Side deck legality
from UDE's Player Management Forums
So my PTO and i got into an interesting philosophical discussion in the aftermath of an Illegal Deck infraction at today's Realm Qualifier, and we thought it would be worthwhile to float the scenario and talk philosophy here on the PM forum.
From the CRD:
100.3 Some tournaments allow players to have an optional side deck. Players must start each match with their main deck, but may swap cards between side deck and main deck between games in a match. For Constructed play, a side deck is exactly 10 cards and can include any cards that could be included in the main deck. For Sealed Pack play, a side deck is all cards in a player’s card pool that are not being played in the main deck.
As currently worded, this prevents the gamemanship/"Jedi mind tricks" of registering/"accidentally revealing" cards in a side deck which would not be legal in the main deck. Originally, this applied to talent spec'd cards, such as Surprise Attacks in a deck playing a Rogue Hero with the Assassination specialization. Perhaps a player is trying to deceive his opponent with his intent while sideboarding, or give away misinformation about the contents of their deck. I know Jess Grinnesier is very much in favor of allowing players to game one another with misinformation, but as i see current policy, this is expressly forbidden. (At least as far as strictly illegal cards go-- it's allowed for "technically-legal" cards such as Hard-Packed Snowball.)
However, with the addition of Aldor/Scryer cards, should the side-deck policy be re-worded? Making complete Aldor/Scryer swaps is legal due to the expanded sideboard policy in sealed play, but it is not currently legal to have Aldor cards in a sideboard paired with a Scryer main deck. Should it be?
Does it widen the door for the above kind of gamesmanship? Is that desirable, or not?
Is this even the intent of the current side decking policy?
http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/community/forums/thread/1045176.aspx
from UDE's Player Management Forums
So my PTO and i got into an interesting philosophical discussion in the aftermath of an Illegal Deck infraction at today's Realm Qualifier, and we thought it would be worthwhile to float the scenario and talk philosophy here on the PM forum.
From the CRD:
100.3 Some tournaments allow players to have an optional side deck. Players must start each match with their main deck, but may swap cards between side deck and main deck between games in a match. For Constructed play, a side deck is exactly 10 cards and can include any cards that could be included in the main deck. For Sealed Pack play, a side deck is all cards in a player’s card pool that are not being played in the main deck.
As currently worded, this prevents the gamemanship/"Jedi mind tricks" of registering/"accidentally revealing" cards in a side deck which would not be legal in the main deck. Originally, this applied to talent spec'd cards, such as Surprise Attacks in a deck playing a Rogue Hero with the Assassination specialization. Perhaps a player is trying to deceive his opponent with his intent while sideboarding, or give away misinformation about the contents of their deck. I know Jess Grinnesier is very much in favor of allowing players to game one another with misinformation, but as i see current policy, this is expressly forbidden. (At least as far as strictly illegal cards go-- it's allowed for "technically-legal" cards such as Hard-Packed Snowball.)
However, with the addition of Aldor/Scryer cards, should the side-deck policy be re-worded? Making complete Aldor/Scryer swaps is legal due to the expanded sideboard policy in sealed play, but it is not currently legal to have Aldor cards in a sideboard paired with a Scryer main deck. Should it be?
Does it widen the door for the above kind of gamesmanship? Is that desirable, or not?
Is this even the intent of the current side decking policy?
http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/community/forums/thread/1045176.aspx