Magic the Gathering Comprehensive Rules Quiz!

1. When a Planeswalker’s Loyalty is 0, what happens?

a. It is removed from the game.

b. It is put into the graveyard.

c. It is reshuffled into the library

d. It goes back into its owner’s hand.

2. Planeswalkers can block an attacking creature.

True False

3. Bob has a planeswalker with a current loyalty of 3 and a 1/1 elf. Tom attacks

Bob’s planeswalker with a 5/5 trample creature. Bob blocks with the elf.

What happens?

a. Bob’s elf dies, and the planeswalker takes no trample damage.

b. Bob’s elf dies and 4 trample damage hits the planeswalker, which also

dies. Trample stops there.

c. Bob’s elf dies, the planeswalker takes 3 damage and dies, and the

remaining 1 damage tramples over and hits Bob himself.

4. Planeswalkers can be countered.

True False

5. Bob has a planeswalker with 2 loyalty and a 3/3 creature in play. Tom

attacks Bob’s planeswalker with a 5/5 trample creature. Bob uses

Boomerang to return the planeswalker to his hand and then blocks with the

3/3. What happens?

a. Bob isn’t allowed to return a planeswalker to his hand so this is an illegal

play.

b. Bob’s 3/3 creature dies and since the planeswalker is no longer there,

Bob himself must take the remaining 2 trample damage.

c. Bob’s 3/3 creature dies and the remaining 2 damage does nothing

because the planeswalker is gone.

d. Both Bob’s 3/3 and his planeswalker die because the damage has

already been dealt before the Boomerang effect happens.

6. You may use a planeswalker’s ability the same turn you cast the

planeswalker.

True False

7. Incinerate reads “Incinerate deals 3 damage to target creature or player.” A

planeswalker is neither a creature nor a player. Can you damage the

planeswalker with the Incinerate?

Yes No

8. Pestilence reads “Pay 1 Black: Pestilence deals 1 damage to each creature

and player.” If your opponent controls a planeswalker, and you activate

Pestilence’s ability, what happens?

a. You, your opponent and the planeswalker all take damage.

b. Only you and your opponent take damage.

c. You and either your opponent or the planeswalker take damage, your

opponent chooses which

d. You and either your opponent or the planeswalker take damage, you

choose which.

9. Two planeswalkers of the same name may be in play at the same time

True False

10. Bob has an enchantment in play that reads “All creatures have flying.” Then

Tom plays an enchantment that says “All creatures lose flying.” What

happens?

a. All creatures lose flying because negative cards take precedence.

b. Tom’s card is the most recently played so all creatures lose flying.

c. Bob’s card was in play first so all creatures still have flying.

d. The two cards cancel each other out so it’s as if neither is in play.

11. Bob has a card that reads “Whenever you take damage, you may deal an

equal amount of damage to target opponent.” Then Bob intentionally mana

burns himself for 5. He may now deal 5 damage to his opponent.

True False

12. Bob’s 5/5 trample creature attacks Tom, and Tom blocks with a 5/5 creature.

Before combat damage is assigned, Tom uses Boomerang (see #5) to return

his blocker to his hand. What happens?

a. Tom’s 5/5 dies because it cannot be returned to his hand in mid-combat.

b. Bob’s creature is technically blocked, but since there is no creature to

assign damage to, all of it goes to Tom.

c. Bob’s creature is blocked and since all the damage would have been

absorbed by the other 5/5 creature (even though it’s not there anymore)

it deals no damage.

13. Bob has a Wall of Glare ( 0/5, Wall of Glare can block any number of

creatures.) Tom has three 3/3 trample creatures, and one 2/2 normal

creature and attacks with all of them. Bob decides to block all of them with

Wall of Glare. What happens?

a. All of the creatures are totally blocked because trample creatures must

individually try to deal lethal damage to a creature before trampling

over. Bob takes no damage but the Wall of Glare dies.

b. The 2/2 deals its damage to the wall as normal and then the trample

creatures must deal 5 points of damage in order to trample over, and

Bob himself takes 4 points of trample.

c. The 2/2 and 3 points of trample damage hit the Wall, which is enough to

kill it, and the remaining 6 points hits Bob.

14. Bob has a 5/5 green trample creature. Tom has a 2/2 black creature with

protection from green. If Bob attacks and Tom blocks, Bob’s creature can’t

kill Tom’s creature, therefore it can’t assign lethal damage and trample over,

dealing 3 points to Tom.

True False

15. Terror reads “Destroy target non-black non-artifact creature, it can’t be

regenerated.” You may play terror even if there are no creatures to target,

just to get it out of your hand.

True False

16. Bob has a 3/3 creature. He plays Blood Lust which reads “Target creature

gets +4/-4 until end of turn. If the creature’s toughness would be reduced

to 0 or less, it becomes 1 instead.” In response, Tom plays an instant that

says “Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.” on Bob’s creature. What

happens?

a. The creature becomes a 1/1 temporarily, then a 5/1.

b. The creature becomes a 5/1 instantly.

c. The creature becomes a 7/1 temporarily, then a 5/0 (and dies).

d. The creature becomes a 5/0 instantly and dies.

17. Bob has a creature that says “When you have 0 cards in your hand, sacrifice

this creature.” Tom plays a card that says “All players discard their hand

and draw 7 new cards.” What happens when Tom’s card finishes resolving?

a. Bob’s creature is still alive because triggered abilities can only happen

when someone has priority (e.g. not in the middle of an effect).

b. Bob’s creature is still alive because he has 7 cards in his hand.

c. Bob’s creature dies because he had 0 cards for a moment during the

resolution of Tom’s spell.

18. Bob has an enchantment that says “When a creature attacks you, destroy it

at the end of turn.” Tom has an enchantment that reads, “Pay 2: This

enchantment becomes a 2/2 creature until end of turn.” Tom activates the

ability and attacks Bob for 2, which hits. At the end of the turn, what

happens?

a. The creature is technically an enchantment, so Bob’s card has no effect

on it.

b. The creature triggers Bob’s card’s ability, but it turns back into an

enchantment before it can be affected by it.

c. The creature/enchantment will be destroyed because it triggered the

ability, and it doesn’t matter if it’s a creature or an enchantment now.

d. The creature/enchantment is destroyed because Bob’s card takes effect

before it can change back into an enchantment.

