Category Archives: Prevention and Replacement Effects

Translating Notion Thief into English.

Posted on April 29, 2013 by bimmerbot

WANTED: A discreet individual interested in a rare opportunity. Must possess uncanny speed, impressive skill with a knife, and the ability to give material form to thoughts. The Gateless need not apply. — Notion Thief! What a spiffy name for … Continue reading →

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Blood Scrivener and “Draw two cards” effects.

Posted on April 24, 2013 by bimmerbot

Card drawing can be a pain. Well, more specifically, black card drawing can be a pain. Black has a long history of letting you draw cards for life. From cards like Necropotence to Phyrexian Arena to Sign in Blood, black … Continue reading →

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Bioshift onto Corpsejack Menace.

Posted on April 19, 2013 by bimmerbot

You may remember from a few weeks ago that Corpsejack Menace doubles all +1/+1 counters that would be placed on a creature. Let’s return to the lab where we left off, with a Menace on the battlefield alongside a Cloudfin … Continue reading →

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Rest in Peace will exile itself when it gets destroyed.

Posted on April 18, 2013 by bimmerbot

Rest in Peace: Really annoying card against graveyard-based strategies… but it can still be destroyed. You might be interested to know where it ends up, though. At the time the Rest in Peace would be destroyed, its effect is still … Continue reading →

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How Blood Moon works with Shocklands.

Posted on April 11, 2013 by bimmerbot

Blood Moon creates a very simple effect: all non-basic lands on the battlefield become mountains. The “Shockland” effect of entering play tapped unless you pay 2 life is not a trigger (you can tell since it doesn’t contain “When ~ … Continue reading →

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Sunpetal Grove Loves Hallowed Fountain

Posted on April 5, 2013 by tnunez

Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Shock. Today we get to explore something that didn’t really come up much until we Returned to Ravnica and had the Shocklands back in Standard alongside the M10 and Innistrad … Continue reading →

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Rakdos Charm can never result in damage to a planeswalker.

Posted on March 15, 2013 by bimmerbot

Today we’ll be taking a look at Rakdos Charm’s third mode, or specifically, what it means for a creature to deal damage to its controller. While it’s unusual for a source you control to deal damage to yourself, it does … Continue reading →

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Corpsejack Menace and Master Biomancer.

Posted on March 14, 2013 by bimmerbot

From the research notes of Gulistan, Master Biomancer: A strange, filth-covered creature crawled up from the plumbing today. Our laboratory assistants noted a strange aura about it, which responded well to many forms of magic and was especially noted to … Continue reading →

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Leyline Phantom can block Armored Transport without bouncing.

Posted on March 7, 2013 by bimmerbot

Armored Transport does funny things in combat. Well, funny as in if it’s blocked by a creature, that creature does nothing at all! Preventing the damage dealt to it in combat means things such as lifelink and deathtouch won’t apply … Continue reading →

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Gisela will prevent all instances of 1 damage

Posted on March 1, 2013 by tnunez

We already did a general overview of the legendary angel Gisela, Blade of Goldnight a while back when she was first released. But that general overview didn’t cover probably the most common question about her, especially in my Commander group: … Continue reading →

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