1st trivia question.

[Tosus]

can anyone name what the 2 lords that were made to fill these 2 holes?

Rod of Ruin and Bone Flute?

[Tosus]

The contest may be over, but that's no reason to let the trivia thread die!
1: what board-sweeping artifact is named after a science fiction author?
2: why are some cards functionally different in their German printings?
3: what M10 rule change was mercifully spared for German players?

Yes, a lot of my questions are Germany based, but just using what I know!

[jars]

1: what board-sweeping artifact is named after a science fiction author?

Nevinyrral's Disk, after Larry Niven.

edit: mtg tag not work hurr hurr

[Tosus]

Well, I just got my prize packs today. Yippee!
At Bryan's request, I shall refrain from mentioning all the foil mythics I opened... which was none No mythics, but some decent rares, including a Siege-Gang Commander, an Ant Queen, a Pithing Needle, and a Planar Cleansing. And a Lightning Bolt. And a foil Jump. Woo-hoo, foil Jump! Although in all honesty, for a card I will never, ever play with, the foil version looks really pretty! So don't worry Bryan, you didn't miss out on any Mythics.
As for my trivia questions, the answers are as follows:
Why are some German cards functionally different? For some reason a number of cards that say "target" in their English versions say "Wähle" or "choose" in German instead of "Ziel", meaning they technically don't target and can get around protection and shroud. I especially love the German Unlimited printing of Lightning Bolt, which says "The Lightning does 3 damage to a creature or player." How quaint, almost as if there were different damage types. (although oddly enough, the Limited version has pretty much the modern templating. Well, except for not saying what it can target, it just says "the target of Lightning Bolt takes 3 damage. Yes, you could deal a land three damage. Then again, the English version says the same thing, so...).
As for the other question, what M10 rules change did Germans miss out on? Guess what? We still call it "Im Spiel" ("in play"). No "Auf den Schlachtfeld" for us! W00t!
Anyway, looking forward to the next episode!

[Lythand]

I believe, and maybe you can answer this better then I can, that the ruling on the actual functionality of cards, is what the english version of the card means.

Meaning if the card did in some way have a different functionality due to language translation, the English functionailty takes precident.

[Tosus]

Oh, absolutely, that is correct. The current oracle rulings are the only ones that count.
The only annoying thing is if you're playing in a prerelease, and suddenly you see a card, and you have to really think about whether it's meant to target a creature or just choose one. That can be frustrating.