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{Mirko Vosk}?

Negative. Equiping an artifact is not the same as casting a spell. Equiping is an ability. They equip at sorcery SPEED, not AS a sorcery.

Could you equip {Paradice mantle} to Gideon while he's a creature and tap him for mana as a planeswalker?

Unfortunately, no. The equipment would fall off as soon as he's no longer a creature.

Why would you not be able to equip it while he's a creature, and then tap him for the mana? Would be stupid, but I don't see why it isn't possible.

[If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else]

A Starcitygames writer made two claims that i would like to verify the correctness of:

1-Each instance of lifelink within the same combat step would each trigger {Archangel of Thune}'s ability. Ex. Attack with two 1/1 lifelinkers, everything gets two plus +1/+1 on it.

2-If you were to bring back Obzedat with the new whip from Theros, exiling {Obzedat, Ghost Council} at the end of your turn (as long as Obzedat's ability triggers first) would allow him to come back at the beginning of the next upkeep.

These are correct.

1) You are gaining life from two seperate sources. Two instances of life gain mean two triggers of the Angel's ability.

2) I think this was touched on recently in another question. If Obzedat is exiled to his ability instead of the whip, he'll come back. The whip won't try and exile him again, as he'll be considered a new object.

"Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery."

Would the bolded phrase not still exile it under the Whip's ability, being a replacement effect and all?

What are you guys using the word aura to describe?
Generic enchantments?

{Ethereal Armor} is an Aura. Anything with type Enchantment - Aura.

Also worth noting that it's auras, not regular enchantments, that target. So those could still be applicable to things that have protection against certain traits found in regular enchantments
Ex.: Why  {Tempered Steel} still works on a metalcrafted  {Etched Champion}

...I think

Some enchantments target. {Oblivion Ring} is not an aura, but an enchantment. Which your Champion would be protected from. But you're right. In the case of Tempered Steel, they don't target.

Absolutely! Auras always target:

114.1b: Aura spells are always targeted. These are the only permanent spells with targets. An Aura's target is specified by its enchant keyword ability (see rule 702.5, "Enchant"). The target(s) are chosen as the spell is cast; see rule 601.2c. An Aura permanent doesn't target anything; only the spell is targeted. (An activated or triggered ability of an Aura permanent can also be targeted.)

Aura's don't ALWAYS target. An Aura that is not cast (i.e. comes back from the graveyard or from an {Oblivion Ring}) does NOT target. This is what allows you to cheat Aura's onto creatures with Shroud/Hexproof.

There are barely any enchantments which is wierd for an enchantment block, wotc hasnt been spoiling or updating on daily mtg for some reason, it all seems pretty wierd...

They don't spoil over the weekend. They have been spoiling for the last 2 weeks or so. I believe the whole set was released today.

I don't know if I'm a fan of the ordeals. They are, at most, a 3 turn benefit. And if you put another ordeal on the same creature, it goes away as soon as you attack again. I don't know. I suppose I'll like them more in about a week.

Bonjour je m'appelé Mlernerx. Je suis happy. Et toi?

je m'appell EvACiDe! Comment allez-vous? :)

Ça va bien?

I'm sorry. I don't play Yu-Gi-Oh.

Foiled {Jace, Memory Adept} from M11.

Eww, more French.

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At which point heartless won't be

HAHA, good point. I need to have my coffee much sooner in the mornings.

So, the article didn't specify this, but if he gets a +1/+1 counter from something else, is he considered "Monstrous"?