Rules Tip of the Day: The words 'each' and 'all' do not denote or imply targeting.

Q: I have a Preeminent Captain in play. If I attack, could I then put a Bushi Tenderfoot into play, but flipped so that he's actually Kenzo the Hardhearted?

A: No. Unless specified, when you put a card into play, it is put into play as it normally enter play. A Bushi Tenderfoot can be put into play when this ability resolves, but only as the unflipped Bushi Tendrefoot.

Q: If I have both Guile and Dovescape in play, and I play a spell, would I be able to play it with Guile's ability, counter it with Dovescape, and get infinite Birds?

A: Yes, that does work. When Dovescape's ability resolves, Guile will cause you to remove this noncreature spell from the game. You will still get Bird tokens equal to the converted mana cost of this spell. Guile will allow you to replay this spell for free. When you do, Dovescape's ability will trigger again. You can repeat this process over and over as many times as you want. You will have to stop with a specific number; infinite is not a number in Magic.

Q: My opponent plays Meddling Mage, naming Tooth and Nail. I then play Lignify targeting the Meddling Mage. Am I now allowed to play Tooth and Nail?

A: Yes. Meddling Mage's ability that prevents you from playing the chosen card will be removed by Lignify.

Q: Does Gaddock Teeg stop me from playing Sprout Swarm with buyback? The casting cost is 1G but the buyback cost is three, for a total of five mana.

A: No. The converted mana cost of Sprout Swarm, even when the buyback cost is paid, is two. The converted mana cost of a spell is the total amount of mana in the upper right corner of the card. Effects that raise or lower the cost to play this spell or optional costs added to the spell are not part of the converted mana cost.

Q: How do Guile and Pact of Negation interact? Guile has a replacement effect when you cast a counterspell; does this override the requirement to pay 3UU the next turn or lose?

A: It does not matter that Guile's ability replaces a portion of what happens when Pact of Negation resolves. When Pact of Negation resolves, the targeted spell is removed from the game and you can play it, but Pact of Negation will also still create a delayed triggered ability that will cause you to lose in your next upkeep unless you pay 3UU. Similarly, you would draw a card with Dismiss and you would untap up to four lands if Rewind were the counterspell in this example.

Q: Can Nomad Mythmaker fetch me an Animate Dead from my graveyard?

A: No. In order to attach the targeted Aura to a creature card in play it must have the ability 'Enchant creature.' This is because you cannot attach an Aura to an object that it cannot be legally attached to. The card Animate Dead has the ability 'Enchant creature card in a graveyard.' It can be targeted by Mythmaker's ability, but nothing will happen when this ability resolves.

Q: I have a Protean Hulk hidden under a Mosswort Bridge. I play a Phyrexian Dreadnought, and activate the Bridge and play the Hulk with the sacrifice ability on the stack. I sacrifice Dreadnought and Hulk to Dreadnought's comes-into-play trigger, leaving Hulk as the top card in the graveyard, and fetch Dracoplasm, another Dreadnought, and Volrath's Shapeshifter (now a copy of Protean Hulk). Can I now sacrifice the new Dreadnought and Shapeshifter to Dracoplasm?

A: No. All of the creatures that are put into play when Protean Hulk's ability resolves enter play at the same time. And Dracoplasm's ability is no longer a triggered ability; it is a static ability that generates a replacement effect that is applied as Dracoplasm enters play. You sacrifice creatures to Dracoplasm's ability as it comes into play. This means that you must sacrifice creatures that were in play before Dracoplasm entered play.

Q: I have a Ghostly Prison in play, and my friend plays a Ward Sliver, choosing white. Does that mean that now he can attack me without paying two mana?

A: No. Ghostly Prison does not deal damage, it is not an Aura enchantment or equipment, it has nothing to do with creature combat damage, and it does not target. Because of this, protection from white will not prevent a player from having to pay the cost when attacking.

Q: I have four Forbidden Orchards in play. I tap them for four red mana and play Aether Flash. I have an Avatar of Might in my hand and no creatures in play. Can I play the Avatar for two mana, or does the Aether Flash come into play first and blow up the tokens?

A: There's no way to destroy these tokens with your Aether Flash. If you tap these lands for mana before you play Aether Flash, then you will have to wait for the triggered abilities that put these token creatures into play to resolve before you can play the Aether Flash. If you tap these lands for mana during the announcement of Aether Flash, then these triggers will go on the stack on top of the Aether Flash spell and resolve first. In either situation, these tokens will enter play before your Aether Flash. This means that after the Aether Flash spell resolves, you can play the Avatar of Might for just GG.