Story of a ruling

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Story of a Ruling
Daniel Kitachewsky, L3 and GPHJ

Ancestral Recall

Mountainous Recall

Sparta Recall

How is the IPG built?

Goals
● Discourage cheating
● Protect innocent players
● Let the players play their game

Discourage cheating
● This is common to all sports
● Large penalty if a player is found cheating
● Present even in the ear...

Protect innocent players
● Penalty should be just enough to offset potential advantage
● Players have to be encouraged to ...

Let the players play
● Many times players won’t call a judge for a small mistake
● What should a judge do it if they see a...

Today’s principles

What enters into it
1. A player making an honest mistake should not _________ from it

What enters into it
1. A player making an honest mistake should not Benefit from it

What enters into it
1. A player making an honest mistake should not Benefit from it
2. The fix should _________ the game a...

What enters into it
1. A player making an honest mistake should not Benefit from it
2. The fix should Restore the game as ...

What enters into it
1. A player making an honest mistake should not Benefit from it
2. The fix should Restore the game as ...

What enters into it
1. A player making an honest mistake should not Benefit from it
2. The fix should Restore the game as ...

What enters into it
1. A player making an honest mistake should not Benefit from it
2. The fix should Restore the game as ...

What enters into it
1. A player making an honest mistake should not Benefit from it
2. The fix should Restore the game as ...

What enters into it
1. A player making an honest mistake should not Benefit from it
2. The fix should Restore the game as ...

What enters into it
1. A player making an honest mistake should not Benefit from it
2. The fix should Restore the game as ...

● No Benefit
● Restores the game
● Easy to Apply
● Can’t be Abused
● Consistent
BREAC

No Benefit
“A player making an honest mistake should not Benefit from it.”
● Hidden Card Error: the opponent removes my be...

Restores the game
“The fix should Restore the game as close as possible to the original.”
● AP casts Divination for RRR. T...

Easy to Apply
“The fix should be Easy to apply by any L2 judge in the world.”
● Multiple iterations of Missed Triggers
● M...

Can’t be Abused
“A player can’t Abuse the penalties or fixes.”
● I count my opponent’s deck and find 39 cards.
○ What if I...

Consistent
“The fixes should be Consistent so that players don’t feel they’re treated
differently and thus unfairly.”
● Co...

A Little Time Travel

Disclaimers
● This is my own research, no input from the authors
● I have personal experience from 2005, not before
● This...

$PG 1999 ● First complete set of infractions for Magic I could find ● Already full breakdown: ○ Deck, decklist errors ○ Mar...$

PG 1999
● Focus on procedure violations
● Very little guidance on play errors
○ One paragraph
● Big penalties
● Big relian...

$PG 1999 - Philosophy While uniformity is highly desirable, the goal of each penalty should be that it fits the infraction....$

PG 1999 D.2. Illegal Decks & Sideboards
Level 1 or 2
First Offense: Single warning and duel loss. The player committing th...

PG 1999 H.2. Card Misrepresentation
A player is in violation of the floor rules section 1.3.18--Card Interpretation if
he ...

PG 1999 H.4. Failure to Agree on Reality
Players fail to agree on reality if they disagree on a central fact of the
game--...

PG 1999 D.3.2. Receiving a Misrecorded Decklist--Limited
In the event of deck swapping, the player who will play the deck ...

PG 1999 G.8.Drawing Extra Cards
Whenever a player draws too many cards, choose cards at random from that
player's hand and...

● No Benefit
● Restores the game
● Easy to Apply
● Can’t Abuse
● Consistent
PG 1999

● No Benefit => I can get free brainstorms by drawing extra cards
● Restores the game => Unclear
● Easy to Apply => “Deter...

PG 2000-2006
● No more disproportionate penalties
○ Illegal main decklist now Match Loss at most
○ No more penalties for m...

PG 2007
● Toby Elliott rewrites PG completely and is promoted to Level 5
● More detailed game play fixes
● Big push on con...

IPG 2010
● Regular REL split into its own 2-page document (thank you James Mackay)

IPG 2012
● In the middle of reforming Missed Trigger
● Peak of complexity

IPG 2016
● Minimal penalties: almost never Game Loss thanks to Hidden Card Error
and downgrades for Deck/Decklist Problem
...

Solving Ancestral Recall

A simple mistake: 1. Original version
NAP notices before AP draws

A simple mistake: 2. Delayed version
NAP notices after AP has drawn 3

A simple mistake: 3. Intentionally delayed version
NAP notices before AP draws but chooses to wait

AP draws 4 because they take all the cards at once
A simple mistake: 4. Extra card version

PG 1999 H.2. Card Misrepresentation
A player is in violation of the floor rules section 1.3.18--Card Interpretation if
he ...

PG 1999 G.8.Drawing Extra Cards
(Level 3: Warning)
Whenever a player draws too many cards, choose cards at random from tha...

PG 1999: ???

PG 1999: Original
NAP notices before AP draws.
“Correct the mistake”, which could be:
● Tap blue instead
● Tap blue in add...

PG 1999: Delayed
NAP notices after AP has drawn 3.
Extra cards at random are shuffled away.
If I have no blue, I will try ...

AP draws 4 because they take all the cards at once.
Shuffle one random card away.
If I draw all lands, I’ll try one more.
...

PG 2005 Procedural Error - Major
(E) A player in a Magic tournament plays Wrath of God (mana cost: 2WW) using one
white ma...

PG 2005 Drawing Extra Cards (Level 3)
(...) When it is obvious which extra card was drawn, the card should be placed back ...

PG 2005: Original
NAP notices before AP draws.
No guidance, but likely PE - Major.
Fix = depends on judge

PG 2005: Delayed
NAP notices after AP has drawn 3.
Automatic Game Loss.
I will not try this.
If my opponent tries this, I’...

AP draws 4 because they take all the cards at once.
Game Loss.
No abuse possible here.
PG 2005: Extra card

PG 2007 Game Play Error - Game Rule Violation
If the error was caught immediately, back up the game to the point of the
er...

PG 2007: Original
NAP notices before AP draws.
GPE - GRV.
Fix = back to hand, untap mana.

PG 2007: Delayed
NAP notices after AP has drawn 3.
Automatic Game Loss.
I will not try this.
If my opponent tries this, I’...

AP draws 4 because they take all the cards at once.
Game Loss.
No abuse possible here.
PG 2007: Extra card

IPG 2012 Drawing Extra Cards
A player illegally puts one or more cards into his or her hand and, at the
moment before he o...

IPG 2012 GPE - GRV
Each action taken is undone until the game reaches the point immediately
prior to the error. Cards inco...

IPG 2012: Original
NAP notices before AP draws.
GPE - GRV.
Fix = back to hand, untap mana.

IPG 2012: Delayed
NAP notices after AP has drawn 3.
GPE - GRV.
Put 3 cards at random on top.
I will try this.
If my oppone...

AP draws 4 because they take all the cards at once.
Game Loss.
No abuse possible here.
IPG 2012: Extra card

IPG 2016 Hidden Card Error
Excess cards are returned to the correct location. If that location is the library,
they should...

IPG 2016: Original
NAP notices before AP draws.
GPE - GRV.
Fix = back to hand, untap mana.

IPG 2016: Delayed
NAP notices after AP has drawn 3.
GPE - GRV.
Put 3 cards at random on top.
I will try this.
If my oppone...

AP draws 4 because they take all
the cards at once.
HCE.
Opponent shuffles my best card
away.
I will not try this.
IPG 201...

Questions?