Flavor Text: "We have no need for these trinkets. We need only the strength
of our swords and the virtue of our hearts." -The Northern Paladin
Artist: Doug Chaffee
I merged the artist name into the flavour text and read "We need only the strength of our coffee and the virtue of our hearts." - Kazuhiko
AlexChurchill: Fabulous! :):) In fact, it reminds me of this card, inspired by an ill-fated game on AngelaRayner's parents' floor:
Flood of Coffee 1RU
If an opponent is drinking a cup of coffee, you may flail a limb instead of paying Flood of Coffee's mana cost.
Destroy all permanents which aren't in card sleeves.
For each permanent in a card sleeve, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, destroy that permanent. Otherwise, tap it [while you hastily dry the sleeve].
Target girlfriend goes to get her parents' carpet cleaner.
The Deeply Missed Rule 502.9d
Those who haven't should look up rule 502.9d in the Comprehensive Rulebook at some point.
Those who are MathematicallyMindedPeople may wish to disengage normal thought processes before doing so.
"502.9d Ignore this rule." Ignoring the previous suggestion about disengaging thought processes, while it's certainly the case that "I am following rule 502.9d" is false, there are plenty of other situations in Magic where one rule tells you to ignore another - the only difference here is the recursion. I don't think the rule is paradoxical, for one can consistently ignore it.
Assuming that there is no rule 'unless otherwise stated, follow all rules' Which there really ought to be.
Well, there are these two rules handling contradictions:
103.1. The Magic Golden Rule: Whenever a card's text directly contradicts these rules, the card takes precedence. The card overrides only the rule that applies to that specific situation. If an instruction requires taking an impossible action, it's ignored. (In many cases the card will specify consequences for this; if it doesn't, there's no effect.) 103.2. When one effect says something can happen and another says it can't, the "can't" effect wins.
It's arguable that the bolded part of 103.1 permits one to ignore 502.9d, since it's impossible to ignore it while paying attention to it... except...
*Sighs* This is why I suggested disengaging normal thought processes first...MathMos. --SF
Actually, this is easy. It's an undecidable rule. You can follow it (and most Magic players do), but you can't prove you are. You can, provably, not follow it. --CH
MTG: Mistform Ultimus is a superb card, due to his perpetually-updating nature. A user called goblinrecruiter on the Wizards boards likes to keep his [signature] updated with some silly things that Mistform Ultimus is. Currently (13th Sep 06), it reads:
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