By Gnome Means

By Gnome Means Effect

Could black border/eternal have an effect like By Gnome Means? I'd love to see a few cards that could create the weird one-off counters certain cards make.

I tried making that effect in black border and was told I couldn’t. That’s how it ended up in Unstable. Making a counter “a card refers to” isn’t something black border rules can do.

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Interpreting By Gnome Means

So on By Gnome Means, "a printed card" means any card in existence officially printed by Wizards, and not just a card in your game, or legal in the format?

Printed card means in the game of Magic. Note that most counters don’t carry rules baggage and require the cards to make them matter.

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Clarifying By Gnome Means

I'm not sure your previous answer about By Gnome Means is correct. The way it's worded makes me think it should create a counter of a kind that any card ever printed is able to produce - not just a counter referenced by the card it's putting the counter on.

You are correct. By Gnome Means only requires a card referenced it not the permanent you’re putting it on.

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Phoebe and Gideon Interaction

How does Phoebe, Head of S.N.E.A.K. work if you take the text box of any Gideon that can animate itself?

If Phoebe steals a Gideon’s text box and then uses a plus ability to turn into a creature (she can’t use a negative loyalty ability unless she’s gotten some loyalty - through a plus or 0 loyalty ability or a card like By Gnome Means or Giant Fan) she changes to the new P/T stats and gains any abilities while keeping all her previous abilities until end of turn.

By Gnome Means Creatures Giant Giant Fan Gnome Phoebe, Head of S.N.E.A.K.

By Gnome Means Usage

Can By Gnome Means be used to put -2/-2 counters and +2/+2 counters on things?

If those counters are native to the card it’s being put on.

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By Gnome Counters

Can one utilize By Gnome means to place a Doom counter on 1 for Baron Von Count, or does it have to start at 5?

Putting a counter on a card doesn’t mean you get art placement (Baron Von Count, B-I-N-G-O, Water Balloon Gun Game, etc.)

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Crank Counter Rules

Can I use By Gnome Means to add an additional Crank counter on top of the contraption deck, so I can double the activations of my contraptions when I crank them?

The Contraption deck is not a permanent. Also, the back is technically just a play aid, it’s not required. You don’t stop cranking, for example, when you draw your last card.

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