Pippa, Duchess of Dice

UN Cards and Planar Dice Interaction

My playgroup loves Planechase and weird decks. I was looking at Pippa, Duchess of Dice from the UN-sets but does The Big Idea or any other UN card interact with the planar die?

If a card just cares about a die being rolled, it will care about the planar die. If it specifically calls out what kind of die, it does not. And “six-sided die” refers to a normal die and not a Planar die even though it does have six sides.

Die Rolling Pippa, Duchess of Dice Planechase Six-Sided Die The Big Idea Un-sets

Pippa's Unofficial Classification

Would you call Pippa, Duchess of Dice eternal or acorn if it were made today? If acorn, what aspect specifically pushes it there?

I don’t think dice tokens can be eternal.

Die Rolling Eternal Pippa, Duchess of Dice Tokens Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets

Proliferating Dice Token Issue

Hey Mark! Un-rules question: If I roll a dice to make a token with Pippa, Duchess of Dice and then proliferate, can I proliferate the dice used to make her tokens? (since commonly players use dice to represent counters, though I do recognize that *technically* these aren't counters at all; just thought I'd check)

The dice are creature tokens and proliferate only works on counters. You can populate a die creature token though.

Creatures Die Rolling Pippa, Duchess of Dice Populate Proliferate Tokens Un-sets

Rules for Pippa's Reroll

For Pippa, Duchess of Dice, I assume her reminder text is to allow you to interrupt the resolution of other effects that have you roll a die, but just so I'm aware, what times wouldn't it make sense to tap her? (and, more importantly, should I explain what she's doing so that the ability makes sense when I activate it, like "Pippa demands a reroll"?)

Retooling dice is a little tricky in the rules because normally you can’t respond mid-resolution. The basic essence is she let’s you reroll a die just after it’s been rolled, but before the result is used.

Activate Die Rolling Pippa, Duchess of Dice Rules Tap / Untap

Dice Wordings for Reprints

hey Mark, with AFR using the "D#" wording for dice, if former die-rolling cards were reprinted (like Pippa, Duchess of Dice), would they use the D#, or "#-sided die" format?

“D#” is just for D&D. The “#-sided die” is the default Magic template.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Die Rolling Pippa, Duchess of Dice Reprints Templating

Pippa's Dice Re-roll

Can you use Pippa, duchess of dice to re-roll dice that are in the stack of a Boomstacker, thereby causing it to be sacrificed?

No. You can only reroll dice that have been rolled.

Boomstacker Die Rolling Pippa, Duchess of Dice The Stack

Regarding Vigilance of Dice Tokens

Regarding Pippa, Duchess of Dice: was there any consideration to give vigilance to six-sided-die tokens? I think cube tokens are unclear whether it's tapped.

In R&D, we use djce to represent creature tokens all the time, so it wasn’t an issue that came up in playtesting, but yes, I’ve gotten that note from numerous people.

Creatures Die Rolling Draft Formats Pippa, Duchess of Dice Playtesting Tokens Vigilance Vigilance

Pippa's Control Over Dice

If my opponent controls Pippa, Duchess of Dice, and we're using dice to keep track of our life totals, can Pippa change either one of our life totals?

No. She can only affect dice/die rolls that are generated by spells & effects in the game.

Die Rolling Pippa, Duchess of Dice Spells

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