Hi Mark, so sorry to hear about the Unfinity delay. We'll hold it in our hearts until we finally get to see it. I have an acorn rules question and a silver-bordered request. If my original deck is outside the game after resolving the Present Arms half of Decorated Knight, and I use Spike, Tournament Grinder to wish for a card from it, there's no instruction to shuffle it afterwards. Do I just leave it in the (now known) order, or in the spirit of fair play should I shuffle?My request is this: I'm a big fan of un-cards being black-bordered going forward, but could the Holiday cards remain silver-bordered? It would set them apart as something special and allow them to be tied together aesthetically.

Present Arms doesn’t ban nor restrict the deck, so it’s not a legal target for Spike,

Regarding Spike, Tournament Grinder and conspiracy cards: wouldn't the last part of rule 314.3 [Conspiracy cards that aren't in the game can't be brought into the game] prevent Spike from bringing a conspiracy card into the game in the first place? Or does silver-bordered land not care about such paltry restrictions?

No, silver border does care about things like that, so I guess Spike can’t get Conspiracies.

Silver-bordered rules question: what happens if you're not playing for ante and get an ante card (e.g. Contract from Below) with Spike, Tournament Grinder?

The card does everything it can save interact with ante as ante doesn’t exist.

“Can Spike, Tournament Grinder wish for cards that were given temporary bans, in paper or otherwise?” “What counts as temporary and what counts as otherwise?” I think the reason for this ask is that Gyruda is currently banned in MTGO only due to a bug. So, can Spike wish for Gyruda?

No.

According to Gatherer, all legendary cards from Legends, Homelands, and Ice Age are available to search up with Spike, Tournament Grinder. I'm really curious as to what format these cards were banned in, and why. Was Bartel Runeaxe really dominating any constructed formats?

For the first few years, all Legendary creatures were restricted (aka you could only have one in your deck).

If I'm playing Unstable against an opponent who has Animate Library out, and I use Spike, Tournament Grinder to bring out Oko, Thief of Crowns and turn their library into an Elk, does that take away the ability to draw from their deck? If so, does that mean they deck out?

You can’t take away the library’s libraryness.

Judge! I have a few questions regarding some silver-bordered cards. 1) Does the library-creature put onto the battlefield by Animate Library have a name? Specifically for protection from two-worded - I *think* it's nameless since nothing explicitly names it or gives it creature types but want to check. 2) If I ban a card with Look At Me, I'm the DCI, is that card then grabbable by Spike, Tournament Grinder, for the rest of the match? Thanks in advance!

1) It is nameless.2) Yes, Spike can grab it for the duration of the match that it was banned in.

" Un-Rules Manager question, if a player bans a card using Look at Me, I'm the DCI, can it be tutored for with Spike, Tournament Grinder?No, it’s banned. It can’t be played.You can’t wish for a card banned in the format." Mark, doesn't that mean Spike is a useless card? It's ability only works on banned cards.

Brain fart. For some reason, I was reading that question as wishing. Yes, Spike gets banned cards specifically. Spike should be able to get a card banned by Look at Me, I’m the DCI. My mistake. Sorry.

Can Spike, Tournament Grinder grab a card that is banned in any constructed format or just from banlists on the official Magic website?

It has to be a format we publish the ban/restrict list for on our website with Commander being the one exception.

Hi mark! Does format illegality count as being banned for Spike, Tournament Grinder?

No.