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My translation: During every players upkeep, that player performs all actions they performed previously, then adds another action. If you have not yet done an action, do only one. An action is something physical and/or a phrase.

Did anyone else hope that this would be reprinted in Dissension?

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Ha, the emblem on the desk is the Azorius Signet.

I was disappointed to find out that the maze is un-solvable.

wut

oh crap there goes my hand... O_o?

The emblem on the desk is not Azorius Signet. It is also not a maze. It's a labyrinth.

From wikipedia:
"Many contemporary scholars observe a distinction between the two: maze refers to a complex branching puzzle with choices of path and direction; while a single-path labyrinth has only a single, non-branching path, which leads to the center."

So actually it is a maze, not a labyrinth. Nice try. You're right about it not being the Azorius signet though, since this set came well before Ravnica block did.

Even in Unglued, Blue gets everything in the olden days. Nowadays the flavor is white (and of course the effect is black).

... I am... So confused as to what the hell this card actually does. I am hoping that HarDHarKoopa's translation is correct. The thing is, I know if I ever buy this, I won't put this in my deck because it would be too much of pain to remember what this card actually does, and even more of a pain to make sure everyone actually understands what the heck this card does.

@Dwarf Planet; I don't know why people have trouble with this card. Easy enough to translate:

There player A, and his opponent player B. Player A played this enchantment. During player B's next upkeep, they do action W, which is an action that is a simple physical or verbal action that has no risk of physical or mental harm and can be performed while sitting down. Let's say for action W player B decides to snap his fingers on both hands at once.

During player A's next upkeep they must perform action W (snapping their fingers) then add another action to this queue of actions that is being built up, referring to this new action as action X. Let's say action X is saying a tongue twister. In other words, when it comes to player A's upkeep here, they have to snap their fingers then they say the tongue twister.

This continues on, with each player adding to the action queue with each of their upkeeps. So during player B's next upkeep, they have to snap their fingers and say the tongue twister then add yet another action. The players keep adding actions during their upkeep after doing all the previous actions in order. When one of the players is unable to do all the previous actions in the queue during their upkeep, in order, the effect of the card kicks in and that player has to discard all the cards in their hand.

Maybe it's a long explanation, but if you just grasp the simple understanding of what it's asking you to do, the wording becomes irrelevant.

3.14=pi!

Is this the dragon's maze of DRAGON'S MAZE? Time will tell...

For confused folks: The card requires you and your opponent to play a game like Simon (that game with four light-up buttons that beep longer and longer patterns for you to remember and enter). At the beginning of each player's upkeep, they repeat all the motions the person before them did, then add another motion. A motion can be either a gesture or spoken phrase.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(game)

The biggest problem with this card (both conceptually and practically) is that your opponent is the first person to make a motion. If they're clever enough to start things off with something really complicated, it can easily be for "At the beginning of your next upkeep, discard your hand." The card's only awesome in multiplayer, where you have four or five opponents that could screw it up before you do.

But even then, an opponent will eventually figure out that they can say, "If my name is , then I hereby forfeit this game. Even if this is spoken as part of the upkeep trigger for Bureaucracy, my forfeiture stands."

@ Salient:

"All actions must be simple physical or verbal actions that a player can perform while sitting in a chair, without jeopardizing the health and security of said PLAYER."

You can easily say that if an opponent declares "If my name is , then I hereby forfeit this game. Even if this is spoken as part of the upkeep trigger for Bureaucracy, my forfeiture stands." that it's a jeopardizing of the security of the initial player and that it's far from a simple verbal action. In addition, if the opponent is hasty and proceeds to draw their card before you can make your rebuttal, then you can then say they failed to add an action and must therefore discard their hand before drawing for the turn.

Can anyone tell me what this stupid card means in English?

So, an action can be "draw a card" or "sacrifice a creature"? In this way this can be really fun. Especially if for example my opponent doesn't have a creature to sacrifice, and have to discard his/her hand...!