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Concession during resolution of an effect in multiplayer

Jan. 9, 2015 06:03:53 PM

Jochem van 't Hull
Judge (Level 1 (International Judge Program))

BeNeLux

Concession during resolution of an effect in multiplayer

Assume the following horribly contrived scenario:
  • 8-player Free-for-All multiplayer game.
  • AP casts Warp World.
  • Everyone counts their permanents and shuffles up (as per steps 1 and 2 of Warp World).
  • AP concedes (because reasons).
How does the game proceed?

Similarly:
What happens?

Are these types of scenarios (theoretically) possible at Competitive REL?

Jan. 9, 2015 08:17:24 PM

Callum Milne
Forum Moderator
Judge (Uncertified)

Canada - Western Provinces

Concession during resolution of an effect in multiplayer

In your Warp World scenario, the remaining players reveal cards and put them onto the battlefield exactly as they would have if the active player hadn't left the game, because if a player leaves the game in the middle of resolving their own spell, the spell continue to resolve. In your second scenario, the current damage assignment isn't legal, so players back up to the start of damage assignment and proceed from there without the missing player and his or her creatures.

In both scenarios, whether the remaining players wish to never again play with the conceding player (because that player is clearly a rules-lawyering jerk for insisting that no, they're conceding during the process rather than before or after for no reason other than to make things more difficult and confusing for everyone else) is up to them.

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