Q: If I have Coat of Arms in play, each creature gets +1/+1 for each creature that shares a type with it. So if I have a Coat, a 1/1 Bird, a 1/1 Soldier, and 1/1 Bird Soldier, does it break down make my Bird a 2/2, my Soldier a 2/2, and my Bird Soldier a 3/3? I believe a Bird Soldier has 2 creature types, but am I mistaken? Do Bird Soldiers only share types with other Bird Soldiers, or do they share types with Birds and Soldiers?

A: You're exactly right. The Bird Soldier gets the bonus from both the Bird and the Soldier.

Note that if you have two Bird Soldiers, they'll still only give each other +1/+1; it's either a"yes or no" match.

Q: If I have two creatures in play with the same type and a Coat of Arms, and I play Humility, will my creatures be 2/2 or 1/1? Would it change if I played the Coat of Arms after Humility? And if I played another creature with the same type later on, would it matter?

A: You apply the Coat of Arms and Humility in timestamp order (the order in which they came into play).

If the Coat of Arms was first, it would give them +1/+1, and then the Humility would make them 1/1.

If the Humility was first, it would make them 1/1 and the Coat of Arms would give them +1/+1.

If you play another creature, it changes the bonus granted by Coat of Arms to +2/+2, but not the timestamp.

Q: Can I use Forgotten Harvest more than once during my upkeep by removing multiple lands from my graveyard to give my creature multiple +1/+1 counters... Or can I only use it once?

A: Only once, because Forgotten Harvest only triggers once.

Q: I have a Xantid Swarm in play and I attack. Then, in my second main phase, I play Tempting Wurm. Does Xantid Swarm's ability nullify Tempting Wurm's ability to allow the opponent to put cards into play from his hand?

A: No. If you play Tempting Wurm, your opponent isn't playing spells; he's resolving the Wurm's triggered ability. It doesn't count.

Q: What happens if I cast Nefarious Lich and then Donate it to my opponent? Since it did not leave play, it should not trigger the"lose the game" effect - but is it now enchanting my opponent, or me?

I want to Disenchant it when he has control of it to force a loss. Is this possible, or do I lose? I couldn't find clarification in the rulings on moving enchantments like this.

A: Donating Nefarious Lich and then Disenchanting will kill your opponent. You don't lose - because, as you point out, it doesn't leave play while you control it. The"you" refers to its current controller.

Q: Let's say I have six swamps in play and cast Corrupt, targeting a */4 creature that my opponent controls. The opponent does nothing and the Corrupt resolves. The other person argues that the damage dealt by Corrupt is limited by the creature's toughness whereas I argue otherwise.

My reasoning for Corrupt is that when Corrupt resolves, it counts the number of swamps I control and then deals that same amount of damage to the creature. After Corrupt resolves, State-Based Effects are checked and it sees that the creature has been dealt lethal damage, thus causing the creature to be sent to the graveyard before the active player gains priority.

My opponent claims that once damage equal to the creature's toughness is dealt, it will instantly die, and Corrupt will no longer be able to deal any remaining damage. I try to explain that the reason the creature dies is because SBE's are checked and dies to the SBE listed under Rule 420.5c. Then I try to explain that SBE's do not care what happens during the resolution of a spell or ability (Rule 420.4).

Then once I am finished, he tells me that he has a DCI Level 2 Judge rating, saying that the damage from Corrupt is limited by the toughness - and he has a witness to vouch for him! ARGH! I have several other DCI level judges telling me otherwise! Please, help me out here and give me a ruling on this so thay I may print it out and say that I have the ruling of a DCI Level 4 judge who gets daily practice answering multiple questions a day. Thank you!

A: You can print out this article and show them. Many people claim that this, that, or the other Judge has said something; unless they tell you specifically who and quote the rule that the judge told them, don't believe them. If I had a dollar for every time someone said that I said something, I wouldn't have to answer questions any more!

It's even funnier when I get quoted to myself.

You're right; the creature doesn't die until after Corrupt completely resolves rule 420.5c). Unlike Drain Life, which says you only gain life equal to the creature's toughness, with Corrupt you gain life equal to the damage dealt. Damage isn't limited to the toughness of the creature; if you Corrupt for six, you'll gain six life even if the creature's toughness is one.

Q: My opponent has a Future Sight in play and plays Eureka. He says he can now play his entire Library because of the Future Sight, and I say he can't. Who is right and why?

A: You're right. The cards revealed with Future Sight aren't in your hand, so you can't put them into play with Eureka.

Q: My question concerns a state-based effect. As far as I understand, if a Legend comes into play and there is another one with the same name already in play, the second one dies to a state-based effect. However, what happens if I play Exhume and two players put the same legend into play? Do I, as active player, choose which one comes into play first? If not, what happens?

A: They both come into play at the same time during the resolution of Exhume. They'll both go to the graveyard as a State-Based effect. The active player chooses first which creature he's going to put into play (giving the non-active player some choices), but they both hit play at the same time.

Q: How does Glarecaster turn the damage around? Is Glarecaster like a funnel and he shoots the damage straight back at the opponent that was dealt, or does Glarecaster deal the damage? So if damage from Phage the Untouchable were redirected towards someone, would that person lose? Or, if Gratuitous Violence was out, would Glarecaster's redirection deal double damage? Or if protection were involved, would the person have to have protection from white to avoid Glarecaster, or would they have to have protection from the color of the original source of the damage?

A: The damage redirected from Glarecaster would only be doubled once, because Glarecaster isn't dealing damage. Protection from white would keep the creature from being targeted by Glarecaster's ability, and protection from the original source's qualities will prevent the damage.