Category Archives: Type & Subtypes

Spreading Seas vs. the Urza’s lands.

Posted on April 8, 2013 by bimmerbot

So by now, most people are familiar with the “Urzatron” decks that are popular in Modern. They revolve around getting the three different Urza’s lands (Power Plant, Mine, and Tower) to cast large spells rather quickly, getting 7 colorless mana … 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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What is human and non-human.

Posted on October 19, 2011 by krizriktr

Spare from Evil gives creature you control protection from non-human creatures until the end of the current turn. This means that creatures you control will not be able to receive damage from, be blocked by, or be targeted by the … Continue reading →

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Rooftop Storm does not apply to non-creature spells.

Posted on September 25, 2011 by krizriktr

When in play Rooftop Storm allows you to pay zero mana when casting a zombie creature spell. This effect does not apply to spells and abilities that put zombie tokens into the battlefield or otherwise relate to zombies. For example, … Continue reading →

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Bonds of Faith will give +2/+2 to a Human Werewolf

Posted on September 24, 2011 by krizriktr

Bonds of Faith has a variable effect depending on the creature type of the creature that it is enchanting.  When attached to a creature with the subtype of human, it will give this creature +2/+2.  When attached to a non-human … Continue reading →

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When types and subtypes are removed and when they are not.

Posted on September 21, 2011 by krizriktr

There are a lot of effects in Magic that take away or add types and subtypes. The important tip to remember is that when an effect changes the type of subtype of an object, that object loses all other types … Continue reading →

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War Reports counts artifact creatures twice

Posted on May 14, 2011 by krizriktr

As is often mentioned, artifact creature is not a creature type. An artifact creature has two permanent types; artifact and creature. Artifact creatures do have creature subtypes, but artifact is not one of them. War Report, a common from New … Continue reading →

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When a land gains or changes subtype

Posted on May 11, 2011 by krizriktr

Some cards such as the recently reprinted card Evil Presence change a land into a basic land type. When an effect says that a land becomes one of the basic land types (Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain or Forest), it has … Continue reading →

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Objects can have multiple permanent types.

Posted on May 2, 2011 by krizriktr

Obejects (cards, spells and permanents in play) can have multiple permanent types. When an object does have more than one type it is important pay attention to the text of spells and abilities to determine if an object is affected. … Continue reading →

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What Legends were and are now.

Posted on April 10, 2011 by krizriktr

When first introduced in the early expansion set Legends, Legend was a creature type. Creatures could gain or have it removed from them if an effect were to change a creatures type. However when Champions of Kamigawa was released, what … Continue reading →

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