When one of the Zenith spells (e.g., or ) from Mirrodin Besieged resolves, it is shuffled into its owner’s library instead of going to the graveyard. While there aren’t many, there are a few ways to give spells Flashback. and are recent examples of cards with effects that grant Flashback to other cards. When a […]
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Abilities only do exactly what they say they do.
Most relevant information about how a card works is on the card itself. The biggest exceptions are in regards to keyword abilities that have additional information on how they work in the comprehensive rules. Most keyword abilities have reminder text that is not completely detailed, but does cover most situations. While it is important to […]
Animated lands ‘keep’ counters even when they don’t matter.
If a non-creature permanent becomes a creature and gains counters that only apply to creatures, these counters will remain on this permanent even when it is no longer a creature. For example, if an is animated by its own ability and it gets a +1/+1 counter from something like ‘s ability, those +1/+1 counters will […]
Double-faced cards always enter the battlefield Sunny Side Up.
When a double-faced card enters the battlefield from anywhere, it will always have its face-up or day side showing. In most cases, these cards enter play because they have been cast and are resolving. However, it is possible for these cards to enter play via other methods. For example, lets assume that a (the back […]
What does shuffle back into your libaray with Karn’s ultimate ability.
‘s first two planeswalker abilities exile cards from a player’s hand or permanents from the battlefield. It’s final ‘ultimate’ ability refers to those cards, and when the game restarts, some of them will start the game in play. This last ability reads: ‘Restart the game, leaving in exile all non-Aura permanent cards exiled with Karn […]
Myr Superion can be played for free with Heartless Summoning.
has an ability that requires all mana that is spent to play it be generated by creature sources. However, it is possible to bypass this restriction by lowering the cost of the Superion enough that no mana is paid to cast it. The ability basically means, “You may not spend mana from a noncreature source […]
Phyrexian mana in a Flashback cost can be paid with life.
has the ability to give an instant and sorcery card in your graveyard Flashback. When it does, the Flashback cost will be equal to the mana cost of the targeted card. If Snapcaster Mage’s ability is used on a card with a Phyrexian mana symbol in its mana cost, then the Flashback cost will also […]
After a Planeswalker resolves, its controller receives priority.
Whenever a spell or ability resolves, the active player receives priority. This matters greatly with regard to planeswalkers. This is because immediately after a planeswalker spell resolves, its controller can choose to use one of its abilities before any other player will get a chance to respond. If the cost to use the ability increases […]
Damage assignment order is chosen immediately after blockers.
When Magic 2010 was released, a few changes were made to the combat phase. One such change concerns what happens when a creature in combat is either blocked by or blocking more than one creature. When this happens, the controller of the creature that is blocking or blocked by more than one creature must choose […]