19. It is Bob’s turn. Both Bob and Tom have three creatures each with various

abilities. Bob plays a card that says “Each player chooses and sacrifices a

creature.” Bob could be at an advantage or disadvantage depending on

which creatures they sacrifice, so he wants to wait and see which card Tom

sacrifices before making his decision. Can he do this?

a. Yes, he can. It’s his turn so he can pass priority to Tom and wait to see

what happens before making his choice.

b. Yes, he can. All he has to do is wait and see. There is no solid rule for

this.

c. No, he can’t. Both players must find a way to hide their decision, yet

make it clear. (such as turning the cards up-side down)

d. No, he can’t. The active player must chose first, and Tom may see what

Bob sacrifices before he makes his decision.

20. Tom and Bob are both at 20 life. It’s Tom’s turn. He controls one 1/1

creature and two enchantments. One reads, “Whenever a creature dies,

this enchantment deals 1 damage to all creatures and players.” The other

reads, “Whenever a creature dies, you gain 1 life.” Bob controls one

enchantment which reads “When a creature dies, this enchantment

becomes a 1/1 creature.” Bob uses Terror on Tom’s creature, killing it and

triggering all 3 abilities. What will be the outcome?

a. Tom will be at 20, Bob will be at 19 and he will have a 1/1 creature.

b. Tom will be at 20, Bob will be at 18 and his 1/1 creature will be dead.

c. Tom will be at 20, Bob will be at 19 and his 1/1 creature will be dead.

d. Tom will be at 20, Bob will be at 18 and he will have a 1/1 creature.

21. Bob has a 2/2 creature and attacks Tom with it. Tom uses an instant that

reads: “Target creature gets -4/-0 till end of turn.” Later that turn, Bob

enchants his creature with Feast of the Unicorn (+4/+0). What happened?

a. Tom gained 2 life and now the creature is a 4/2, it will be a 6/2 next turn.

b. Tom took no damage and now the creature is a 4/2, it will be a 6/2 next

turn.

c. Tom gained 2 life and now the creature is a 2/2, it will be a 6/2 next turn.

d. Tome took no damage and now the creature is a 2/2, it will be a 6/2 next

turn.

22. Bob and Tom are both at 3 life. Bob casts Incinerate on Tom for 3 damage.

In response, Tom casts the same spell, Incinerate at Bob for 3 damage.

What happens?

a. Tom’s incinerate hits Bob first, Bob dies and the game immediately ends.

Tom wins.

b. Tom’s Incinerate hits Bob, killing him, then the Incinerate that’s still on

the stack goes off, killing Tom too. The game is a draw.

c. Tom’s Incinerate hits Bob, killing him, then Bob’s Incinerate on the stack

is removed from the game along with his other cards, leaving Tom alive

to win. (In other words the game doesn’t immediately end, it ends when

everything on the stack finishes resolving, minus the things that were

created by the player who lost.)

23. Bob, Tom, and Jeff are playing multiplayer. Jeff gains control of Tom’s 2/2

creature with a Control Magic enchantment-aura. Then Jeff uses Bribery,

which reads “Search target opponent’s library for a creature card and put it

into play under your control” on Bob, and takes a 4/4 creature. Finally, he

uses a Ray of Command which reads “Untap target creature and gain

control of it until end of turn. It has haste” on one of Tom’s 3/3 creatures.

Getting fed up with Jeff, Tom uses two Incinerates on Jeff to kill him. What

happens next?

a. All three creatures Jeff stole are destroyed and go in their owner’s

graveyard.

b. The 4/4 creature comes under Bob’s control, and the other two creatures

come back under Tom’s control.

c. The 4/4 creature is removed from the game since there was no on-going

effect giving Jeff control of it, and the other two creatures go back to

Tom.

d. The 4/4 creature returns to Bob because there was no ongoing control

effect to destroy, whereas the other two creatures are destroyed along

with the effect.

e. The 3/3 creature dies because its effects only last until the end of the

turn. The other two creatures return to Bob and Tom’s control

appropriately.

24. Bob, Tom and Jeff are in multiplayer. Everyone is at 3 life. Bob casts

Earthquake which reads “each creature without flying and each player take

X damage” and chooses X to be 3, in order to make the game a draw. Tom

responds to the Earthquake with Incinerate on Bob. Finally, Jeff responds to

Tom’s Incinerate with an Incinerate on Tom. What happened?

a. Everyone dies, but Tom dies first, the game is a draw.

b. Bob and Tom both die, Jeff wins.

c. Everyone dies simultaneously, the game is a draw.

d. Bob dies, Tom and Jeff continue playing.

25. Bob, Tom and Jeff are playing. Tom has an enchantment out that reads

“whenever any player plays a spell, that player may put a 1/1 creature

token into play under his control.” Over the course of the game, all 3

players have made several tokens, when suddenly Jeff uses a Fireball on

Tom and kills him. What happens?

a. All the tokens Tom had are destroyed. All the tokens Bob and Jeff had

remain.

b. All the tokens created by Tom’s enchantment are destroyed, no matter

whose they were.

c. All the tokens survive, and the ones Tom had are divided up between

Bob and Jeff, (any remainder is destroyed.)

26. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic-defining ability?

a. “Flying”

b. “This creature’s power and toughness are both equal to the number of

creatures in your graveyard”

c. “This creature is red”

d. “This creature is all creature types”

27. Bob has three creatures in his graveyard, two 1/1s and a Lhurgoyf which

says “this creature’s power is equal to the number of creatures in all

graveyards, and its toughness is equal to that number +1” Tom has two

creatures in his graveyard. Bob has a spell that says “return target creature

card with power 4 or less from your graveyard to play” in his hand. Can he

use this spell to bring the Lhurgoyf back to play?

a. Yes, when Lhurgoyf comes into play, it will be a 4/5 creature, as there

will be 4 creatures total remaining in all graveyards, thus it is legal.

b. No, the Lhurgoyf is a 5/6 creature while it is in the graveyard because it

includes itself in its calculation. It’s an illegal target.

c. Yes, Lhurgoyf’s power/toughness ability doesn’t function while in the

graveyard, so it’s technically an X/X+1 creature and can be targeted.

d. No, Lhurgoyf’s power/toughness ability doesn’t function while in the

graveyard, so it’s technically an X/X+1 creature, and the spell can’t

check to see if it’s a legal target or not, therefore it’s not.

