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Two-headed Council's vote

Feb. 13, 2015 01:55:08 AM

Markus Dietrich
Judge (Level 2 (International Judge Program))

German-speaking countries

Two-headed Council's vote

Alex and Andrea play a Two-Headed-Giant game with Nina and Nico. Andrea is the left head of the active team and casts Council's Judgment and while resolving it she votes first. So much is easy, but who votes next?

Is it correct to apply rule 805.6 here to make Alex vote next and then Nina and Nico? Or has the right player of the opponent team to vote first?

Edited Markus Dietrich (Feb. 13, 2015 01:55:55 AM)

Feb. 17, 2015 09:18:48 AM

Callum Milne
Forum Moderator
Judge (Uncertified)

Canada - Western Provinces

Two-headed Council's vote

I'm not sure why this is relevant. Regardless of whether Alex votes second or last, Nina and Nico's best play is to both vote for one of Alex's permanents, which will result in them at the very least tying the vote and exiling something they want to get rid of in addition to whatever Andrea wants to get rid of. If Alex controls no nonland permanents, then Nina and Nico's best play is to both vote for whatever Andrea voted for so as to not lose multiple permanents, rendering Alex's vote moot no matter when it occurs.

This isn't something that's going to realistically matter in an actual game–anything that would cause the exact player order of the vote to matter would also push the case so far into the corner that it'd never find its way out. If you'd like to discuss and theorize about corner cases like this, I'd suggest taking it to Rules Theory and Templating on the Wizards forum; it's not really something that we want cluttering up the email inboxes of half the certified judges on the planet.