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fibber2 Mid Hudson Valley, NYPosts: 3,732While Craig makes a good point about the quality of Subaru wheels (holding up much better that the younger wheels from my Honda Odyssey), I think I have the Tire Rack wheels you sited. I got a snow tire package from them in 2002 with the Sports Edition Fox-5 ($105 each). They look very similar to Subi WRX with 5 'double spokes'. They are a TR 'house brand' made by FOMB in Italy. Silver paint over alloy. They seem to be decent for the price, and are holding up well nearing the end of their second NY winter. Spec wise, their offset is 5mm off from factory, probably not enough to do much harm (I hope...).
I do have an auto transmission so I guess that 45k is fairly common for the brakes. Yes, I had the vibrating when slowing down from highway as well as back-road speeds.
Robert, Exeter Subaru in NH gives you a loaner car if you purchase the car from them. I commute from the Seacoast to Nashua, NH so it is very convenient for my 60 mile commute.
OK, I think your car is fine then. At least regarding the brakes, that's normal wear and tear (and warped rotors are a known occurence with Outbacks, but not a major issue).
The part about the security system is odd. If it ends up costing you out of pocket to fix, I probably would just ask them to unplug the security system unless you really feel you need it. If they unplug the security system, you should still have keyless entry. Something to keep in mind if the cost of repair seems excessive.
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I do have the extended warranty and hopefully the rotors will be covered. The front were warped.
I don't see why the security system is not covered if they actually installed it at 19,000 miles? I don't need it where I live, but I travel quite a bit; especially to Boston and NY and park at airports so I would really like to keep it.
You have to install accessories within the first 1k miles to have your factory warranty cover them.
That's the technical answer. I would call 800-SUBARU3 and ask for a little help. A Subaru Gold warranty customer should expect to be treated well, at least ask how they can help.
If I recall, Subaru helped me with the first 2 instances where the rotors needed to be replaced on the 96 - front at 20k and rear at 44k. I was on my own with the fronts at 60k.
My commute is similar to yours, I work in Exeter and live in MA. I'll have to check them out when I buy my new GT. I like the idea of a free loaner.
fitzy2 Posts: 11Just got my 2002 LL Bean and as I am very concerned about proper maintenance I changed the oil today.......like to do as much as possible myself.....when I started the car after the oil change there was a strange noise from ubderneath the car, almost like a rattle or vibration...lasted only a moment......it was still on the car ramps.......I put it down to the new oil getting going but I never had it happen with any car in the past....has anyone had this?????? thanks much....Irish.
Might have taken that moment for the oil to get up to pressure, thru the filter, etc. I'm guessing the noise went away concurrent with that happening.
Suggestion: If your oil filter screws on straight up-and-down (vertically), try filling it with fresh oil before installing it. Might get oil circulating that much quicker.
I have been changing the oil on my Bean since new. It made that noise for the first time on the last oil change, at 37500 miles. So, I know the sound -- and it's the noise crank bearings make before they get oiled up. Nothing to worry about as long as the noise goes away in 1-2 sec.
I got my 2001 Outback back yesterday after they had it for two days. They "fixed" the auto door-lock and alarm system, repaired the rotors and installed new rear brakes. The total bill: $732. I was shocked to say the least. I picked it up on a Sat so no one in service was available.
I had Subaru install the alarm system and that was $272 to fix it. Well, less than 24 hours later, I can unlock..but not LOCK the doors with the indoor auto locking switch.
Looking at their rates..it was almost 10 hours to repair the car. The sales guy on Saturday hinted that they are short-staffed at this point. Happy that I am paying extra for that.
jrosasmc Posts: 1,704Hey Juice- I'm just curious as to why Subaru isn't selling the regular Legacy L models for 2004. According to SOA's website and this one the cheapest Legacy models that are being sold right now are the L 35th Anniversary editions. The reason I'm commenting on this is because my father is interested in a Legacy wagon, but he doesn't want a sunroof, fog lights, alloys and those other frills. And no-frills L models of any year are tough to find from our experience.
Well, I'd say wait.
The 2005 models will offer a 2.5i (base) model with no moonroof. I think it will have alloys, but why not reduce unsprung weight? It's less mass for the suspension to fight with.
fitzy2: next time, see if you can find an incline and then aim the car down, then drive up the ramps. That leaves it about level while you're going the work. That may or may not help the oil circulate faster, but it's worth a shot.