28. Tom has five Plains, three white creatures, one white enchantment, and an

artifact that says “tap: add one white mana to your mana pool.” How many

white permanents does Tom have?

a. 1

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

e. 9

f. 10

29. Jeff has a 0/1 Kobold creature that has a 0 casting cost. The border of the

card is red. Bob has an instant that says “destroy target blue or black

creature.” Can Bob use the card to kill the Kobold?

a. It’s red due to the border, so no he can’t.

b. It’s undefined so he can.

c. There’s insufficient data, so we can’t know.

30. Bob is at 5 life. He has a Platinum Angel in play which reads “You cannot

lose the game, your opponents cannot win the game”. He has a

Yawgmoth’s Bargain in play which reads “Skip your draw step. Pay 1 life:

Draw a card.” Can Bob spend 10 life and draw 10 cards?

a. No he can’t, he’s only got 5 life to spend, so he can draw a maximum of

5 cards.

b. Yes he can, he can’t lose the game, so he may use Yawgmoth’s Bargain

as much as he wants. He will be at a negative life total, but alive.

c. Yes he can, no matter how much he draws, he can’t go below 0 life.

31. Tom is at 4 life and has a Nefarious Lich in play which reads “if you would

gain life, draw that many cards instead.” He then plays Blessed Wind which

reads “target player’s life becomes 20.” What will happen?

a. Tom’s life will become 20 and he will not draw any cards because he

didn’t gain any life, his life total just simply became 20.

b. Blessed Wind will try to give him 16 life, but that will be replaced by

drawing 16 cards instead. Tom is still at 4 life.

c. Tom will gain the benefit of both, his life will be at 20 and he will draw 16

cards.

d. Tom will draw himself to death because this combination creates an

infinite loop. Blessed Wind will keep trying to make his life total 20,

which it can’t so he will keep being forced to draw cards by the

Nefarious Lich.

32. Bob has a 2/4 creature that has been enchanted with Enfeeblement

“enchanted creature gets -2/-2” making it a 0/2. He also has an

enchantment that reads “if a creature you control would deal combat

damage, it deals that damage plus 1 instead.” Bob attacks Tom with the 0/2

creature. What happens?

a. The creature deals 0 damage, but 0 is technically a number, so 1 is

added to it, and Tom takes 1 damage.

b. The creature deals 0 damage, and the enchantment’s ability doesn’t

count that as damage, so it doesn’t trigger. Tom takes 0 damage.

c. The creature deals 0 damage and the game rules always consider 0

damage to have not dealt anything at all, so replacement effect have

nothing to replace. Tom takes 0 damage.

d. Damage is irrelevant. The fact that the creature attacked and wasn’t

blocked is all that matters. Tom takes 1 damage.

33. Jeff is at 7 life. He plays a card that says “You lose 10 life, then gain 2 life

for each creature in play.” There are 14 creatures in play. What happens?

a. Jeff loses 10 life first, then dies before he can gain anything.

b. Jeff loses 10 life, he is temporarily at 0, then he gains 28 and is at 28,

alive.

c. Jeff loses 10 life, he is temporarily at -3, then he gains 28 and is at 25,

alive.

d. Jeff can choose to gain the 28 life first since both effects are on the same

card, saving him from the loss of 10 life that would have killed him. He’ll

be at 25.

34. Bob has no cards in his library, and will die next turn. However, in an

attempt to prevent death, he plays an enchantment that reads “if you would

draw a card, gain 1 life instead.” Would that work?

a. Yes, even if there are no cards to be drawn, he can still gain 1 life each

turn and not draw himself to death.

b. No, since there are no cards to begin with, this effect won’t happen and

he will die when he tries to draw next turn.

c. Yes and no, he won’t die from card loss, but he won’t gain life either

because there are no cards to be drawn.

35. Tom has a Standstill in play which says “If any player plays a spell, sacrifice

Standstill. If you do, each of that player’s opponents draws 3 cards.” Then

Bob casts a creature spell, triggering Standstill. In response to that trigger,

Bob then plays Boomerang to return Standstill to Tom’s hand. What

happens?

a. Standstill gets sacrificed before it can be returned to Tom’s hand, and

Tom draws 3 cards.

b. Standstill gets triggered twice, once by the creature and once by the

Boomerang while it’s still on the stack, so it gets sacrificed and Tom

draws 6 cards.

c. Standstill gets returned to Tom’s hand before it can be sacrificed, but

Tom gets to draw 3 cards anyway.

d. Standstill gets returned to Tom’s hand before it can be sacrificed, and

Tom can’t draw 3 since he can’t “pay” the sacrifice cost.

36. Bob has an enchantment in play that says “whenever a player plays a green

spell, that player may put a 1/1 green creature token into play.” Jeff, who is

also playing green, plays 3 spells on Bob’s turn, and gets three 1/1

creatures. He doesn’t have anything to use as tokens, so Bob lends him

some dice to use as tokens. Then Bob plays two more spells on his turn and

puts two tokens in play. As far as game rules are concerned, who is the

OWNER of the tokens?

a. Bob is the owner of the two he controls and Jeff is the owner of the three

he controls because the spells that triggered them to come into play

were owned by Bob and Jeff respectively.

b. Bob is the owner of the two he controls and Jeff is the owner of the three

he controls because for tokens, the controller and the owner are one and

the same. If Bob gained control of one of Jeff’s tokens, he would assume

ownership of it as well.

c. Bob is the owner of all 5 tokens because he controlled the enchantment

that those tokens came from at the time they were created.

d. Bob is the owner of all 5 tokens because he owns the dice that are

representing them.

