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Jasper Janssen <jasper@jjanssen.org> wrote:
> I've been away from magic for a loooong time, and last I checked,
> black-backed sleeves were brand-new nifty, possibly tournament illegal for
> a bit, and your opponent could still ask you to desleeve and you had to
> have a legal, unmarked deck then. Nowadays, it appears that the last bit,
> at least, is no longer true? What's the current status of badly-played (to
> be considered marked if the rear were visible) and/or Alpha-cornered
> cards? Google is not being helpful right now.
>
> Jasper
General status of sleeves from the Universal Tournament Rules (note
especially the second paragraph in 44):
35. Card Sleeves
Players may use plastic card sleeves or other protective devices on
cards. If a player chooses to use card sleeves, all cards in the
player's current deck must be placed in the sleeves in an identical
manner. If the sleeves feature holograms or other similar markings,
cards must be inserted into the sleeves so these markings appear only on
the face of the cards.
Once a match begins, a player may request that the judge inspect an
opponent's card sleeves. The judge may disallow a player's card sleeves
if the judge believes they are marked, worn, or otherwise in a condition
or of a design that interferes with shuffling or game play. To avoid
confusion, a card sleeve may also be used to mark a player's card if the
card is in an opponent's playing area.
44. Marked Cards
Players are responsible for ensuring that their cards and/or card
sleeves are not marked. A card is considered marked if it bears
something that makes it possible to identify the card without seeing its
face, including scratches, discoloration, bends, and so on.
If a player's cards are sleeved, the sleeves are considered part of the
cards, so the cards must be examined while in the sleeves to determine
if they are marked. Players must use care when sleeving their decks and
should randomize their decks prior to sleeving them to reduce the
possibility of marked cards with a pattern.
Any card that is cut differently from the other cards in a player's deck
may be considered marked if the entire contents of the deck are not
placed in unmarked, completely opaque card sleeves. For example, Alpha
cards are considered marked if they are mixed into a player's deck with
cards from other sets at a Magic event. However, Alpha cards are not
considered marked--and therefore do not have to be in opaque sleeves--if
the entire deck consists of Alpha cards.
If a differently cut card has caused its sleeve to become worn
differently than other sleeves in the deck, that sleeve is considered
marked.
The head judge has the authority to determine if a card or series of
cards in a player's deck is marked.
Alpha-cornered cards (from the Magic Floor Rules):
102. Authorized Cards
Alpha cards (cards from the first print run of the core set) may be used
in decks containing non-Alpha cards only if all cards are placed in
completely opaque sleeves and only if the sleeves could not be
considered marked.
If sleeves are not used, Alpha cards may be used only in decks that
consist exclusively of Alpha cards.
Participants may not use cards from any special-edition sets or
supplements, such as Collector's Edition, International Collector's
Edition, Pro Tour Collector Set, World Championship decks, Unglued or
Unhinged cards.
Note: Unglued and Unhinged basic land cards are allowed in sanctioned
Magic tournaments.
--
Daniel W. Johnson
panoptes@iquest.net
http://members.iquest.net/~panoptes/
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