Also, try pre-filling the new oil filter before you install it. Folks here gave me that hint.
lfdal Posts: 679One of my favorite topics - if you want to see just how long it takes the oil to start to run through a new filter - fill it once, let it set for a couple of minutes - can't find the oil? Its all in the element. I usually add oil a few times, such that it's about 1/2 to 3/4 full when I put it on the engine.
I'm afraid I had "prime the filter" so thoroughly drummed into me when I was a kid, I'll always believe its the best way to go.
Here's an observation that makes no sense - Purolator OEM's the Subaru filters, -but- at least for the filter's I'm using now the Purolators thread on easier. Strange.


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Acts: 3
Setting: Ancient China, Peking
In a crowded quarter nestled near the Forbidden City, a man pronounces an edict, saying that any prince wanting to marry Princess Turandot will first need to answer three riddles. If he answers all three correctly, he will marry Turandot. If he fails, he will die. The Prince of Persia is her latest suitor. His fate was sealed prior to the opera's opening events; he failed to answer Princess Turnadot's riddles and now must die at moonrise. Citizens within the busy quarter, eager for bloodshed and entertainment, chant and urge the executioner to carry out his dark deed. In the midst of the hustle and bustle of the mob, a slave girl named Liu, suddenly cries for help when her elderly master, Timur, is pushed to the ground. She fears Timur is in danger of being trampled to death. Out of the shadows comes a strapping young man to aid them. He instantly recognizes Timur as his long-lost father, the deposed king of Tartary, which is now occupied by Chinese rulers. Afraid for his own life, Prince Calaf tells Timur to never say his name out loud. Both men are still running from the enemies who vanquished them from their own kingdom. Timur tells Prince Calaf that Liu has been his only faithful servant. When Prince Calaf asks her why, she tells him it was because Calaf once smiled upon her many years ago.
Moments later, the moon appears in the sky, and the Prince of Persia is brought to the place of his execution. The crowd falls deathly silent. Taken aback by his good looks and kind demeanor, the crowd, along with Prince Calaf, shouts for compassion and pleas for sparing the young man's life. Princess Turandot arrives, and unaffected by their cries, orders his execution with a swift and precise hand gesture. Price Calaf, laying eyes on the princess for the first time, falls completely head over heels for her. As if no longer aware of the current situation, he proclaims his love for the princess and shouts her name three times as the Prince of Persia is heard giving his last cry before he is beheaded.
Set in his heart, Prince Calaf determines to win Princess Turandot as his bride. As is customary for each potential suitor, Prince Calaf rushes to the ceremonial gong to signal his entry into the "contest." Three of Turandot's ministers (Ping, Pong, and Pang) aware of this new suitor, try to convince him to change his mind. They do not want any more blood to be spilled. Timur and Liu also try to change Prince Calaf's mind. Liu is the only one that seems to get through to Prince Calaf. She confesses her love for him, but even that is not enough to stop Prince Calaf. He bangs the gong and Turandot accepts his challenge.
Wishing to be free of Princess Turandot's bloody reign, Ping, Pang, and Pong are in their quarters before sunrise reminiscing and telling stories of their past lives. They also share stories of Princess Turandot's previous (and unfortunate) suitors. Their time is cut short, however, as the palace trumpets sound. Princess Turandot's ceremony is about to begin. The townspeople gather under the warm morning sun to witness Prince Calaf attempt the impossible. Before Princess Turandot appears, her father is sitting on the throne. Even he pleas to Prince Calaf to walk away from the challenge. Again, Calaf refuses. Princess Turandot appears and begins telling a story of her ancestor, Princess Lou-Ling. Lou-Ling was brutally murdered by a conquering prince. To avenge her death, Turandot explains she has turned against all men, and no man shall ever possess her. Her first riddle is told:
"What is born each night and dies at dawn?"
"Hope!" Prince Calaf declares. Correct.
Turadot, unaffected, asks her second riddle:
"What flickers red and warm like a flame, yet is not fire?"
"Blood." Calaf is right again. This time, the princess becomes unnerved. No suitor has proceeded this far. She asks her third riddle:
"What is like ice yet burns?"