37. A spell says the following: “put a 1/1 red Goblin Scout creature token into

play under your control.” Which of the following are the tokens

characteristics?

a. The token’s name is “Goblin Scout”. It has two creature types, both a

“Goblin” and a “Scout”.

b. The token’s name is “Goblin Scout”. It has one creature type, a “Goblin

Scout”.

c. The token’s name is “Goblin Scout”. It’s creature type is “Token”.

d. The token’s name is “Goblin Scout”. It has no creature type because

tokens don’t have one.

e. The token doesn’t have a name, but its creature type is “Goblin Scout.”

38. Bob has an enchantment that says “whenever a creature goes to the

graveyard, that creature’s controller may have target opponent sacrifice a

creature.” Bob has several tokens, and Tom returns one to Bob’s hand with

a Boomerang, and kills another with a Terror spell. What happens next?

a. Tom must sacrifice two creatures. Since tokens can’t exist anywhere but

in play, the token that was sent to Bob’s hand dies instead, meaning two

creatures went to the graveyard in total.

b. Tom must sacrifice one creature. The Boomeranged token just vanishes,

the Terrored token goes to the graveyard, triggers the enchantment,

then vanishes.

c. Tom doesn’t need to sacrifice anything. Tokens simply vanish when

they’re moved to a different zone, and never reach that zone to trigger

any abilities.

39. A 4 casting-cost (2RR) enchantment is in play that has the following ability:

“Pay 2 red: Put a 1/1 red Goblin creature token into play.” Creature tokens

created by this enchantment have…

a. A casting cost equal to the enchantment’s casting cost. (2RR)

b. A casting cost equal to the ability cost. (RR)

c. A casting cost of 0.

d. No casting cost at all. (So things affecting casting cost 0 permanents

won’t affect it)

40. Tokens are considered “cards”.

True False

41. Bob has many cards with Flashback in his graveyard. Weary of this, Tom

wants to see what’s in his Bob’s graveyard and put the Flashback cards on

top of it, so he can remember what to watch out for. Is this ok?

a. Tom may look through Bob’s graveyard anytime he likes, but the order of

cards in a graveyard may not be changed by anyone.

b. Tom may look through Bob’s graveyard and put the cards in any order

he likes, as it isn’t important. (Of course Bob can do the same thing and

change the order again.)

c. Tom may look through Bob’s graveyard anytime, but only Bob can

change the order of the cards in it.

d. Tom may neither look at nor rearrange Bob’s graveyard. He must

remember the order himself.

42. What is the requirement for summoning sickness to end?

a. The creature has to be in play, under the same person’s control for a full

turn. (i.e. all players have taken a full turn.)

b. You must control the creature at the end of the opponent’s turn who

comes before you in turn order.

c. You must have control of the creature at the start of your upkeep.

d. At least one other person must have taken a full turn (from start to

finish) since you brought the creature into play or gained control of it.

43. Which of the following is a static ability?

a. An ability that reads, “All your creatures get +0/+2.”

b. An ability that reads, “Pay 2: All your creatures get +0/+2 until end of

turn.”

c. An ability that reads, “Whenever an opponent plays a spell, all your

creatures get +0/+2 until end of turn.”

d. An ability that reads, “Pay 2: This card deals 2 damage to target player.

Any player may play this ability.”

e. A land’s ability to tap for mana.

44. Which of the following is a triggered ability?

a. An ability that reads, “Pay 3: Draw a card. Any player may play this

ability.”

b. An ability that reads, “Destroy target creature, it cannot be

regenerated.”

c. An ability that reads, “Whenever you tap this land for mana, it produces

an additional mana of the same color.”

d. An ability that reads, “As long as you control a Plains, all creatures you

control have +1/+1 and first strike.”

45. Bob has a Rushwood Elemental, a 4/4 trample green creature that reads, “At

the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on Rushwood

Elemental.” It has been in play for 5 turns, so it has four +1/+1 counters on

it. It is enchanted with Flight, which reads “enchanted creature gains

flying.” Tom removes it from the game at the end of Bob’s turn with his

Parallax Wave, which reads, “Remove a fade counter from Parallax Wave:

Remove target creature from the game. When Parallax Wave leaves play,

return all creatures removed by it to play.” Two turns later, Tom’s Parallax

Wave leaves play during his upkeep, and Rushwood Elemental returns.

What condition is the elemental in?

a. It returns to play with the four counters it had when it left and the

enchantment, so it’s an 8/8 flying creature.

b. It keeps its counters when it gets removed, but loses the enchantment,

so it comes back as an 8/8 creature.

c. It loses all its counters when it is removed but keeps the enchantment,

so it comes back a 4/4 creature enchanted with flying.

d. It loses everything when it leaves play and comes back as if it were new,

a 4/4 creature with summoning sickness.

46. What is the only step of a turn in which instants and abilities cannot be

played?

a. The untap step

b. The upkeep step

c. The draw step

d. The main phase

e. The beginning of combat step

f. The declare attackers step

g. The declare blockers step

h. The combat damage step

i. The end of combat step

j. The post-combat main phase

k. The end of turn step

l. The cleanup step

47. Bob has a 1/1 flying creature and a 3/3 creature with banding. He bands

both creatures and attacks Tom. Tom only has a 1/1 creature. Can he block

at all?

a. Yes, but he can only block the 3/3 creature. The flying creature still

deals 1 damage to Tom. Banding allows Bob to control how damage will

be dealt.

b. Yes, but he can only block the 3/3 creature. Thankfully, the creatures

are banded which means if you block one, you block them all. Bob gets

to control how damage is dealt to his creatures though.

c. No, since one of the creatures in the band has flying, all creatures in the

band are treated as flying and Tom has no choice but to take 4 damage.

d. Maybe, Bob has the option of giving his 3/3 the flying ability. He must

announce that as part of the declare attackers step.

48. When does mana burn occur during a turn?

a. At the beginning of the turn, at the end of the first main phase, at the

end of the post-combat main phase. (three times)

b. At the end of the upkeep, at the end of the first main phase, at the end

of the post-combat main phase. (three times)

c. At the end of: the beginning phase, the first main phase, the combat

phase, the post-combat main phase, and the end phase. (five times)

d. At the end of the main phase and post-combat main phase. (twice)

49. Which of the following is not a mana ability?

a. A basic land’s ability to tap for a mana.

b. A Dark Ritual, a sorcery which reads “Add 3 black mana to your mana

pool.”

c. A Lanowar Elf, a creature which reads “Tap: Add 1 green mana to your

mana pool.”

d. A Wild Growth, a land enchantment that reads “When enchanted land is

tapped for mana, add an additional green mana to your mana pool.”

