Rules Tip of the Day: In a tournament you always have the option of appealing a ruling given by a judge to the head judge. Just make sure that you allow the floor judge the chance to give a complete ruling.

Q: When Enduring Ideal triggers on my upkeep, but the enchantment I want to play is already in my hand, can I just search my library, then put the enchantment that's already in my hand into play?

A: No. Enduring Ideal has you search for an enchantment and put the searched for one directly in play. The enchantment cards in your hand are effectively "dead" unless you can find a way to get them back into your library.

Q: My opponent has Leyline of the Void in play and a creature I control that is enchanted by a Necromancer's Magemark goes to the graveyard. What happens?

A: When the enchanted creature goes to the graveyard, both of the replacement effect will try to change what happens to this card. As the controller of this object, you can choose which to apply. Keep in mind that that Magemark will be removed from the game.

Q: I play Hunted Horror and my opponent was a card that says that they can't be the target of spells or abilities. Do they get the tokens? What happens?

A: If this is a two player game, then the Hunted triggered ability will leave the stack and do nothing, as a legal target cannot be chosen. So your opponent will not get any token creatures.

Q: What happens if I play Hunted Phantasm with Leyline of Singularity and Tainted Aether in play? Can my opponent sacrifice his five tokens to pay Tainted Aether's cost, or do the tokens go directly to the graveyard, requiring him to sacrifice five more lands or creatures?

A: When the Hunted triggered ability resolves, five token creatures will enter play under your opponent's control. This will cause Tainted Aether's ability to trigger five times. However, before these triggered abilities can even make it to the stack, these token creatures will go to the graveyard, due to the Legend rule. When each of these triggered abilities resolves, your opponent will have to sacrifice a creature or land. He will not be able to sacrifice the tokens, as they have already left play.

Q: I have Scion of the Wild and ninety-nine Saprolings, making the Scion 100/100. I attack, and my opponent blocks with Kami of the Honored Dead. Will he gain five life or one hundred life?

A: Your opponent will gain one hundred life. Creatures can be dealt more damage then their toughness. In this situation, the Kami will be dealt a hundred points of damage, and therefore your opponent will gain one hundred life.

Q: If my Soul Collector does damage to an Alabaster Dragon, and it dies, do I get it? Or does it shuffle back into their library?

A: It will be shuffled into its owner's library. This is because the Dragon's ability creates a replacement effect that prevents it from going to the graveyard from play. Because of this, Soul Collector's ability will not trigger.

Q: I have just cast Veiled Sentry and have no other creatures out. My opponent plays Chainer's Edict on his turn. This causes the Sentry to become a creature. When Edict resolves, do I then have to sacrifice the Sentry? Or, do they resolve at the same time, so that the Sentry is not a creature when Chainer's resolves—causing Edict to fizzle?

A: Multiple spells and abilities cannot resolve at the same time; spells and abilities resolves one at a time. In this example, the Veiled Sentry's triggered ability will resolve first, as this ability triggered when the Edict was played. So when your opponent's Edict resolve you will control a creature and will have to sacrifice it.

Q: Does Seraph and Bloodfire Infusion work as a combination to gain control of all the creatures that die to the damage the Bloodfire Infusion causes?

A: No, for two reasons. You sacrifice the Seraph when you activate the ability of the Bloodfire Infusion. This means that the Seraph's ability can not trigger when these creatures go to the graveyard. And two, the Bloodfire Infusion states that it is the source of the damage, not the enchanted creature.

Q: If Spreading Algae is played on a tapped Swamp, does it destroy it immediately, or does it wait until the land becomes tapped again?

A: No. Spreading Algae's first triggered ability will only trigger when it is attached to an untapped Swamp that becomes tapped. This Swamp will have to be untapped and then tapped again in order for the ability to trigger.