Silence falls over the crowd. A few moments later, Calaf shouts, "Turandot!" He is right again. The crowd cheers and congratulates Calaf, thankful his life was not lost and future lives were saved. Princess Turandot suddenly becomes aware of her reality and pleads with her father to spare her marriage to Prince Calaf, some stranger. Her father refuses. Prince Calaf, in order to appease her, gives her a riddle of his own. If she answers correctly, he dies. If she answers incorrectly, she has to marry him. She accepts the new deal. The riddle he asks: "What is his name?" She has until dawn.
That evening, within the palace garden, Calaf hears the decree that no one in Peking will sleep until Turandot learns the name of her suitor. If she does not learn his name, everyone in the city will be killed. Calaf sings the famous aria, Nessun Dorma (Nobody shall sleep). The three ministers try to bribe Calaf to withdraw his bargain, but again, they are unsuccessful. Mobs take hold of Calaf and threaten him with daggers, and Liu and Timur are dragged in by soldiers. Calaf tries to convince the mob that only he knows his name. When Turandot comes in, Liu, faithful to Timur, cries out that only she knows the stranger's name. Turandot orders her to be tortured, but Liu refuses to tell the secret. Impressed by Liu's loyalty, Turandot asks Liu how she is able to remain silent. "Love," answers Liu. Turandot spitefully orders even harsher punishment. At that moment, fearing Calaf may intervene and get himself killed, Liu grabs one of the soldier's daggers and kills herself. Timur and the crowd follow Liu's body as it is carried away. The only people that remain is Calaf and Turandot. He calls her the Princess of Death, yet forcefully kisses her. Turandot begins to weep, for that was the first time she has ever been kissed. Calaf then tells her his true name.
With Calaf sitting on the throne, Turandot approaches and turns around to the crowd. She tells them that she has learned the stranger's name: "Love."

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---- — WOBURN — Beverly junior forward Caitlin Harty missed a chance to give her Panthers a lead just five minutes into last night's Division 1 North semi-final against Westford Academy, booting an open look into the goalkeeper's chest.
She wasn't going to miss twice.
Harty's strike in the 25th minute, which included some nifty footwork around Grey Ghost keeper Samantha Hyslip and a creative assist from teammate Eva Gourdeau, stood up as the Panthers beat Westford 1-0 at Woburn's Connolly Memorial Stadium.
Beverly (17-3) advances to the North final for the first time since 1997, and will play Central Catholic at Manning Field tomorrow (2:30 p.m.).
"Coming into the tournament, we were thinking about winning one round. Now, we're thinking we have a chance — we can do this," said Harty, who extended her single season school records to 49 goals and 60 points.
The fourth seeded Panthers saw their defense, led by captains Diandra Crowley and Becca Kemmer, backs Kristen O'Connor and Nicole Kirsch and keeper Casey Cook, blanked two straight Dual County League teams and hasn't allowed a goal in 165 postseason minutes.
"This is phenomenal, we're excited and pumped to make it this far," said Cook, who made seven of her 11 saves in the first half. "I'm so proud of the team. We really settled it down, sometimes early on we panicked a little because we were excited."
Cook's best save came 10 minutes after Harty's goal, as the junior came off her line to stop Westford's Caitlyn Paitsos. O'Connor also booted away a solid Ghost chance as Westford applied its best pressure late in the opening half. The Panthers held the lead, however, and settled down in the second half.
"It's a long season and while we've made some mistakes, we sorted through them," Beverly coach Kristin Simpson said of the improved play of her defense. "They're showing composure, staying patient instead of diving after the ball. They're working together and not individually. It's all communication and composure."
Offensively, Beverly was aggressive against ninth-seeded Westford (12-5-1). Gourdeau made several nice runs to set up chances that missed in the early going. Then in the 25th minute, she ran by two defenders in a 2-on-1 with Harty.
Both Westford defenders collapsed on Gourdeau, and Harty won the ball with just the keeper to beat. She did, placing her shot high into the cage for only goal of the game.
"I wanted to get it on net, and when it was going high I was just thinking stay down and don't go over. I saw it go in and I was ecstatic," said Harty. "Eva sends the best balls through, she's a great partner to have up top. She always finds me and I'm so thankful for that."
