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January Update Bulletin Released
by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-01-28 14:52:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, MaGo, Mark Gottlieb, Rules, Bulletin, Update
Mark Gottlieb has released the January 2010 Rules Update Bulletin for Magic. You can read the full article (written with help from Matt Tabak) at this link.
Two interesting notes for the Worldwake Prereleases this weekend, two of the brand new cards already have errata: Walking Atlas and Nemesis Trap.
Regarding the Atlas, Gottlieb said "The word "artifact" was inadvertently omitted from its type line. That's a mistake; it's clearly an artifact creature if you look at it." Here's the mistake in visual form:
The other card was Nemesis Trap, receiving errata in Mark's words because "It says to put a "creature token" that's a copy of another creature onto the battlefield. The problem is that the token might not be a creature. If you copy an animated land, for example, the token will be a regular, non-animated land. (It's a copy of the permanent, ignoring all effects—such as the animation effect—that have been applied to it.) For that reason, Nemesis Trap has received minor errata to specify that you put a "token," not a "creature token," onto the battlefield."
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Bill Stark is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheStarkingtonPost.com. He began playing Magic in 1995 after being introduced to the game by his brother. Since then he has competed at all levels of play including the JSS, Grand Prix, Nationals, and Pro Tour. In addition to his career as a pro, Bill began writing about the game early on for TheDojo.com, the first website dedicated to Magic. Since then he has written and edited for nearly every major Magic website on the web. In 2007 he began work as an official coverage reporter for Wizards of the Coast, flying to Grand Prixs, Nationals, and World Championships to record the events happening at each. He was also hired for six months as an R&D intern at Wizards where he worked on the redesign for DailyMTG.com as well as helping to develop multiple Magic sets. After leaving Wizards, he started TheStarkingtonPost.com to utilize his many contacts in the industry to provide a better information solution for fans of TCGs, gaming, and Magic: The Gathering.