents the player from taking that 1 damage, since the creature was still present at the time that damage was applied.

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"Worship does not prevent damage. It causes some damage to be unable to lower your life total. So any damage rendered useless by Worship was still dealt and is counted by effects that track the amount of damage done to a player. In addition, Worship does not prevent loss of life, so loss of life bypasses Worship."

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Originally posted by mulder:
Does Academy Rector still work when it is killed an Humility is in play?

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Originally posted by flashpower:
how would turns go if i had one lighthouse chronologist on the field. two? three?

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From The Gatherer

The effects of multiple level 7 Lighthouse Chronologists are cumulative. If you control two of them in a two-player game, you'll take three turns for each turn your opponent takes.

So if you have 1 fully-leveled Chronologist, the turn order would be Opponent, You, You, Opponent, You, You, etc. For each additional fully-leveled Chronologist, add and extra turn for you each time.
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I have a few questions concerning my new EDH deck I am buidling. The commander I want to use is: Zur the Enchanter.

His ability is:

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Legendary Creature - Human Wizard 1 / 4
Flying
Whenever Zur the Enchanter attacks, you may search your library for an enchantment card with converted mana cost 3 or less and put it onto the battlefield. If you do, shuffle your library.

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Here is the 1st question:
What if Zur has been enchanted with Robe of Mirrors or Diplomatic Immunity and I declare an attack with him, so I can fetch an Enchantment and I fetch (for instance) battle mastery can I attach the enchantment to him?

since it doesn't target, shroud will not stop it.

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Originally posted by wisknudde:
I am wondering something else then: You can use oblivion ring to exile Emrakul. What is the distinct difference in targeting emrakul (which has protection from colored spells, and basically cannot be targeted neither) and targeting Uril (which has Shroud)

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702.16a. Shroud is a static ability. “Shroud” means “This permanent or player can’t be the target of spells or abilities.”

702.11b "Hexproof" on a permanent means "This permanent can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control."

114.1b. Aura spells are always targeted. These are the only permanent spells with targets. An Aura’s target is specified by its enchant keyword ability (see rule 702.5, “Enchant”). The target(s) are chosen as the spell is cast; see rule 601.2c. An Aura permanent doesn’t target anything; only the spell is targeted. (An activated or triggered ability of an Aura permanent can also be targeted.)

303.4f. If an Aura is entering the battlefield under a player’s control by any means other than by resolving as an Aura spell, and the effect putting it onto the battlefield doesn’t specify the object or player the Aura will enchant, that player chooses what it will enchant as the Aura enters the battlefield. The player must choose a legal object or player according to the Aura’s enchant ability and any other applicable effects.

How these interact with uril is very different from emrakul.
Uril - Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

As you can see from the above rules, if you attempt to cast an aura, it must have a target chosen, and you can't legally choose uril. When an aura enters the battlefield with zur, you need to choose a permanent it can legally enchant). This effectively gets around hexproof/shroud because choosing a permanent and targeting are not the same thing. Hexproof only stops targeting.

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Originally posted by wisknudde:
Thanks for the answer Caquaa,

I am wondering something else then: You can use oblivion ring to exile Emrakul. What is the distinct difference in targetting emrakul (which has protection from colored spells, and basically cannot be targetted neither) and targetting Uril (which has Shroud)

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Another few questions:

If I clone Zur the Enchanter, will the clone act as a "Legendary" creature as well? Thus removing both "Zurs" in play?

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Originally posted by wisknudde:

If I clone Zur the Enchanter, will the clone act as a "Legendary" creature as well? Thus removing both "Zurs" in play?

And how does Vesuvan Doppelganger interact with cloning Zur the Enchanter?

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