Beverly's midfield, including Meggie Manzo, Rachel Kenny, Allison Collins and Rose Terner, helped keep Westford off balance in the second. Save for a Meghan Thomasch bid off the crossbar, the Ghosts didn't put the Panther defense on its heels.
Gourdeau, a sublime, talented sophomore, was the key to the possession game.
"It's all mental for Eva. She needs something good to get her going and I think that assist to Caitlin early in our last game did that for her. Hopefully for us, she won't stop, because we don't win the last two games without her playing the way she's playing," said Simpson.
Beverly almost extended its lead twice. Gourdeau's bid off a corner kick was saved early in the second half and Harty had a header off another set piece go wide with 15 minutes to play. The Panther defense calmly returned the ball to midfield following most Westford runs to hold the lead.
"We're just more confident now," said Cook. "We had to get those jitters and nervousness out early in the tournament and we've picked it up a lot since then."
The Panthers are searching for their first North title against the unbeaten Raiders (15-0-4). The last time Beverly was in the North final was Simpson's sophomore year as a player 15 years ago, when they fell to Winchester.
"I remember the loss. It was at Bertram Field (in Salem). That was a great season with a great coach and a great group of girls," said Simpson.
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Piano di Sorrento hotel with a bar/lounge
Situated by the sea, this hotel is close to Museo Correale di Terranova, Port of Sorrento, and Piazza Tasso. Also nearby are Deep Valley of the Mills and Sedile Dominova.
Hotel Features
In addition to a bar/lounge, Hotel Cosmomare provides complimentary wireless Internet access, a rooftop terrace, and a 24-hour front desk.
Room Amenities
In addition to plasma televisions with digital channels, guestrooms include complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms come with showers and bidets.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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- General
Hotel Cosmomare features a rooftop terrace, a safe deposit box at the front desk, and a television in the lobby. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request), a ferry terminal shuttle, and a shopping center shuttle. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge. A total renovation of this property was completed in April 2010.
- Free Wi-Fi
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- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 20
- Number of floors - 6
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Going into Sunday night's Grammy Awards ceremony, conventional wisdom was that Durham-based Merge Records would win one of the coveted music trophies - its first.
But almost no one could have predicted that it would play out as it did, with tiny Merge's band Arcade Fire walking away with the evening-ending grand prize: album of the year, over a field of heavyweight nominees including Eminem, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.
"It kind of felt like the world tilting a little bit," said Merge publicist Christina Rentz, who was in Los Angeles' Staples Center - but way up in the second level - for the big announcement.
Merge co-owners Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance were not in Los Angeles for the hoopla. Their band Superchunk is about to start a Japanese tour, and McCaughan was in Japan by Sunday. Ballance, meanwhile, turned her phone off and went to bed because she had a flight Monday morning.
That left Rentz and Merge retail director Jamie Beck to attend the ceremony on the company's behalf.
Arcade Fire, a Montreal indie-rock band, received critical acclaim for its third CD, "The Suburbs," released last year. In August, it became the first release from Merge to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album-sales chart.
Still, "The Suburbs" seemed like the longest of long shots to take the album of the year Grammy - especially after losing to Black Keys in the pre-telecast awards for best alternative album, which observers expected Arcade Fire to win. Things looked bleaker when Black Keys beat out Arcade Fire for another early award - best rock performance by a duo or group with vocals.
Less than five hours after that announcement, Arcade Fire took the stage to play on the CBS Grammy telecast after 11 p.m. The band was the last album-of-the-year nominee to perform before Barbra Streisand came out to present the award. She seemed almost puzzled as she called out the winner.
"When Barbra Streisand stuttered out their name, we just screamed at the top of our lungs," Rentz said. "We were up on the second level, and everybody around us was leaving - they had no idea who we were or the band was. We were completely stunned."
'Hopeful all the time'
Beck said she thought the band's end-of-the-show spot might bring good luck.
"Maybe I'm naive, but I'm hopeful all the time," Beck said. "We found out Arcade Fire was playing last, and I knew that the album-of-the-year winners are usually panting when they accept because they've just come offstage. So we had theories about them slipping in and surprising everybody."
The award was another coup for Merge, whose humble beginnings trace back 22 years, when it was run out of Ballance's Chapel Hill bedroom.
