Category Archives: Source

Divine Deflection prevents and deals a TOTAL of X damage.

Posted on April 28, 2012 by bimmerbot

With the new card Divine Deflection, the wording can be a little misleading. While one might read it to mean that it prevents X damage to you AND X damage for each creature or planeswalker you control, then deals all … Continue reading →

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Corpse Lunge deals damage, the exiled creature card does not.

Posted on November 19, 2011 by krizriktr

As an additional cost to cast Corpse Lunge, you exile a creature card from your graveyard. When Corpse Lunge resolves, damage equal to the power of the exiled creature card will be dealt to the targeted creature. It is important … Continue reading →

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Sword of War and Peace deals damage when its trigger resolves, the creature it is equipped to does not.

Posted on November 7, 2011 by krizriktr

When a creature equipped with Sword of War and Peace deals combat damage to a player, its ability will trigger. When this triggered ability resolves, the Sword’s controller will gain life equal to the number of cards in his or … Continue reading →

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Heavy Arbalest does not deal damage.

Posted on June 23, 2011 by krizriktr

Heavy Arbalest‘s ability grants to the equipped creature an activated ability that allows the controller of the creature to tap the creature to deal two points of damage to a targeted creature or player. Because the creature is the source … Continue reading →

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