50. Which of the following uses the stack? (Choose all that apply.)

a. Declaring attackers/blockers.

b. Untapping everything during your untap step.

c. Drawing a card during your draw step.

d. Discarding down to 7 cards at the end of your turn.

e. Static abilities.

f. Triggered abilities.

g. Turning a card face-up. (such as with morph or phasing).

h. State-bases effects.

i. Playing a land.

j. Mana abilities.

k. Mana burn.

l. Characteristic-defining abilities.

m. Playing a card for its Suspend cost.

n. Actions taken due to the option given as part of a static ability’s effect.

o. Actions taken due to an option granted by some other effect.

51. Protection from (quality) would protect a creature from all of the following

except for….

a. Being blocked by creatures with that quality.

b. Taking damage from sources with that quality.

c. Non-targeting abilities coming from sources with that quality.

d. Targeting abilities coming from sources with that quality.

e. Enchantment-aura spells with that quality.

f. Being equipped by things with that quality.

g. Being fortified by things with that quality.

52. When a permanent has the Phasing ability and phases out, and then back in

next turn, what happens?

a. All damage and temporary effects are removed from it when it phases

out, but it keeps any counters or enchantments that were on it when it

comes back.

b. All damage is removed from it when it phases out, and all

enchantments, counters and other effects are removed/discarded when

that happens.

c. The card keeps everything when it phases back in, including damage

that has been dealt to it up to now and temporary boosts/penalties.

d. The card keeps the damage and temporary effects that it has incurred

up to now, but all items attached to it are discarded when it phases out.

53. Phasing in and out occurs when?

a. The untap step.

b. The upkeep step.

c. The first main phase.

d. The combat phase.

54. An equipped artifact with phasing will remember what permanent it was

equipping if it phases out, and phase back in still equipped to that same

permanent.

True False

55. Phasing in removes summoning sickness.

True False

56. What is the Horsemanship ability?

a. An ability the same as Haste, but with a different name.

b. An ability the same as Flying, but with a different name.

c. An ability the same as Trample, but with a different name.

d. An ability the same as First Strike, but with a different name.

57. Cycling can be countered by a normal counterspell.

True False

58. Bob plays Deranged Hermit which reads “Echo. When Deranged Hermit

comes into play, put four 1/1 green squirrel tokens into play. All squirrels

get +1/+1.” The next turn he pays for its Echo cost. Then, Tom plays

Control Magic, an aura that reads “Gain control of enchanted creature” on

the Deranged Hermit. What happens?

a. Tom gains the Hermit and 4 new squirrels come into play when he takes

control of it. He must pay the Echo cost on his next upkeep even though

Bob has already paid it, or the Hermit will die.

b. Tom gains the Hermit only and no new squirrels are created. He must

pay the Echo cost on his next upkeep, or the Hermit will die.

c. Tom gains the Hermit and 4 new squirrels come into play. He doesn’t

need to pay Echo again because it’s already been paid.

d. Tom gains the Hermit only. He doesn’t need to pay Echo again.

59. Jeff plays a Blastoderm, a 5/5 creature with Fading 3 and Shroud on his turn

during his main phase. When will the creature die? (assuming this is “turn

1” and nothing else happens to it)

a. It will die on his 3rd turn at the end of the turn.

b. It will die on his 4th turn during his upkeep.

c. It will die on his 4th turn at the end of the turn.

d. It will die on his 5th turn during his upkeep.

60. If a spell has an optional additional casting cost, such as Buyback or Kicker,

you can’t play it without its optional additional casting cost to see if anyone

counters it, and then pay the optional cost after the fact.

True False

61. When can you cast a spell for its Flashback cost?

a. Flashback is an ability so you can cast the spell anytime you could cast

an instant, even if the card itself is a sorcery.

b. You can cast a spell for its Flashback cost anytime during your turn.

c. You can’t cast something for its Flashback cost unless it’s your main

phase.

d. It depends on the card. If it’s a sorcery, then only when you could cast a

sorcery. If it’s an instant, then anytime, and so on.

62. What does the Flanking ability do?

a. It gives creatures that don’t have Flanking that block it -1/-1 until the

end of turn.

b. As long as two or more creatures with Flanking attack, they all get

+1/+1 per attacking creature past the first.

c. If a creature with Flanking is blocked, its controller may put a creature of

equal casting cost or less into play tapped and attacking the same

creature that blocked. That creature is sacrificed at the end of turn.

d. The ability will say Flanking X, and the value specified by X is the

maximum casting cost of a second creature you can play for free when

you play a Flanking creature.

63. Which of the following is not a card “status” category?

a. Tapped/Untapped

b. Flipped/Unflipped

c. In Play/Out of the Game

d. Face Up/Face Down

64. If a Clone copies a face-down card that has the Morph ability, what

happens?

a. The clone is a 2/2 creature with no other characteristics, with the Morph

ability to become whatever that original Morph card really was.

b. The clone is a 2/2 creature with no other characteristics. The Morph

ability is not copied so it is stuck as a 2/2 creature.

c. The clone is a normal version (face up) of the card that it copied.

d. The clone is a normal version (face up) of the card that it copied, but its

power and toughness is 2/2.

65. Treetop Village is a land that says “Pay 2: Treetop Village becomes a 3/3

green creature with trample until end of turn. It’s still a land.” While in

creature form it is cloned. What are the characteristics of the clone?

a. It is a 3/3 green creature with trample that can tap for green mana. It ’s

permanently in creature form.

b. It is a 3/3 green creature with trample that can tap for green mana. It

will turn back into a land at the end of turn.

c. It is a 3/3 green creature with trample that can tap for green mana. It

will turn back into a land at the end of turn, thus making it an illegal

clone and be destroyed.

d. It will come into play in land form and must be activated to become a

creature.