After a quick acceptance speech by front man Win Butler, Arcade Fire went back to its instruments and played a second song as a victory lap while the Grammy's show closing credits rolled.
And now, happiness
The band's after-party was a jubilant affair, with bassist Richard Parry declaring, "We robbed a bank!"
Rentz said she told the band that the best way to celebrate would be to play in North Carolina soon. "C'mon, guys, we'll have a barbecue for you!" she said.
Arcade Fire was headed to England on Monday for another awards show - the Brit Awards.
"I told them, 'Good luck topping this!'" Rentz said. "They just laughed and said, 'Don't worry. It won't.'"
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Mrs. Betty McKinney Boston, 77, of Bessemer City, died on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, at Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson.
Mrs. Boston was born on March 1, 1936, in Mitchell County, to Grady and Emma Young McKinney. Mrs. Boston was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Eugene Willis Boston; brother, Collins McKinney and sister, Sue Howell. Mrs. Boston retired as a registered nurse in Catawba County after 52 years of service.
Graveside services were held 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, at the Burnette Cemetery in Little Switzerland. Pallbearers included, Larry Boone, Chad Dellinger, Roberto Fernandez, Chip Perry, Tim Rector and Grady Herman.
Mrs. Boston is survived by one daughter, Monica Boston Perry and husband, Chip, of Atlanta, Ga.; one sister, Edna Herman and husband, Earl, of Bessemer City; sister in-law, Mildred McKinney; brother in-law, Joe Howell; nieces and nephews, Melody Rector and husband, Dr. Tim, Grady Herman and wife, Phyllis, Selinda Boone and husband, Larry, Ciji Dellinger and husband, Chad, Heather Fernandez and husband, Roberto.
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HERDEZ® Drowned Beef Sandwich with Chipotle Sauce (Torta Ahogada)17 Reviews 22 Pics
Prep15 m
Cook20 m
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"Beef broth with the kick of chipotle brings a spicy south of the border twist to a beef dip sandwich."
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- Combine the chipotle cooking sauce with the beef broth and cilantro in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low and continue to cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook onions in the hot oil until they begin to soften. Stir in the garlic and cook for another minute. Add the meat with 1/4 cup of the sauce and cook, stirring, for about two minutes until heated through.
- Ladle the sauce into four bowls for dipping. Place the meat mixture on the bottom half of the sandwich bun, garnish with cilantro sprigs and place top half of bun on top. Dip sandwiches in the sauce and enjoy.
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OMG. This is SOOO good. If you don't start with bd.weld's Slow-Roasted Beef for Sandwiches on this site, you will be missing a major component of this sandwich! Please do yourself a favor and take the time to get that done. But then with this recipe I made it according to what we know works for us. The rolls were first slathered with a bit of mayo and then a bit of horseradish. The onions, which I caramelized with only butter and a touch of salt, and the garlic added a necessary layer to the sandwich. I did add a little mozzarella to the buns. But I cut my meat very thin and added it to the pan with the garlic onions and beef broth/Herdez mixture. What a perfect sandwich! I mean perfect. This will become a staple in our family, and I can't wait to serve this to friends! Thank you so much, bd.weld! You are pure genius!
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Now this is a great sandwich! I had to change the method a bit, we have an onion hater in the family (silly girl) so I caramelized the onions and garlic in butter and did the chipotle sauce and beef broth in a separate pan. I mixed some of the chipotle cooking sauce with mayonnaise and spread that on the rolls. I put the rolls under the broiler to warm them up and toast them until the chipotle mayo was bubbling. I used very thinly sliced roast beef (slow roast beef for sandwiches on this site) and just dipped the beef into the sauce to just coat it. We like our beef rare so doing it this way didn't cook it any more. Topped with the caramelized onions and a bowl of sauce for dipping. This was a delicious meal that everyone enjoyed. Thanks bd.weld!
Absolutely delicious. Made this recipe exactly as written and we loved it. Thanks for a great recipe bd.
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Cranial Insertion
Magus Delay
or, Blame It on the Stone Rain
By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Ted Dickinson
Magus Delay
or, Blame It on the Stone Rain
By Eli Shiffrin, Tom Fowler, and Ted Dickinson
With Grand Prix: Columbus coming this weekend...
There will be no discussion of Protean Hulk or Flash.
