Why would you do this?
Asked by skyb0rg 13 years ago
Serious question- are you, in the rules, allowed to mulligan down to 0? I am referring to I N C E P T I O N and am unsure if that deck would work.
you mull to 0 and forfeit
This answer is misleading. If you mulligan to zero cards, you must keep the hand; you do not forfeit (unless you choose to concede).
103.4. A player who is dissatisfied with his or her initial hand may take a mulligan. First, the starting player declares whether or not he or she will take a mulligan. Then each other player in turn order does the same. Once each player has made a declaration, all players who decided to take mulligans do so at the same time. To take a mulligan, a player shuffles his or her hand back into his or her library, then draws a new hand of one fewer cards than he or she had before. If a player kept his or her hand of cards, those cards become the player's opening hand, and that player may not take any further mulligans. This process is then repeated until no player takes a mulligan. (Note that if a player's hand size reaches zero cards, that player must keep that hand.)
February 29, 2012 5:59 a.m.
Shavingfoams says... #3
Well, yes, the forfeiting is not a result of having zero cards in hand, but choosing to concede.
February 29, 2012 1:12 p.m.
There actually is a non-meta reason to mull to zero. If Karn Liberated goes ultimate with the only non-aura permanent exiled being Barren Glory then it is actually the best play to do.
Shavingfoams says... #1
You can mulligan to 0. How it works is, if, after multiple mulligans, you still have an unworkable hand, you mull to 0 and forfeit, thus, your opponent doesn't know exactly what to board in. As far as that deck, mulling to 0 would probably work.
February 29, 2012 1:30 a.m.