Invert Polarity Breaks* The Rules of Magic!? | Magic: The Gathering |

[@ThatMillGuyShaf]

Brainfarted on Ragavn returning to hand 😫

[@adriansennett2861]

Fair. 😂

[@davenclawthehobbit2842]

Just substitute any haste creature or creature that has an etb ping effect and boom

[@BenovskyGM]

"UNCOUNTERABLE MONKEY" I will be using this phrase outside of MtG

[@sketjtheinkle8268]

I can only imagine the picture of Eminem throwing a flashbang but instead of the flashbang its just a whole macaque or a capuchin

[@Exile559]

Videl, is that you??

[@toadskinjim4178]

Same

[@tylerowens]

To everyone complaining about the dash thing, replace ragavan with literally any haste creature with at least one power and the point still stands.

[@awsomegadgetguy7191]

or just lightning bolt...

[@sleepyppl4286]

or any burn spell, or any creature like plhage, or any ping creature/spell. theres countless ways for this coin flip to lead to a win.

[@XenithShadow]

@@sleepyppl4286 it need to be an uncountable spell our the sketch doesn't work.

[@sleepyppl4286]

@@XenithShadow thats why he specifically mentioned cavern of souls which lets you make any creature spell uncounterable. plus theres a handful of cards that give other cards “this spell cant be countered”

[@crimsondragon2677]

The main design philosophy of MTG is that, for every rule, there is a card telling you to break it.

[@JJ-qz1dg]

My store had a saying "In Magic, there is an exception to every rule except this one"

[@G.G_Games21]

@@JJ-qz1dg that's pretty meta thinking

[@Spherehead123]

except poison counters

[@AdamGoldbergOmaha]

@@Spherehead123 except leeches

[@philbuttler3427]

That's how cards work in the base system. Cards supersede rules.

[@Plexiux]

Its like Flux. "The rules work like this, unless a card says otherwise".

[@samurottninjawaterdragon]

Also I'm going to exchange keepers and take your time and give you The Sun that way I match the goal Time is Money since I also have Money on the field therefore I win

[@shadowfox513]

Disclaimer: I get this is a joke, but The rule isn't random determination of a winner, it's improper determination of a winner, which is defined by using or suggesting some method outside of the rules and confines of the game to determine a winner. Invert polarity works within the rules of the game, whereas telling your opponent, "let's flip a coin to determine the winner" does not. Also, cards "break the rules" all the time. What's next, reliquary tower breaks the rules cause you have no max hand size? 😂

[@haunakahzombie7899]

I beg to argue that there is the, "hey this is taking a long time, let'sflip to see who wins", then there is the, this is a legit game mechanic. Far and above different things.

[@sablesalt]

To be fair it's also the rest of the gamestate that is what is determining the match and not just the coin flip.

[@djsedam123]

Obligatory "Akshully, the Dash trigger would bounsth the Ragavan to histh hand 🤓" The fact that this breaks the rules is hilarious 😂. I wonder how many people are gonna make judge calls over this

[@FlynnWarner]

Also ironic since it's not a coin flip determining a winner, it's damage from Ragavan.

[@WhenDPSFalls]

I have never listened to A judge say this because if they did I would rps my opponent or ask him if he’d like to “ENTER THE DUNGEON” because this some unruly shit

[@johngavin2570]

*you* cannot determine the result of the match via coin flip. A card, however, can.

[@adriansennett2861]

Except this wouldn't work.

[@jtyree0226]

@@adriansennett2861Raging Goblin says otherwise

[@hitthere7722]

@@adriansennett2861Why wouldn’t it work?

[@hitthere7722]

Nevermind I thought he said it wouldn’t swing, not that he’d swing back

[@adriansennett2861]

@@hitthere7722 wel if he didn't with it he wouldn't ein anyway so yeah. just a bit dumb. But the dude admitted at the top of the post it was a total brain fart so. All good.

[@bitanduran8011]

Prerelease weekend I won my second match using invert polarity against the emrekul, mtg core mem

[@timtauber5557]

How would he get to attack with the monkey? It’s not his turn? At the end it would go back to its owners hand.

[@xelordragon4507]

@@iP3RFEKTIONoO unfortunately you also cannot attack your opponent on there turn.

[@superchunk5324]

It doesn’t say gain control until end of turn, therefore it would remain under his control on his turn and he can attack on his combat.

[@xPhireLight]

​@@superchunk5324dash trigger on end step dgaf

[@spiceytortilla21]

@@superchunk5324 yes but the ragavan was paid for with the dash cost meaning it would be returned at the end of turn even if someone else gained control of it, like if you gained control of an evoked solitude it would still die

[@adriansennett2861]

​@@spiceytortilla21yep this is a stupid and non factual video.

[@JeanLucCanas]

If I didn’t see the set symbol, I would have assumed that was from unfinity 😂

[@AriBFitness]

I’ve been speccing on invert polarity because for this specific reason I think it basically says flip a coin win the game or counter a spell

[@laytonjr6601]

It would work better with a Shadowspear because that ragavan is still casted with dash when you take control of it

[@hitmonkey2984]

Comprehensive rules to... be broken.