There will, however, be plenty of answers for questions from the [email][email protected][/email] mailbag!
Q: Can you dredge the cards you discard from a Tolarian Winds? I'm not sure if you can use an activated ability mid way through a resolution.
A: It's true that you can't normally play activated abilities while another spell or ability is resolving. (The exception is that you can play mana abilities if an effect requires you to pay mana.) But that's a matter for another question, as dredge isn't an activated ability.
Dredge is a static ability that creates a replacement effect, which replaces each of your draws with the option to dredge if your library has enough cards. Since replacement effects work whenever the event they could replace happens, you can discard a Life from the Loam to the "discard" part of Tolarian Winds, and then replace one of your draws from the same spell with dredge to get the Loam back.
Q: How does Angel's Grace interact with Pact of Negation? Would I be able to play Angel's Grace before losing the game triggers?
A: No, but that's not what you need to do to avoid losing the game.
The very first thing that happens at the start of a player's upkeep step is that triggered abilities that trigger "at the beginning of upkeep" go on the stack. This happens before either player gains priority, so your first opportunity to play Angel's Grace is when the Pact's "pay or you lose the game" trigger is already on the stack.
However, as with other triggered abilities, this one doesn't do anything until it resolves. So playing Angel's Grace in response to the trigger means that its effect will be set up in time. Pact asks you to pay mana, you say "nu-uh," Pact says "well, you lose the then," Angel's Grace says "talk to the hand, not losing this turn," Pact walks off in a huff, and you continue with the rest of your turn.
Q: If Tendrils of Agony has multiple possible targets, and if I cast Seht's Tiger in response to the storm trigger, do the storm copies *have* to target my opponent, or can he leave me as the target so they all get countered because of an illegal target?
A: When the triggered ability of storm resolves and creates copies of the storm spell, the controller of the trigger has the option to change targets. If the player chooses not to change the targets, then the copies have the same target as the spell being copied. The player is not obligated to change targets if the original target has already somehow become illegal (in this case, by gaining protection from the spell's color). The copies, as with the original spell, will all be countered on resolution due to an illegal target.
Q: When a card asks to put cards you are looking at from the library on the bottom of your library, do you have the liberty to put them in any order?
A: Absolutely. This used to be written out on cards all the time, but WotC got tired of writing and just stuck it in the CompRules.
Quote from217.2d If an effect puts two or more cards on the top or bottom of a library at the same time, the owner of those cards may arrange them in any order. That library's owner doesn't reveal the order in which the cards go into his or her library.
Q: With a Magus of the Future in play and a Predict on top of my library, when I announce that I am playing Predict and move it to the stack, do I get to see the next card of my library before Predict resolves? If so, what if Predict was a different card that required targets. Would the next card in my library be revealed before I had to declare my targets? (For instance, with Vexing Arcanix, to decide whether to target myself or my opponent.)
A: Yes, no, and maybe, in that order.
Wait, there were only two questions.
Okay, let's start with the first one.
You'll definitely get to see the top card of your library before the Predict resolves. That Magus of the Future might as well have the Hawk creature type, because it certainly watches your library like one to make sure that card is revealed.
However, there is a small window during which you can't see the top card of your library. Then again, since you can't see through it, "window" may be a bad word. So let's say there's a small opaque object through which you can't see it. This is defined by, strangely enough, the very next entry in the CompRules after our previous answer:
217.2e Some effects tell a player to play with the top card of his or her library revealed. If the top card of the player's library changes while a spell or ability is being played, the new top card won't be revealed until the spell or ability becomes played (see rule 409.1i).
That section 217.2 seems popular today.
Anyway, since the first part of playing a spell is moving it to the stack (keep this in mind for later), that would cause the top card of the library to change while playing the spell. So you won't get to know what that next card is until after you've chosen the targets and paid costs for the spell you're already playing.
Q: When both players have to dish out Leylines, the player playing first puts them down first right? One game my opponent put down two Voids, and I followed with a Singularity. Then we fought each other to the death with feather pillows.
Somebody should have told Cartman a Tendrils of Agony
with nine copies is much more effective.
Somebody should have told Cartman a Tendrils of Agony
with nine copies is much more effective.
A: I can't imagine how long that fight took. It's probably about as effective as trying to pummel someone to death with a wiffleball bat.
