IMPORTANT UPDATE: This article has been updated as of the prerelease of Magic 2014 on July 13; Please refer to the revisions below. Some cards such as the recently reprinted card change a land into a basic land type. When an effect says that a land becomes one of the basic land types (Plains, Island, […]
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What slow play is.
The simple and straight answer as to what slow play is would be to quote from the Magic Infraction Procedure Guide: “Players who take longer than is reasonably required to complete game actions are engaging in Slow Play.” However no single definition can possibly cover all situations, and the above does require some interpretation when […]
Spellskite and equip abilities.
, a new card from New Phyrexia, has an activated ability that allows you to change a target of a targeted spell or ability to the Spellskite itself. While it is possible to use Spellskite’s ability and target any spell or ability on the stack that can be targeted, Spellskite’s ability does not always end […]
Ready for Combat? Here are some shortcuts!
“Declare attackers?”, “ready for combat”, or any similar statement during your turn means you’re offering to pass priority until your opponent has priority in your beginning of combat step. Unless an opponent acts at this point, it’s too late to cast spells or activate abilities before you declare attackers. For example, if you say “combat?” […]
Attacking players vs attacking planeswalkers
There are many cards that affect attacking creatures, and either limit what they can attack or assess a cost when they do. For example, requires that the controller of any creature attacking the controller of the Prison to pay 2 generic mana. However, Ghostly Prison does not affect any creature that attacks a planeswalker controlled […]
How Rebound works
Rebound is an ability that appears on some instants and sorceries from Rise of the Eldrazi. Rebound is technically a static ability that generates a replacement effect when the card is a spell on the stack. As long as the Rebound spell was cast from your hand this replacement effect exiles the card instead of […]
What lethal damage is
Lethal damage is damage equal or greater to a creatures current toughness. This is important when assigning combat damage, and especially damage from an attacking creature that is blocked by multiple creatures or an attacking creature with trample. When assigning combat damage a player must assign what would be lethal damage to each blocking creature […]
Putting a copy on the stack vs playing a copy of a card.
Going all the way back to , there have been many many ways to put a copy of another spell on the stack. Most often this is pretty simple, you just put another copy of the original target on the stack. You are generally allowed to change the targets for this copy but the copy […]
Don’t keep extra cards with your sideboard.
In last week’s tournament rules tip it was pointed out that at sanctioned events you are required to present your sideboard before a match. One other rule regarding your sideboard is that you should not keep any cards that are not a part of your deck or sideboard with your sideboard. According to the Magic […]