Infect is keyword ability that started appearing on cards in Scars of Mirrodin. Flavor-wise, it is an ability of the Phyrexian side in the war over the plane of Mirrodin. At first look it is a combination of abilities that have appeared in the past, poison and wither. Creatures with infect deal damage in the […]
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Attacking creatures only exist after attackers are declared.
‘s last ability gives +1/+0 to all attacking creatures. This ability will only affect those creatures that are attacking when this activated ability resolves. If this ability is played and resolves in the first main phase of a turn, it will effectively not do anything as there are not any attacking creatures yet. One other […]
Exiled cards are revealed, unless stated otherwise.
The exiled zone is a public zone. Cards in public zones can be viewed at any time by any player unless they are specifically placed there face-down. Thanks to this, it is not necessary for to instruct you to reveal the card; the card is automatically visible to all players. Hence, you cannot bluff with […]
At the beginning of each match, your deck must be in it’s ‘original’ configuration.
In sanctioned matches at events that are either Competitive (Comp) or Professional (Pro) rules enforcement level, your deck must be match the contents on the deck list that you submitted at the start of the event. This applies to both constructed and limited events. Many limited Regular (Reg) rules enforcement events do not require deck […]
Melira’s Keepers can be targeted by Vedalken Anatomist’s ability.
has a static ability that prevents counters from being placed on it. That does not mean that it cannot be targeted by spells or abilities that would attempt to put counters on it. For example, Melira’s Keepers can be targeted by the activated ability of . When the Anatomist’s ability resolves, the -1/-1 counter will […]
An attacking Training Drone will still be attacking if it become unequipped.
‘s ability prevents it from being declared as an attacking or blocking creature unless it is equipped. However if it is legally declared as an attacker or blocker and the equipment attached to it falls off, the Drone will stay in combat and all creatures blocked or blocked by it will remain that way as […]
Ethersworn Canonist can prevent spells from being cast via alternate methods
‘s ability prevents players from playing more than one non-artifact spell per turn. This limitation applies to playing spells via alternate means; such as Cascade or Hideaway. Even the triggered ability of can be interfered with by the Canonist’s ability. With Ethersworn Canonist and Knowledge Pool in play, if a player casts a non-artifact spell […]
How Living Weapon works
‘Living weapon’ is a keyword ability that appears on five artifact equipment cards in Scars of Mirrodin. In most cases equipment enters play and then must be attached to a creature you control. However living weapon equipment has a built in creature that will be put into the battlefield with the equipment attached via the […]
Creatures cannot attach to creatures.
This is generally not an issue, but there are a few odd ways that abilities can at least attempt to have a creature become attached to another creature. Just to be clear, that cannot happen. If an ability tries to, the ability will fail and nothing will become attached. If something that is attached to […]