The active player chooses what Leylines in his hand to put into play first, and leaves them face down or otherwise unrevealed. Then the non-active player does the same... so the NAP will know how many Leylines the other player chooses to start the game in play, but doesn't know their identity.
In this example the exact order doesn't matter. The end result is the same: as soon as a player would get priority when the game starts, state-based effects will see two permanents with the legendary supertype named "Leyline of the Void" and whisk them away to the proper graveyards.
Q: What happens if, while I have a Bridge from Below in my graveyard, someone plays a Damnation? Can I choose how creatures go to the graveyard and create zombies before my opponent's creatures remove the Bridge, or is this something that depends on who has priority when playing the spell or ability?
A: Since you control the Bridge from Below, you'll control all of the triggers, so it's not an issue of whose turn it is or who has priority.
While you choose the order in which your creatures are placed into the graveyard, this doesn't affect how Bridge from Below resolves. All the creatures are hitting the graveyard as part of the same event, and the relevant ability on the Bridge will trigger for each of your creatures and for each of your opponent's.
What you're probably more interested in is whether you get to choose the order in which all those triggers go on the stack. As you control the source of the triggered abilities, you control all the triggers, so you get to make that choice. Putting all of the "remove Bridge from Below" triggers on the stack before the "get token creatures" triggers ensures you'll get your token creatures before the Bridge crumbles into the RFG zone.
Q: If I bounce a morphed creature does my opponent have to reveal it? What would the consequences be if a player refused to reveal the morph?
A: There are a few cases in which a face-down card must be revealed, per CompRule 504.6:
1)When a face-down object leaves the in-game zone for anywhere other than the "phased-out" zone,
2)When a face-down object leaves the stack for anywhere other than the "in-play" zone,
3)When the game ends, any face-down object in play, phased out, or on the stack must be revealed.
The consequences for not doing this depend on the situation; the best thing to do in sanctioned play is to call a judge and let them sort out the mess. The penalty will be different depending on the situation (whether the player really knew he was supposed to reveal the face-down object, if the object could legally be face down in the first place, etc.)
Q: I have an Erayo, Soratami Ascendant in play, and my opponent's Dragonstorm starts going off. After four spells are played, she activates and goes on the stack. She resolves and is flipped. Does her new ability activate against the card on the bottom of this stack?
A: Erayo's Essence's triggered ability (and it's important to note that all of the abilities of Erayo are triggered, not activated) can't "look back in time" to trigger. That triggered ability must be present when the trigger condition occurs, so it won't counter the first spell your opponent played that turn.
Q: With Magus of the Moon in play, will my artifact lands (like Seat of the Synod) still be artifacts so that I can sacrifice them to my Arcbound Ravager?
A: Yes. Magus of the Moon and its non-creature ancestor Blood Moon only change the land subtypes of non-basic lands to Mountain. They don't change any other types the land may have, so Seat of the Synod would be an Artifact Land--Mountain that can tap for and still be easily sacrificed to a Ravager.
Q: With Magus of the Moon in play, will my cycle-lands (like Tranquil Thicket) also be mountains in my hand, or can I still cycle them?
A: Magus of the Moon affects "non-basic lands." Whenever a card type is referred to without any other qualifying noun, it only affects permanents with that type in play. (Contrast with Crucible of Worlds, which refers to "land cards," allowing it to work with what's in your graveyard.)
So Magus of the Moon can only affect non-basic lands that are in play; non-basic land cards in your hand are unaffected.
Q: If there is a Chalice of the Void with 0 counters in play, will my face-down creature spells be countered?
*waits for someone to point out that playing a creature face-down costs *
"But playing a creature face-down costs !"
Yes, it does, but the rules define face-down objects as having no mana cost. If an object has no mana cost, then its converted mana cost is 0. Since Chalice looks at the spell's converted mana cost, not what you paid to play it, it will counter any face-down creature played through Morph.
Q: With Grave Peril in play; you play Lumithread Field face down and then, with the triggered ability from Grave Peril on the stack, turn it face up. Will it die?
Poor Lumithread Field. If it had been adequately prepared
it wouldn't have to see such Grave Peril coming.
Poor Lumithread Field. If it had been adequately prepared
it wouldn't have to see such Grave Peril coming.
