When attacks its ability triggers, goes on the stack and you choose a target Equipment controlled by an opponent. When this ability resolves you gain control of the targeted equipment and attach it to the Geargrabber. This change in control only lasts until the end of the current turn. When the control effect wears off […]
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How Echo works and how it was changed.
Echo is a triggered ability that triggers at the beginning of your upkeep step if the permanent with Echo has come under your control since the beginning of your lats upkeep. In other words, have you gained control of it since your last upkeep step began. This happens if the permanent entered the battlefield or […]
You can sacrifice Throne of Geth to its own ability.
When you pay the costs of an ability you must first generate any mana necessary, but you can then can pay all costs in any order. To activate ‘s ability you must tap it and sacrifice an artifact. Because you can pay costs in any order, you can choose to tap the Throne and then […]
How to use Thrummingbird’s Proliferate triggered ability to your advantage.
‘s ability triggers when it deals combat damage to a player. When this ability resolves you choose any number of permanents or players with at least one counter and add another counter of that type. Because this ability triggers when combat damage is dealt you can use the timing of when this ability resolves to […]
Failure to desideboard
At Competitive (Comp) and Professional (Pro) events the beginning of each match decks must be returned to their original state so they match their decklists. In other words, players must desideboard at the beginning of each match. Assuming that this is accidental, the proscribed penalty for failing to do so it a game loss. However […]
When Cerebral Eruption is returned to your hand…and when its not.
When resolves the targeted opponent will reveal the top card of his or her library. Cerebral Eruption will then deal damage equal to the converted mana cost of the revealed card to that player and all creatures he or she controls. If a land card is revealed this way, then no damage is dealt and […]
Chimeric Mass’ converted mana cost = ?
The answer to that question depends on where is. When on the stack as a spell, the value of X in the converted mana cost of a spell is whatever was chosen when the spell was played. If you play Chimeric Mass and pay five mana, the converted mana cost of this spell will be […]
You can’t play Bonds of Quicksilver in an untap step.
Players do not gain priority in the untap step at all. If you want to make sure that a creature does not untap, then it much be enchanted by before the untap step begins. Bonds of Quicksilver has flash which allows you to play in whenever you receive priority, but you will not receive priority […]
Fear is not the same thing as Intimidate
Creatures with Fear can only be blocked by black creatures and artifact creatures. Creatures with Intimidate can only blocked by artifact creatures and creatures that share a color with the creature with Intimidate. These two abilities work the same as long as they are on a creature that is black only, but not in other […]