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Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2019) by Fezzik on Thursday December 14, 2023 @05:01PM (#38647926)
Most IRL play groups I’ve played with would count that as a loss for you (or, most likely, just not invite you back). And in competitive/regulated play you would timeout and lose. Not sure who these weirdos are that are stipulating to a draw against a deck that is unable to win.

Edit: I was wrong! I’ve only been playing competitively on Arena for years now. Per Rule 725.4 infinite loops are draws.

Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2019) by pyrale on Thursday December 14, 2023 @06:07PM (#38648670)
> or, most likely, just not invite you back

Paper magic works with infinite combos on the basis that if you can prove them, you can "fast forward".

And someone with a draw infinite combo would definitely be welcome in some player circles (see the Jhonny definition).

Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2019) by rtkwe on Thursday December 14, 2023 @11:45PM (#38651073)
Yeah you demonstrate the loop once and show that other whatever the output of the loop is (damage, mana, creature tokens, mill for your opponents) your board is in the same initial state so it can be repeated an arbitrary number of times (or it's forced to repeat in which case you're in a forced infinite loop).
Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2019) by mathgeek on Thursday December 14, 2023 @06:20PM (#38648823)
The tournament rules, section 4.4, differ from the comprehensive rules and take precedence in tournaments:

https://media.wizards.com/2023/wpn/marketing_materials/wpn/M...

Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2019) by n_plus_1_acc on Friday December 15, 2023 @05:12AM (#38652699)
Does that mean the judge must solve the halting Problem?
Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2019) by rightbyte on Friday December 15, 2023 @06:03AM (#38652967)
The judge can solve the halting problem by ruling the outcome.
Re:Magic: The Gathering Is Turing Complete (2019) by badRNG on Thursday December 14, 2023 @05:58PM (#38648574)
Seems somewhat analogous to draw by repetition in Chess