A: The Field will become quite terrified of its surroundings, so much so that it will go to the graveyard. When Grave Peril says to destroy "that creature," it means "the object that caused this ability to trigger." It doesn't check when it resolves to see whether that object is still a creature.
Some Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses would have helped.
Q: I play Conspiracy naming Saproling, Life and Limb, and Blood Moon in that order. Stomping Ground comes into play. What happens?
A: The universe implodes.
Well, nothing quite that catastrophic, but it's certainly not pretty.
All of these effects do something in layer 4 (type, supertype, and subtype changing effects), so the first thing we need to determine is whether any one is dependent on any other one.
An effect is dependent on another if all of the following are true:
1) Both effects are in the same layer,
2) Applying one effect would change the text or existence of the first effect, what it applies to, or what it does to what it applies to, and
3) Neither of the effects are characteristic-defining abilities.
As we've already established all the effects are in the same layer, that's #1. Now for #2...
Conspiracy: If Life and Limb makes a Forest a creature, then Conspiracy would affect that Forest.
Life and Limb: If Blood Moon makes something no longer a Forest, then Life and Limb won't affect it.
Blood Moon: If Life and Limb makes a Saproling a Forest, then Blood Moon would affect it. But since there are no creatures in play, Blood Moon is not dependent.
And none of these effects are characteristic-defining, as they don't explicitly define a characteristic of the object itself.
So now we apply the only independent effect: Blood Moon. Stomping Grounds becomes just a Mountain.
Neither Conspiracy nor Life and Limb have anything left to do now, so they sit back and play wiffleball.
Q:Now someone plays a Kobolds of Kher Keep.
A: Here we go again....
This time, Blood Moon is dependent on Life and Limb. We know they're all interdependent – a loop where each effect is dependent on at least one other effect. So per rule 418.5d, the effect with the earliest timestamp is applied first.
Conspiracy: The Kobold becomes a 0/1 Creature - Saproling.
Now we have to check the other effects for dependency again. Life and Limb is dependent on Blood Moon, since Blood Moon causes Stomping Grounds to stop being a Forest. But Blood Moon is also dependent on Life and Limb since Life and Limb creates a new nonbasic land for it to mess around with! Once again, we resort to timestamps.
Life and Limb: The Kobold becomes a 1/1 Creature Land - Saproling Forest, and the Stomping Grounds becomes a 1/1 Creature Land - Saproling Mountain Forest.
Blood Moon: Both become 1/1 Creature Land - Saproling Mountain. [Side note: MS Word is offering me directions to Creature Land and Saproling Mountain. I am intrigued. -Ed.]
Note that if you play a Kobold without a Stomping Grounds, or shuffle the order of the three type-changing cards, your answer may change.
Double phew.
At this point I'd like to step away from the mailbag to address an interaction that's been coming up a lot on various forums, namely what happens when Delay counters a spell that was played with flashback. (Cabal Therapy has always been my favorite such spell, so let's go with that).
Normally, when a spell is countered, it's put into its owner's graveyard. In the case of flashback spells, that doesn't happen because part of flashback is a replacement effect that says "If this spell would be moved from the stack to anywhere else, move it to the removed-from-game zone instead."
However, Delay introduces another replacement effect of a different kind to the mix. It has what's called a "self-replacement effect." These effects modify what another part of the spell would normally do. In the case of Delay, it replaces putting the countered spell in the graveyard by removing it from the game, giving it suspend, and putting three time counters on it
When a self-replacement effect is present, it is always applied first, then any other replacement effects are applied if they're still applicable. So in the case of Cabal Therapy being played by flashback, Delay tries to do its thing and remove the spell from the game. Flashback sees that the spell is already headed for the RFG zone and doesn't have any additional effect. So the Therapy gets its time counters and suspend.
Then a few turns later, the last time counter is removed and the Cabal Therapy is played. At this point it is considered an entirely new spell, with no "memory" of the fact that it was played by flashback. After it resolves, it will go to the graveyard.
So in short, the process of events when a flashedback spell is Delayed is exactly the same as when a normal spell is Delayed: it gets removed from the game, gets time counters, gets suspend, and will go to the graveyard when (and if) it eventually resolves.
Tune in next week (to the extent one can tune into a web site) for more harrowing rules interactions!


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