66. Vesuvan Doppelganger reads, “As Vesuvan Doppelganger comes into play,

you

may choose a creature in play. If you do, Vesuvan Doppelganger comes into

play as a copy of that creature except for its color and gains ‘At the

beginning of your upkeep, you may have this creature become a copy of

target creature except for its color. If you do, this creature gains this

ability.’” A Vesuvan Doppelganger comes into play as a copy of Grizzly

Bears, which is a 2/2 green creature. Then a Clone comes into play an

copies the Doppleganger. What are the clone’s characteristics?

a. It is a green 2/2 Bear creature named Grizzly Bears.

b. It is a green 2/2 Bear creature named Grizzly Bears with the

Doppleganger’s upkeep ability.

c. It is a blue 2/2 Bear creature named Grizzly Bears.

d. It is a blue 2/2 Bear creature named Grizzly Bears with the

Doppleganger’s upkeep ability.

e. It is a blue Doppleganger creature named Vesuvan Doppleganger with

the Doppleganger’s abilities, so it must choose another target to copy

immediately.

67. If through some effect, Tomoya the Revealer (a flipped flip card) becomes a

copy of Nezumi Shortfang (an unflipped flip card), what will be its

characteristics?

a. It will become an exact copy of Nezumi Shortfang (the unflipped

version), and become unflipped.

b. It will become Stabwhisker the Odius (the flipped version of Nezumi

Shortfang) and remain flipped.

c. It will become Nezumi Shortfang as far as abilities go, but is considered

to be flipped because of its previous state.

d. It will become like a completely new Nezumi Shortfang card, unflipped.

68. If through some effect, a face-down Morph card is turned into a copy of a

different face-up Morph card in play, what are the copy’s characteristics?

a. It is still a face-down 2/2 creature, but it gains the ability to morph into

the creature that it’s copying. (losing it’s own morphing ability in the

process)

b. It is still face-down, but it is copying an already face-up card, so it has

that card’s power/toughness, abilities, etc, and cannot be further

morphed.

c. It immediately turns face-up and becomes a copy of the creature that it

is copying.

d. It remains a 2/2 face-down creature with no chance of morphing back to

face-up.

69. Skyshroud Behemoth is a 10/10 green creature that reads “Fading 2,

Skyshroud Behemoth comes into play tapped.” If Bob plays a Clone and

copies the Behemoth, what happens?

a. The clone comes into play, and then becomes the Behemoth, so it is

untapped with 2 Fade counters on it.

b. The clone comes into play having already become the Behemoth, so it is

tapped with 2 Fade counters on it.

c. The clone comes into play, and then becomes the Behemoth, so it is

untapped and has no Fade counters on it.

d. The clone comes into play, and then becomes the Behemoth, so it is

untapped and has no Fade counters. However due to the 0 Fade

counters, it dies.

70. A Clone comes into play as a copy of Alloy Golem. Alloy Golem reads, “As

Alloy Golem comes into play, choose a color. Alloy Golem is that color.”

The Clone’s caster may choose a new color upon casting.

True False

71. If the Alloy Golem from above is copied by the effect of an Unstable

Shapeshifter, which reads “Whenever another creature comes into play,

Unstable Shapeshifter becomes a copy of that creature and gains this

ability”, what happens?

a. The Shapeshifter’s controller may choose a color.

b. The Shapeshifter becomes whatever color the Alloy Golem’s controller

chose.

c. The Shapeshifter’s color is colorless because the color was never

chosen.

d. The Shapeshifter’s color is colorless because Alloy Golem is an artifact.

72. An Unstable Shapeshifter copies a Crazed Armodon. Crazed Armodon reads,

“Pay 1 green: Crazed Armodon gets +3/+0 and gains trample until end of

turn. Destroy Crazed Armodon at end of turn.” If this activated ability of the

Shapeshifter is played, what will happen later if it changes forms again in

the same turn?

a. The Shapeshifter will lose its bonus if it changes to something else, and

won’t have to be sacrificed.

b. The Shapeshifter will keep its bonus and be sacrificed regardless of

whether it changes to something else or not.

c. The Shapeshifter will lose its bonus if it changes, but it will still be

sacrificed at the end of the turn.

d. The Shapeshifter will keep its bonus if it changes, but it won’t have to be

sacrificed later.

73. Bob has an Iron Star which reads, “Whenever a player plays a red spell, you

may pay 1. If you do, gain 1 life.” Then Tom plays two Incinerates on Bob.

After that Tom casts Grapeshot, a sorcery which reads, “Grapeshot deals 1

damage to target creature or player. Storm (When you play this spell, copy it

for each spell played before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the

copies.)” All three of the cards Tom played were red, and 2 copies were

generated by the Storm effect. How many times can Bob use the Iron Star’s

ability?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

74. Bob has Grizzly Bears, a 2/2 green creature, and it’s enchanted with Flight,

and aura that reads “Enchanted creature has Flying.” Then he plays Giant

Growth on it, giving it +3/+3 until end of turn. Tom copies the Bear at that

point. What are the Clones characteristics?

a. A 2/2 creature

b. A 5/5 creature

c. A 2/2 flying creature

d. A 5/5 flying creature

75. A 6/4 creature with Rampage 2 that is blocked by 3 creatures becomes

what?

a. A 6/4 and it deals 2 damage to defending player.

b. A 6/4 and it deals 6 damage to defending player.

c. An 8/6 creature.

d. A 10/8 creature.

e. A 12/10 creature.

76. Cumulative Upkeep: 1 Life means what?

a. “Cumulative” is an obsolete word, just used to mean “every upkeep, pay

X or sacrifice this permanent.”

b. You would pay 1 Life your first upkeep, 2 life your second, 3 life on your

third (for a total of 6 life) and so on. Failure to pay means you sacrifice

the permanent.

c. You would pay exponentially, so 1 life your first upkeep, 2 your second,

4 your third, 8 your fourth and so on.

77. How many cards do you need in your graveyard to have Threshold?

a. 5

b. 6

c. 7

d. 8

78. Bob has a Wild Mongrel, a green creature that reads, “Discard a card from

your hand. Wild Mongrel gets +1/+1 until end of turn and becomes the

color of your choice.” Bob discards a Basking Rootwalla for Wild Mongrel’s

ability. Then, since Basking Rootwalla has Madness, he opts to pay its

Madness cost (0) and play the Rootwalla for free. Now that the Rootwalla is

in play, does the Mongrel still get +1/+1 anyway?

