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This search based on the March 17, 2008 release of the Rulings.
608 - Grand Melee Variant
- 608.1 - The Grand Melee variant is a modification of the Free-for-All
variant, in which a group of players compete against each other as
individuals. Grand Melee is normally used only in games begun with ten or
more players. [CompRules 2007/10/01]
- 608.2 - Any multiplayer options used are decided before play begins. The
Grand Melee variant uses the following default options.
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- 608.2a - Each player has a range of influence of 1 (see Rule 601).
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- 608.2b - The attack left option is used (see Rule 604).
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- 608.2c - The attack multiple players and deploy creatures options aren't
used in the Grand Melee variant. [CompRules 2005/08/01]
- 608.3 - The players are seated at random. [CompRules 2005/08/01]
- 608.4 - The Grand Melee variant allows multiple players to take turns at the
same time. Moving turn markers keep track of which players are currently
taking turns. Each turn marker represents an active player's turn.
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- 608.4a - There is one turn marker for each full four players in the game.
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Example: A Grand Melee game with sixteen players has four turn markers.
A game with fifteen players has three turn markers. [CompRules 2005/08/01]
- 608.4b - The starting player in the game gets the first turn marker. The
player four seats to that player's left (the fifth player) takes the
second turn marker, and so on until all the turn markers have been handed
out. Each turn marker is assigned a number in this way. Then all players
with turn markers start their turns at the same time.
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- 608.4c - When a player ends his or her turn, that player passes the turn
marker to the player on his or her left. A player can't receive a turn
marker if any player in the three seats to his or her left has a turn
marker. If this is the case, wait until the player four seats to his or
her left takes the other turn marker. [CompRules 2007/10/01]
- 608.4d - If an effect causes a player with a turn marker to take an extra
turn after the current one, that player keeps the turn marker and starts
his or her next turn after the current turn ends, unless another turn
marker is too close on either side at that time. If a turn marker is
within three seats on the player's left, the extra turn waits to begin
until the player four seats to his or her left takes the other turn
marker. If a turn marker is within three seats on the player's right, the
player passes the turn marker to his or her left when the turn ends rather
than keeping it, and the player will take the extra turn immediately
before his or her next turn. [CompRules 2007/10/01]
- 608.4e - If a player leaves the game and that player leaving the game would
reduce the number of turn markers in the game, a turn marker is removed.
Turn markers are removed only between turns. Remove the turn marker
immediately to the departed player's right. If more than one player has
left the game and there are multiple turn markers that could be removed,
remove the marker with the lower number. [CompRules 2007/10/01]
- 608.4f - If an effect would cause a player to take an extra turn after the
current turn, but that player wouldn't have a turn marker at the start of
that turn, that player will take the extra turn immediately before his or
her next turn instead. [CompRules 2007/10/01]
Example: During Alex's turn, he plays Time Walk, which causes him to
get an extra turn after this one. During the same turn, the player to
Alex's left leaves the game, which causes the number of turn markers to be
reduced. After Alex's current turn ends, his turn marker is removed. He
won't take the extra turn from Time Walk until just before his normal turn
the next time he receives a turn marker. [CompRules 2007/10/01]
- 608.5 - Rather than having a single stack, Grand Melee games contain
multiple stacks. Each turn marker represents its own stack.
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- 608.5a - A player gets priority for a particular turn marker's stack only if
the turn marker is within his or her range of influence or an object on
that stack is controlled by a player within his or her range of influence.
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- 608.5b - If a player has priority for multiple stacks and plays a spell or
ability, or a triggered ability he or she controls triggers, the player
must specify which one of those stacks the spell or ability is put on. If
an object on one of those stacks caused the triggered ability to trigger,
the player must put it on that stack. If a resolving spell or ability on
one of those stacks causes a player to play a spell or create a copy of a
spell, the new spell must be put on the same stack. If a spell or ability
targets an object on one of those stacks, it must be put on the same stack
as its target; it can't target objects on multiple stacks.
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- 608.6 - The Grand Melee variant uses the normal rules for winning and losing
the game. [CompRules 2007/10/01]
This search based on the March 17, 2008 release of the Rulings.
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