[@anhfjdzbxjxisk1929]

That is what all magic cards are. Card board that tells you how to break the rules.

[@Playingwithproxies]

No arbitrary coin flips are allowed to determine the game outcome. In game rules coin flips are allowed.

[@seanwilson613]

We just knock over the top 10 cards and go with what might have happened.

[@z-super4782]

Lol 🤣 they don't mean it like that 😂

[@BelgotLeons]

Also its not a coin flip thats determining the game its a card that has a coin flip in it Context matters always

[@jtyree0226]

Still decided by a coin flip 50/50

[@vittoriosavian9964]

​@@jtyree0226 yes, but there is a big difference.

[@trevorhansen1299]

he means as in you rollingg a dice or flipping a coin to decide who to attack k, what to play, etc, i know this bc i tried this and someone let me know swiftly xD

[@THEcowboybob_MTG]

I heard this in baldys voice lol

[@Hashbrown1682]

Rules eyyy Sounds more like guidelines

[@salvatoredantonio2413]

What did you name with cavern, monkey or pirate?

[@BussyConnoisseur]

I'm big dumb dumb.. What if a card has multiple modes choosen? Can you rechoose different modes? Or must they stay the chosen?

[@tehkuzio]

By that logic you cant design any card with coin flip or any sort of randomness

[@failapusgaming2628]

I think the comprehensive rules are there TO BE broken by designers. Its almost a test to see if they can make a card that bypasses comprehensive rules in playtesting and makes it to release.

[@tonysmith9905]

Uh...duh? Literally every card breaks the rules of the game. That's what they're sposed to do.

[@gabzsy4924]

This is so dishonest. You know exactly that both scenarios are miles apart from one another, plus, making up impossible snecarios to peove your point dosn't prove anything.

[@storeblaa]

Change ragavan with phlage there u go But yeah this is honestly the only card besides grief id like to see banned these days 😅

[@granttadlock7985]

if the invert gains control of the spell does the dash ability go away? or does it go back to its owners hand?

[@JayIsADino]

I think it still goes back to its owners hand. It didn’t change zone, just controller, so it’s still the same entity

[@marcogoncalves3207]

He can't make a single video without some kind of mistake.

[@anarchistgold8023]

Naw fr. If mono red was such a huge problem for years, why hasn't WotC done anything to bring balance to the game. Game has been one-sided since War of the Spark, and that's just my opinion. There's old people who play this game and know the ebb and flow. $$$

[@dashkatae]

Nice try, but doesn't work as the dash mechanic specifically bounces the card back to the owner's hand at the end of the turn regardless of who controls the creature.

[@adriansennett2861]

Correct.

[@binggoesthedinomite]

Correct but moot point. both are at 1 life, ragavan has haste from dash even when switching fields. The result of invert polarity determines who is getting punched by the monkey.

[@dashkatae]

@@binggoesthedinomite Moot in what way? So he gets control of the spell and casts the monkey, on his opponent's turn. He can't attack with Ragavan as it's his opponent's turn. At end of turn, regardless of who controls Ragavan, it bounces back to the owner's hand.

[@icantpronounce]

isn't the first rule of magic that whats printed on the card over rules the rules

[@gauwal]

there are no rule about random methods being illegal, the rule is about any method outside of the game being illegal Think about it, the very concept of the game is randomly drawing cards

[@toadskinjim4178]

For the last 5 year im CONVINCED that wotc just smokes meth all the time 😅

[@bchap5429]

You genuinely can determine a game through a coin flip. Nothing prevents you from rolling an unrelated dice and then one player conceding.

[@TobiasLeonHaecker]

I think, you know extremely well, why there is this rule...

[@icebarrierangel6610]

I asume you would draw bolt

[@theslizzyglizzy3468]

Cant you just flip a coin and then have the loser concede.

[@jasoncollins218]

That means you auto loose bc rulz are rulz my guy. Sorry 😮😅

[@TheShockingShane]

Niche

[@hokiow]

I get what you're saying, but you're not determining who wins base off a coin flip because you're resolving a card right..? Even then you have 3 turns starting as turn player being T0 (in some tournaments) to determin the winner

[@adriansennett2861]

Also he would not be able to attack with the monkey cause it returns to it's owners hand at the end of turn regardless of who controls. Big dumb mistake. 😂

[@jtyree0226]

He just gave the scenario of being at 1 life. There is no 3 turns

[@adriansennett2861]

Just checked the comprehensive rules and this is bull. The dashed creature would return to it's owner's hand at the end of turn. Check the rules before posting vids dude. What a massive balls up. 😂

[@adriansennett2861]

😂🤣😂🤣 Everyone who actually know how dash works understand how this would not work on a dashed creature right? 😂🤣😂🤣 So dumb it's hilarious.

[@jtyree0226]

Raging Goblin says hello. ….Speaking of, sounds like you’re raging over a short 😂

[@adriansennett2861]

@@jtyree0226 I love goblins. So much I have pure sack burn, swarm beat down and a zada artifacts sack deck. Two of those both have a full playset of boggart shenanigans. So killing my gobos bad for opponent, not killing my gobbos bad for my opponent. Mono red gobs are great.