Cheatyface

Cheatyface Game Rule

Cheatyface rules question: if i play cheatyface and the game ends while cheatyface is still on the battlefield and i simply leave it there instead of shuffling it into my deck for another game, do i get to start a new game with cheatyface on the battlefield?

No.

Cheatyface Rules

Unfinity Collector Requests

Hey Mark,

I want to thank you for giving Unfinity Collector Boosters a "list" slot. This is going to help me in my dream of making a fully foiled all un-card Commander deck (to get the best use of Super Secret Tech). I would like to request foil printings of: Timmy, Power Gamer; Strategy, Schmategy; Bronze Calendar; Jack-in-the-Mox; Checks and Balances; Common Courtesy; Free-for-All; Cheatyface; and Underdome.

In addition the following are really hard to get a hold of in foil and could use a reprint: Johnny, Combo Player; Who/What/When/Where/Why; Gleemax; Mox Lotus; City of Ass; Super Secret Tech.Thank you for all you've done for silly magic!

You’re welcome. I wish you the best of luck in your mission.

Appreciation Boosters Bronze Calendar Card Printing Cheatyface Checks and Balances City of Ass Collector Boosters Commander Decks Common Courtesy Foils Free-for-All Gamer Gleemax Jack-in-the-Mox Johnny / Jenny Johnny, Combo Player Mox Lotus Reprints Strategy, Schmategy Super Secret Tech Timmy / Tammy Timmy, Power Gamer Underdome

Cheatyface Rule Contingency

suppose my boss is playing a game of Magic close to me, and i'm also playing a (different) game of Magic, and that we're playing on the same table in the coffee-break room. Cheatyface says that i may sneak him onto "the" battlefield (if i got him into my hand legally). am i allowed to sneak Cheatyface onto the battlefield under my boss's control?

No. It has to be your game.

Cheatyface Rules Your Hand

Story for Cheatyface Week

I guess it's Cheatyface week or something? So let me share my favourite story.I once cast one legally, paid the 3 mana even, to mild confusion from my opponent. Then next turn when i attacked with all 4 of them, the look on his face was glorious!

: )

Cheatyface Humor Mana Story / Lore

Thoughts on Cheatyface

Do you regret cheatyface?

I wish we’d had a better template to clarify how to use it, but no, it’s brought lots of fun to lots of players, so no regrets.

Cheatyface Templating

Cheatyface Card Playability

As a continuation of the Cheatyface questions. If i place my hand down face up having the first card being Cheatyface and my opponent doesn’t catch it does that count as me sneaking Cheatyface into play? PC love the card!

No, Cheatyface has to leave your hand.

Cheatyface Your Hand

Cheatyface Usage Rules

What counts as sneaking Cheatyface onto the field? Can he go down under a played land and reveal himself to attack the next turn? Can you put him down then tap UUU, wait 4 seconds, then use the UUU to cast a different spell because you never explicitly said you were using it to cast him?

The first is acceptable, but the second is not. In tournament play, we call it misrepresentation. Remember you have to legally have gotten Cheatyface into your hand to sneak him into the battlefield.

Cheatyface Lands Rules Tap / Untap Your Hand

Perspective on Un-Cards in Commander

"The Un-sets are a very weird product" Some feedback you might find interesting. I'm a casual Commander player but I'm against silver bordered cards in the format. I would be fine with playing cards like Super-Duper Death Ray or Surgeon Commander but I have no desire to play with cards like Mother of Goons, Frankie Peanuts or Cheatyface. Commander is already complicated and the last thing I want are additional cards that add extreme ambiguity and unsolvable rules questions into the game.

It’s not all or nothing. You can play with the Un-cards you enjoy and not play with ones you don’t. If your group is okay with it, a few Un-cards can be very fun.

Casual Play Cheatyface Commander Frankie Peanuts Mother of Goons Rules Super-Duper Death Ray Un-sets

Rosewater's Favorite Un Card

What is your favorite un card today?

Cheatyface.

Cheatyface Mark's Favorites Mark's Favorites

Cheatyface Rules

Does Cheatyface have to be snuck in from hand, or can he come from anywhere

You have to legally draw Cheatyface and then you may sneak him onto the battlefield from your hand.

Cheatyface Your Hand

Black-Bordered Cheatyface

I think the asker meant would you ever make a black-bordered creature that could *only* be put into play via cards like Reanimate or Sneak Attack.

No. Cheatyface technology is as silver-bordered as it comes.

Black Cheatyface Creatures Question Marks Reanimate Sneak Attack

Hiding Cards Rule

Since Ol' Buzzbark doesn't have Just a Second, can't my opponent just hide all their creatures?

You are not allowed to hide your cards. (Okay, other than Cheatyface and Entirely Normal Armchair).

Cheatyface Creatures Entirely Normal Armchair Ol' Buzzbark

Gatherer Update Info

Just an FYI, the Unstable FAQAWASLFAQPAFTIDAWABIAJTBT says you updated Cheatyface's Oracle text, but on Gatherer it's still exactly the same as the card text.

Unglued and Unhinged are going to get a Gatherer update (for the first time ever) in December. I don’t know the exact date.

Cheatyface Unglued Unhinged Unstable

Cheatyface Play Tricks

I don't understand how Cheatyface and the new chair are supposed to work. Is only way to cheat them into play is to put them on the table from your hand right in front of your opponent's eyes, with no trickery, and hope he doesn't see it right away? I can't imagine a scenario in which my opponent wouldn't notice a new permanent appearing on the battlefield. Am I missing something?

It’s called being sneaky. Trust me, there are a lot of ways to do it.

Cheatyface Eye Your Hand

Drafting Cheatyface Rules

If I have a pile of Cheatyface cards and I take them to draft, am I allowed to use them if my opponent doesn't notice immediatly?

That’s not how Cheatyface works. You have to legally draw it before sneaking it into the battlefield.

Cheatyface Limited

Silver Border Cheating

"If you’re cheating with silver border cards, you really don’t understand the point of them." With the exception of Cheatyface and Entirely Normal Armchair, I presume.

Correct. : )

Cheatyface Entirely Normal Armchair Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets

Cheatyface Comparison

Do Enterily Normal Armchair follow the exact same unrules as cheatyface?

Essentially. Note that you have to draw Cheatyface legally before you can use his ability.

Cheatyface Un-sets

Normal Armchair Concept

Was “Entirely Normal Armchair” an attempt to “fix” the Cheatyface mechanic?

People like Cheatyface so I made a similar card.

Cheatyface Entirely Normal Armchair Mechanics

Un-Rules Cards

I was planning to ask you if you already knew which cards where going to generate the most un-rules questions a-la Cheatyface/R&D's secret lair. But then I saw Rules Lawyer...! Way to create work for yourself! :)

The FAQ is 60 pages and no way I hit everything.

Cheatyface Game Design R&D's Secret Lair Rules Rules Lawyer Secret Lairs The FAQ Un-sets

Cheatyface Gameplay

If an effect allows you to legally cast Cheatyface from a zone other than your hand, can you sneak it into play from that zone?

Yes.

Cast Cheatyface Your Hand