Blog 2: Summer Mentorship Component

Literal:
1)https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuGr86m0QNJIdE5paERyYkhjOEpwWUdvZkdDR0dyc1E&rm=full#gid=0

2) Amit Patel; (951) 235-3159

Need to Know:
3) Q1: If a player casts “Doom Blade” as a response to  his opponent’s cast of “Searing Spear”, does the effect of the opponent’s “Young Pyromancer” resolve?

Q2: If a player has 1 life left and casts Thragtusk by tapping Sunpetal Grove, does said player die if Burning Earth is on the battlefield? Or does he gain 4 life instead of 5?

Q3: If Supreme Verdict is cast, does a creature with protection from white such as “Blood Baron of Vizkopa” die?

Answers: (1) Yes because “Searing Spear” was still cast; (2) He/she dies because the “Sunpetal Grove” triggers the “Burning Earth” damage before Thragtusk enters the battlefield; (3) Yes because “Supreme Verdict” doesn’t target creatures which renders the creature’s protection useless.

(Cards that were named can be found on http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Default.aspx)

Interpretive:
4) The most important thing I gained from this experience was the surprisingly informational encounters with decks that were created for the synergy each of the cards had with the deck as a whole. These decks are called “homebrews”. I was able to learn new card combinations and possibilities that may help me in the future in becoming a professional MtG player.

Applied:
5) The 10 hour mentorship helped me choose a topic by solidifying prior inquiries about the validity of professional MtG as a lucrative and exciting career path. It’s not all just fun and games; when you get down to the brass tacks, MtG is a strategic card game that exercises the mind like Chess would, causing you to think several steps ahead and implements the bluffing tactics involved in Poker. Overall, Magic the Gathering would be an ideal topic to delve into knowing that time wouldn’t be mindlessly wasted. It would be fruitfully enhanced.