For form of the approach of the second sun + aether vortex. How much loyalty do we have?

None inherently. You’ll need something like Rules Lawyer to keep from being removed from the battlefield for having no loyalty.

Hi Mark, yesterday we drafted a stashed box of Unstable. It involved "As Luck Would Have It" as high as 61 counters; a Five-Fingers Discount on Rules Lawyer to turn a game around and win at a negative life total; round 1 getting overtime because one player had to play two games at once due to Better Than One; and a player without a board state topdecking Over My Dead Bodies for a massive attack that left the opponent just one life short of lethal, fitting for a horror villain's last lunge.All in all a good time for everyone, and for what it's worth it confirmed that I liked Unstable more than Unfinity. Contraptions play better than stickers, and the "silly themes" feel more scattered in Unfinity, which makes the draft a bit more daunting as it's harder to get a feel for whether your deck will "get there" in terms of playability. The puns and flavour and individual cards are still solid, though! I just enjoy Unstable more.

I think Attractions are the closer thing to compare Contraptions to. Which you prefer depends on how much you enjoy planning ahead. Contraptions are Spike-ier and Attractions are Timmy/Tammy-ier.I’m glad you enjoy Unstable. I spent a lot of time on that too, and am always happy to hear people enjoying it. Stickers ended up being more polarizing than I expected. Part of it was logistical issues that we didn’t have a lot of control over.

I think the main reason for Rules Lawyer being acorn is that it lets creatures with 0 toughness stay on the battlefield. The rules don't have any way to handle that - the state-based action that gets rid of them *is* the solution.

That’s a great example of the problem. The game doesn’t have a back-up for a number of issues because that rule is the definitive answer.

"That assumes Blogatog follows state based actions." Sir, any comments on Blogatog's recent hiring of a certain Rules Lawyer, following speculation about it's *ahem* agressive diet?

No comment.

If/When a creature that doesn't leave play when it has 0 toughness?

It happens when Rules Lawyer (from Unstable) is on the battlefield.

I know you're not a rules lawyer but I don't know where else to ask this. Putrefax says at the beginning of THE endstep. Does this mean EACH or MY endstep

It means “each”.

Shoot, I forgot to ask for trivia on my birthday yesterday. Can I have some trivia on Rules Lawyer?

The design for Rules Lawyer started with me going to the Rules Lawyer (at the time Matt Tabak) and asking, “If we wanted to remove one rule from the Comp Rules that would have the biggest impact, but the game would still work, what rule should it be?” Matt knew right away which one to remove. Happy Birthday!

If I have Rules Lawyer on the battlefield, sagas I control will keep gaining tokens (a triggered ability) but not get sacrificed (a state-based action), but they won't do anything beyond the third counter, right?

Correct.

Any chance of R&D going a bit crazy and giving us more "Blank rule does not apply" cards?

Unstable had Rules Lawyer.

So Unstable Rules Question; According to the FAQAWASLFAQPAFTIDAWABIAJTBT if I am at infinite life and get hit by an infinity elemental my life total is still infinite. If for some reason I lose infinite life, such as being hit by infinity elemental or having it flung at me, I go to negative infinite. However, if I have rules lawyer in play and subsequently find a way to gain infinite life do I stay at negative infinity or go up to infinity?

No. Infinity minus any number, including infinity which is a number in silver border, is still infinity. Basically, once you have infinite life, you’re not dying to damage.