Yixlid Jailer + Shadowborn Apostle interaction?

Asked by CYborghb 8 years ago

If I mill, say, a Shadowborn Apostle deck, and then play Yixlid Jailer, does that get the opponent banned for playing an illegal deck? Because the shadowborns lose their first ability, making them effectively 5+ copies of the same card, which is illegal and could get the opponent banned. Does that work?

Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1

Shadowborn Apostle's first ability doesn't function from the graveyard. It doesn't even function during the match. Rather, it modifies the rules of deck construction, which apply well before the game starts and the deck becomes a library.

Also, banning is not the correct response to an illegal deck.

June 24, 2015 1:37 p.m. Edited.

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