Yes No

79. Fear means that a creature can’t be blocked by…

a. Anything except black creatures.

b. Anything except artifact creatures.

c. Anything except black and artifact creatures.

d. Black and artifact creatures.

80. It is Bob’s turn. He has a face-down Nameless One, which reads, “Nameless

One’s power and toughness are both equal to the number of Wizards in

play. Morph 2(B)” He pays the 3 mana to turn Nameless One face-up, but

in response, Tom casts Incinerate to kill it while it’s a morphed 2/2 creature.

When it turns face up, it would be a 5/5 due to all the Wizards in play. So

what happens?

a. Actually, Tom can’t do that because morphing doesn’t use the stack and

he can’t respond to the morphing ability.

b. The Wizard takes 3 damage from Incinerate and dies before it can

become a 5/5.

c. The Wizard becomes a 5/5 because morph abilities always resolve first

regardless of the “first in last out” rule. The Incinerate deals 3 but that

isn’t enough to kill it.

d. The Wizard takes 3 damage, but then turns into a 5/5 due to morph and

is alive.

81. Morph is an ability, so when a creature is played face-down for 3, it is using

its ability and isn’t technically a spell, therefore it cannot be countered.

True False

82. Equipment cards can be equipped anytime you can play an instant.

True False

83. Assault/Battery is a Red/Green Split card. If Bob plays the card, choosing to

use the red side, Assault, can Tom counter it with a spell that says “Counter

target green spell” since half the card is green and it’s technically only one

card?

Yes No

84. Bob has Assault/Battery in his hand. The Assault half costs (R), the Battery

half costs 3(G). If Tom casts Void, which reads, “Choose a number. Destroy

all artifacts and creatures with converted mana cost equal to that number.

Then target player reveals his or her hand and discards all nonland cards

with converted mana cost equal to the number” and chooses 1 as the

number, what happens?

a. The Assault/Battery has a total casting cost of five, 3(G)(R), so the Void

doesn’t find it.

b. Bob gets to choose which side the Void sees, so he will likely choose the

Battery half to avoid having to discard it.

c. Tom gets to choose which side the Void sees, so he will likely choose the

Assault half to make Bob discard it.

d. Void sees both sides as separate cards and if one side is a matching

target, the whole card will be discarded along with it.

e. Void sees both sides as separate cards and if one side is an illegal target

the whole card becomes an illegal target.

85. If Bob has Assault/Battery in his hand, and Tom plays a spell that says,

“Look at target player’s hand, choose a green card with converted mana

cost 2 or less. That player discards that card.” Battery is green, but it costs

4. Assault only costs 2, but it is red. Can this card be targeted by such a

spell?

Yes No

86. Jeff has an Infernal Genesis in play which reads, “At the beginning of each

player’s upkeep, that player puts the top card from his or her library into his

or her graveyard. He or she then puts X 1/1 black Minion creature tokens

into play, where X is that card’s converted mana cost.” On his turn, Bob puts

the top card of his library into his graveyard for the Genesis’s effect, and it’s

an Assault/Battery. What happens?

a. Bob chooses which side to use to determine how many tokens are

generated.

b. Tom chooses which side to use to determine how many tokens are

generated.

c. The Genesis sees both sides and Bob gets 5 tokens.

d. The left hand side’s (Assault) cost will be used because it was technically

the first card discarded.

87. Akki Lavarunner is a nonlegendary creature that flips into a legendary

creature named Tok-Tok, Volcano Born when certain conditions are met. If

this card is in Bob’s library and he plays a card that says “Search your

library for a legendary card and put it into your hand” can he choose Akki

Lavarunner because the flipped version is legendary?

Yes No

88. Bob has a Dingus Egg in play which says, “Whenever a creature is put into a

graveyard from play, Dingus Egg deals 2 damage to that creature’s

controller” and there are several creatures in play on both Bob and Toms

side. On Tom’s turn, he cast’s Obliterate, which reads, “Destroy all artifacts,

creatures and lands.” What will happen?

a. Tom gets to choose which objects go to the graveyard in what order

because it was his Obliterate.

b. Tom puts all his permanents into the graveyard first, in whichever order

he chooses, and then Bob does the same. Creatures put into the

graveyard before the Dingus Egg goes will cause their controller to take

2 damage each.

c. Bob puts all his permanents into the graveyard first, in whichever order

he chooses, and then Tom does the same. Creatures put into the

graveyard before the Dingus Egg goes will cause Bob to lose 2 life each,

Tom will be fine.

d. Obliterate says the order on it, so artifacts die first, then creatures, then

lands, so both players will be fine since Dingus Egg is the first to go.

e. Dingus Egg sees all the creatures going into the graveyard at the same

time as it does, which is enough to trigger its ability. Both Bob and Tom

take damage for each creature that goes to the graveyard.

89. Which of the following can get rid of a creature with Indestructible? (Choose

all that apply)

a. Reducing its toughness to 0 through -1/-1 counters.

b. Having the player sacrifice the creature.

c. Discarding it from their hand.

d. Using a destroy effect that prevents regeneration.

e. Dealing damage through spells that will remove the creature from the

game if they are killed.

f. Removing the creature from the game.

g. Discarding it from their library.

h. Combat damage.

i. The legend rule.

90. Bob has a Bramble Elemental in play that says, “Whenever an Aura

becomes attached to Bramble Elemental, put two 1/1 saproling creatures

into play under your control.” Then Jeff enchants it with Control Magic

which says, “Gain control of enchanted creature.” What happens?

a. As the enchantment comes into play, it triggers Bramble Elemental and

Bob gets two 1/1 creatures before losing the Elemental.

b. As Bramble Elemental becomes enchanted, it instantly changes control

to Jeff. Now the game checks for triggered abilities. Jeff gets two 1/1

creatures.

c. As the enchantment becomes attached to the Elemental, the ability

triggers and it on the stack. Before it resolves, the Control Magic brings

the Elemental to Jeff. Then the ability resolves and Bob gets two 1/1

creatures.

