Language of a card for tournaments
Asked by Junius 12 years ago
Can you use cards of a different language in a deck for Tournaments. For example, can I use an English Volcanic Hammer and a French one in the same deck and use that deck for tournaments?If I go to a French Tournament, can my cards be English and vice versa? (English tournament, French cards)And other languages, like chinese and japanese cards?
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2
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Unglued and Unhinged basic land cards are allowed in sanctioned Magic tournaments.
Players may use cards from the Alpha printing only if the deck is in opaque sleeves.
Players may use otherwise-legal non-English and/or misprinted cards provided they are not using them to create an advantage by using misleading text or pictures. Official promotional textless spells are allowed in DCI-sanctioned Magic tournaments in which they would otherwise be legal. Artistic modifications are acceptable, provided that the modifications do not make the card unrecognizable or contain substantial strategic advice.
The Head Judge is the final authority on acceptable cards for a tournament.
Epochalyptik says... #1
Yes. Cards of any language are legal in MTG events so long as the card itself is legal (for example, a Squadron Hawk is legal in any Standard tournament, in any language, but a Jace, the Mind Sculptor is illegal in any Standard tournament, in any language).
Also, if you use a card improperly and it is classified as intent to cheat (for example, claiming a card does something other than what its English Oracle text says it does to an opponent), you can easily get disqualified from the event.
3.3 Authorized Cards
Players may use any cards from special sets, supplements, and promotional printings that, unaltered, meet the following conditions:
August 7, 2011 5:38 a.m.