TWD Tension in the Ranks

Pascal, would it be OK for this player to drop this useless graverobbing from his deck to avoid a disqualification?

That's how I would've ruled it if it had been in my tournament.

Or, if I was in a nasty mood, made him keep the Graverobbing and forced him to drop another card. Put most likely not.

I was the head judge. We did not require deck registration as per 6.3 Constructed Deck Registration.

David Corson-Knowles clearly did not play with any intent to gain advantage by having a 91 card deck. It was merely an oversight on his part not having tuned his deck because he hadn't played in years.

The tournament ended without this being known. It was only through David's honesty that he reported the 91 card list for the TWDA. He even mentioned the error in his write-up.

I would not recommend any sanction against him for his mistake.

brandonsantacruz wrote:

Pascal, would it be OK for this player to drop this useless graverobbing from his deck to avoid a disqualification?

I don't know about that - you'll have to check with Vincent, he's in charge of logging decks in the TWDA.

Regarding this event, Ginés and I decided not to disqualify David.
I, however, highly recommend calling the judge if something is wrong in your deck.

Pascal wrote:

I, however, highly recommend calling the judge if something is wrong in your deck.

Apparently this was noticed only AFTER the tournament:

Jeff wrote:

The tournament ended without this being known. It was only through David's honesty that he reported the 91 card list for the TWDA. He even mentioned the error in his write-up.

The card came up in the tournament but I gather it didn't ring any bells at that time:

brandonsantacruz wrote:

Deck notes: Graverobbing was a mistaken inclusion, probably in the same card box from when Anson and a few different Malks were in a previous version of the deck. (I've been playing variations on this "quick Malks & friends" deck since Kalinda came out). Not realizing that there isn't a single level of Dominate in the crypt, I actually drew and held on to Graverobbing for a few turns in Round 2 and considered fishing for a vamp to use it (thankfully I didn't!).

Often during a tournament I tend to count the cards in my deck while shuffling between the rounds. And before the 1st round. Just to see if the numbers don't match...