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[magicjudge]

When Westvale Abbey transforms to Ormendahl, does this count as a creature entering the battlefield for Impact Tremors? I can see a "no" answer because it was already on the battlefield, but I can also see a "yes" answer because it was not a creature before transforming.

No.

A permanent gaining or losing types doesn’t cause it to enter or leave the battlefield.

[magicjudge]

Suppose I have five 1/1 creatures with the same creature type on the battlefield. Creature A is equipped with a Stoneforge Masterwork, making him a 5/5. My opponent casts Languish. Does Creature A survive? Suppose Boiling Earth was cast instead? Does Creature A survive?

No in both cases.

When state-based actions are checked the first time, all of your other creatures will die. This makes your creature lose the bonus from Stoneforge Masterwork and when state-based actions are immediately checked again, the game sees that it either has lethal damage marked on it or has less than one toughness, and so it too will die. It just dies after all of its friends.

[magicjudge]

You were recently talking about control of equipment attached to a creature taken by an opponent. There are several instances in Magic where I believe the rules defy common sense. This is way up there on the list. I'll bet 10 out of 10 people who don't play magic would say that if you control a creature, then you control the equipment it is using. Why is the rule written like this?

Because it is. 

If auras and equipment were controlled by whoever controlled what they were attached to, then certain auras wouldn’t be able to work the way they do currently. (e.g. Mind Control)

It makes sense overall to not have control of attached permanents changing around when those permanents change controllers. Maybe it would make sense if it had been the other way around from the start, but that’s not how Richard Garfield designed the game.

[magicjudge]

Obviously, it is the polite thing to do, but I am wondering if a player is required to announce that he or she has reached delirium (or has become delirious, as I like to say).

No.

You’re required to tell your opponent what types are in your graveyard if they ask, or allow them to figure it out themselves. And you can’t lie to them.

[magicjudge]

Consuming Sinkhole can exile a creature land. I am thinking that both an awoken land and a land such as Shambling Vent qualify. Is this correct?

Any permanent that’s currently both a creature and a land is a valid target for the first mode of Consuming Sinkhole. This includes Awakened lands, creature lands like Shambling Vent and Inkmoth Nexus, and even weirder stuff like Dryad Arbor or Forests being affected by Life and Limb

[magicjudge]

I love using the combo of Act of Treason and Collateral Damage. It occurs to me that Bone Splinters would be a fun substitute for Collateral Damage. This would be great if my opponent has two creatures, but suppose he has only one. Can I still use Bone Splinters to sacrifice the barrowed creature without targeting a creature for destruction?

Sure.

Bone Splinters has to have a target, but you choose targets before you pay costs, so you can target the creature you’re about to sacrifice.

[magicjudge]

Boros Garrison says "When Boros Garrison enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand." If it is the first land I play, does it return itself? In other words, can I play it as my first land?

Yes, it returns itself if you control no other lands.

If you could keep it as your first land it would say “return another land you control to its owner’s hand”.

[magicjudge]

I'm still a bit fuzzy on when certain things can be done, and I have heard conflicting answers. Suppose I attack with two creatures. I'll say that I am attacking as I tap and slide the creatures towards my opponent. He then says he is tapping them with Send to Sleep. From my point of view, they are already tapped. From his point of view he is tapping them before I tapped them. I think this is where priority and the stack come in. What is the actual sequence of events and can he do it?

For your opponent to tap your creatures, he would have to do so during your beginning of combat step at the latest. Players don’t receive priority in the declare attackers step until after attackers have been declared. That said, if you rush from your main phase to that point, we can rewind the game to give your opponent a chance to act before you declare attackers.

Your opponent doesn’t get to respond and tap your creatures after you’ve declared which creatures you’re attacking with. Your opponent would have to cast Send to Sleep in your beginning of combat step before they know which creatures you intend to attack with.