I don't think I would issue a Warning here (or in the “Crew Copter after going to attack phase” case). I would certainly not force the player to waste his Shock.

What the player tried to do is not illegal per se. It is just not how shortcuts work. Once we clarified the situation, I do not see the point for a Warning. If you think that the offending player was fishing for information, the infraction is Cheating.

Originally posted by Dominik Chłobowski:

In the scenario, November explicitly said “ok, in answer to your Honor’s
Reward”. This is why we GRV instead of assuming he's used the Shock after
the spell has resolved.

2017-01-09 19:32 GMT-05:00 Mark Mason <forum-32565-d698@apps.magicjudges.org

That was helpful in answering my question. It's interesting my reading of “in answer to” mean "in answer to it's resolving. That is, I didn't see (not sure if I yet do) see a suggestion of a problem. However, I appreciate the words being brought to my attention enough to imagine at least words that would cause me concern.

There may be a bit of a language issue here. One of the meanings of
“answer” is “response”. “In answer to” in the scenario is meant to be “in
response to” in usual English Magic.

2017-01-24 18:37 GMT-05:00 Mark Mason <forum-32565-d698@apps.magicjudges.org