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Banned and Restricted Announcement - June 29, 2026
Simon George Konrad loved and collected Yu-Gi-Oh cards so much that his mother had a custom Yu-Gi-Oh card headstone made to look like one of his passions when he passed away from cancer.
[[Return the Favor]] and [[Pact of Negation]] trigger to win!?
I played a recent historic brawl game where someone used Pact of Negation on me with enough mana to pay for the delayed trigger. But with that trigger on the stack, I copied it with Return the Favor, thinking the game was probably over for me regardless.
Much to my delight, Return the Favor put a second copy of the triggered ability on the stack. Opponent then paid for the copy I had made, but the second copy was still on the stack, so they lost!
Chatting about the win, other players think this shouldn't have worked.
So, did I find a cool interaction or a bug?
You can watch the game play out here:
https://www.17lands.com/user/game_replay/20260610/3297605fdfa24d429a954ab25eb911ee/75
Easter Egg? Coincidence? Lore reason? I literally haven't read anything that would say why!