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Power Play

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Power Play, Conspiracy printing
Conspiracy CNS · No. 8 2014-06-06

Card text

Conspiracy
(Start the game with this conspiracy face up in the command zone.) You are the starting player. If multiple players would be the starting player, one of those players is chosen at random.
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✗ Banned
Vintage ✗ Banned
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✗ Banned
Oathbreaker ✗ Banned
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✗ Banned

Official rulings

8 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If you have Power Play but aren't the starting player (because another player also had Power Play), your place in the turn order is unaffected. If you're sitting to the right of the starting player, you're going last. Not all power plays bear fruit.

2014-05-29 · Wizards of the Coast

A conspiracy's static and triggered abilities function as long as that conspiracy is face-up in the command zone.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

You can look at any player's face-up conspiracies at any time. You'll also know how many face-down conspiracies a player has in the command zone, although you won't know what they are.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

Conspiracies are never put into your deck. Instead, you put any number of conspiracies from your card pool into the command zone as the game begins. These conspiracies are face up unless they have hidden agenda, in which case they begin the game face down.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

A conspiracy doesn't count as a card in your deck for purposes of meeting minimum deck size requirements. (In most drafts, the minimum deck size is 40 cards.)

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

Conspiracies aren't legal for any sanctioned Constructed format, but may be included in other Limited formats, such as Cube Draft.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

You don't have to play with any conspiracy you draft. However, you have only one opportunity to put conspiracies into the command zone, as the game begins. You can't put conspiracies into the command zone after this point.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

Conspiracies are colorless, have no mana cost, and can't be cast as spells.

2016-08-23 · Wizards of the Coast

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