91. Bob has one creature, a Nightscape Familiar which reads, “Red spells and

blue spells you play cost 1 less to play.” Then Bob wants to cast a red spell

which says, “As an additional cost to play this spell, sacrifice a creature.”

The casting cost of the red spell is 3(R). What will happen when he tries to

pay for it?

a. The spell will become casting cost 2(R) due to the Familiar’s effect. That

cost is locked in and nothing will change it. He must pay 3 and then

sacrifice the Familiar.

b. The spell will become casting cost 2(R), but then when he sacrifices the

Familiar for part of the cost, it will go back up to 3(R) and he will have to

pay 4.

c. He can choose to pay the mana portion first to gain the benefit of the

Familiar, and then sacrifice the Familiar at the end to avoid paying more.

d. The additional cost of sacrificing a creature must be paid first, and that

brings the cost back up to 4 (3(R)). He must pay the full cost.

92. Bob has four Nightscape Familiars in play (see above). He also has 3

untapped Swamps and 5 untapped Mountains. If he wants to play a Lava

Burst which reads, “Lava Burst deals X damage to target creature or player”

for more than 7 points of damage, can he choose a higher number for X and

have the Familiar’s ability reduce the cost so that he can play it?

Yes No

93. Bob has an Isochron Scepter, an artifact that is imprinted with a Cabal

Ritual, a black instant which reads, “Add 3 black mana to your mana pool. –

Threshold: Add 5 black mana to your mana pool.” Isochron Scepter reads,

“Tap, pay 2: Play a copy of the imprinted card.” He also has an Onyx

Talisman which reads, “Whenever a player plays a black spell, you may pay

3. If you do, untap target artifact.” Bob can potentially make an infinite

combo here. What’s the bare minimum he needs to start it off? (i.e. things

he needs beforehand, before using any of the cards involved in the combo.)

a. 2 mana available.

b. 5 mana available.

c. 2 mana available and threshold.

d. 5 mana available and threshold.

94. Bob has a Clone in play that is copying Grizzly Bears, a 2/2 Green Bear

creature. Jeff casts Humble upon it which reads, “Target creature loses all

abilities and is a 0/1 creature until end of turn. What happens?

a. The Clone is still a green bear creature that is now a 0/1.

b. The Clone becomes a blue bear creature that is now a 0/1.

c. The Clone becomes a blue shapeshifter creature that is a 0/1.

d. The Clone becomes a 0/1 creature with no color, name, type or casting

cost.

95. Coat Of Arms reads, “Each creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature in

play that shares a type with it.” If someone has three creatures that are all

Zombie Goblins, what bonus do each of them get?

a. +2/+2

b. +3/+3

c. +4/+4

d. +6/+6

96. Bob has a 3/3 creature. He has an enchantment in play that says all his

creatures get +0/+2. Then he plays a spell that switches his creature’s

power and toughness until the end of the turn. Having done that, he plays a

spell that gives it +2/+2 until the end of the turn. Finally he attacks Tom

with it. In response Tom plays Humble on the creature. (see #94) What

happens?

a. Bob’s creature becomes a 0/1 which is switched to a 1/0 and it dies.

b. Bob is now attacking with a 0/1 creature.

c. Bob is now attacking with a 1/3 creature.

d. Bob is now attacking with a 3/1 creature.

e. Bob is now attacking with a 5/5 creature.

97. Bob attacks Tom with a 2/2 creature. In response Tom plays a Humble on it,

(see #94) making it a 0/1. Later, when blockers are declared, Bob casts

Giant Growth on the creature to give it +3/+3. What happens?

a. The Humble nullifies the Giant Growth because it’s an ability, so it’s still

at 0/1.

b. The Humble nullifies the Giant Growth because it always sets the

creature’s power/toughness to 0/1 no matter what it gains from fast

effects.

c. The Giant Growth was played later so the creature is a 3/4.

d. None of the above.

98. Life and Limb is a green enchantment that reads, “All Forests and all

Saprolings are 1/1 green Saproling creatures and Forest lands in addition to

their other types.” If Tom has this card in play, and then plays a Forest, can

he tap it for mana on that turn?

Yes No

99. Bob has a land called Svogthos, the Restless Tomb, in play. An effect that

says “Until end of turn, target land becomes a 3/3 creature that’s still a

land” is applied to it. An effect that says “Target creature gets +1/+1 until

end of turn” is applied to it, making it a 4/4 land creature. Then you activate

Svogthos’s ability which reads, “Until end of turn, Svogthos, the Restless

Tomb becomes a black and green Plant Zombie creature with ‘This

creature’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature

cards in your graveyard.’ It’s still a land.” while you have ten creature cards

in your graveyard. What will that land creature become?

a. It will be a 10/10 land creature.

b. It will be an 11/11 land creature.

c. It will be a 13/13 land creature.

d. It will be a 14/14 land creature.

100. (Very Evil) Bob has three enchantments in play and an equipment. The

first enchantment says “All white creatures get +1/+1.” The second reads,

“When a creature comes into play under your control, put a +1/+1 counter

on it. The third is a Life and Limb (see #98) The equipment card says,

“Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and gains Trample. Tom has one

enchantment and a creature in play, the enchantment reads, “All creatures

have Flying.” The creature is a 1/1 blue creature that reads “Tap: Target

creature is the color of your choice until end of turn.” Bob plays a Forest.

Then he equips that forest with the equipment. His next turn Bob casts a

spell which switches the equipped saproling’s power and toughness until

end of turn and attacks with three of his saproling forests, one of which is

the equipped one. After declaring attackers, Tom casts a Ray of Command,

which lets him untap a creature and gain control of it until end of turn. He

targets the equipped saproling forest. After gaining control of it, he taps his

other creature to make the saproling white, and in response Bob casts

Humble on the stolen saproling. In response to the Humble, Tom casts a

Giant Growth on the saproling. There’s a lot of effects at work here, so what

are the stats of the saproling right now? Please write your answer. Give all

information. Who controls it, what it’s power/toughness, name, type and

color are and any abilities it has.

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