Rules Tip of the Day: Creatures are affected by what used to be called 'summoning sickness' if you have not controlled them since the beginning of your most recent turn. It does not matter if a creature has been in play for several turns and you just gained control of it; it still will not be able to attack or to use an activated abilities with the tap symbol as part of the activation cost until you have controlled it since the beginning of your turn.

Q: Would I be able to return Lotus Bloom to my hand with Leonin Squire?

A: Yes. It does not have a mana cost, so it will be considered to have a mana cost of zero. Because of this you can return it to your hand with Leonin Squire.

Q: With the new Mishra, Artificer Prodigy card, does playing an artifact land count as playing an artifact, so I essentially get two?

A: No. Playing a land—even an artifact land—is not playing a spell, so Mishra's ability will not trigger.

Q: If my opponent plays Incinerate on my creature, can I play Teferi, Mage of Zalfer? And therefore, because of his ability to make my opponent's spells into sorceries, counter the instant spell Incinerate from my opponent? Is this right?

A: No, Teferi's ability does not affect spells that are on the stack and waiting to resolve. Any spell that has been legally played will remain on the stack and resolve as normal. Teferi's ability changes when your opponent can play spells. It does not counter them in any way.

Q: I have a question about how Grand Arbiter Augustin IV works with Suspend. Suspend states that if you pay the Suspend cost, after the counters wear off, you can play the spell without paying its mana cost. Does the Grand Arbiter's ability make the opponent pay one mana in order to play Suspend spells?

A: Yes, your opponent will have to pay one mana when playing this suspended card. If, for some reason, your opponent cannot pay this one mana, then the Suspend card will remain removed from the game.

Q: My opponent has a Suspended Deep Sea Kraken with one counter on it. If I play a Split Second spell, will he be prevented from playing the Kraken? If so, what happens to the Kraken?

A: Yes, this will prevent your opponent from playing the Deep Sea Kraken. When you play this Split Second spell, the Kraken's ability will trigger and go on the stack on top of this spell. When this triggered ability resolves, your opponent will remove the last time counter from it. Normally, he would be given the opportunity to play the Deep Sea Kraken. However. as there is now a split second spell on the sack, no one will be able to play any spells or abilities, so he cannot play it. Because of this, the Deep Sea Kraken card will remain removed from the game.

Q: Can I Suspend a Lotus Bloom, which is an artifact, at the end of someone's turn or is Suspend an alternate casting cost?

A: Choosing to pay a Suspend cost and remove a Suspend card from the game can only be done when you could normally play the spell. As Lotus Bloom is an artifact, you can only Suspend it during one of the main phases of your turn when the stack is empty.

Q: I play Decree of Pain and I control a Darksteel Colossus. Will I draw a card for the Colossus?

A: No. You only draw card for the creatures that are actually destroyed when Decree of Pain resolves. A creature that regenerates or is not destroyed because it is indestructible is not destroyed, so you won't draw a card for that creature.

Q: I have enchanted my opponent's creature with Custody Battle. After I got control of the creature, I blew Custody Battle away with Disenchant. In my opinion, the creature stays under my control as it was when the enchantment was gone. But my opponent stated that the creature would return to his control after the removal. Who is right?

A: You are. Custody Battle itself does not generate an effect that changes control of the enchanted permanent. It gives a triggered ability to the enchanted creature that generates the change of control effect. When Custody Battle leaves play, the change of control effects from these triggered abilities are unaffected. So this creature will stay under the control of whoever controls it.

Q: In an Emperor Game, can I choose the Emperor as the player for Stuffy Doll? In my opinion, he is not targeted by the Doll.

A: Assuming that you are using the standard range of influence rules for Emperor games, then no. You are correct that Stuffy Doll's abilities do not target, and that you cannot target something that is not in your range of influence. However, you do choose a player for Stuffy Doll to affect, and—like targeting—you can only choose a player or object that it in your range of influence.