Welcome to Day Four of Kalitas Week! Today we’re covering a pretty simple one rules-wise: How Kalitas interacts with a board-wipe like or . The core question people have in this situation is “do I get zombies? Do they come in and then die too, or do I just not get any?”. The answer is: […]
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Kalitas Week: Kalitas vs Anafenza
Welcome back to Kalitas Week! Today we’ll be looking at another interaction you’re likely to run into: Kalitas vs. other replacement effects. The most common two that you’re likely to find in Standard are going to be and ; both of those cards are also going to replace the “dies” event with exile. The question […]
Kalitas Week: Kalitas Is Not Optional!
Welcome back to Kalitas Week here on the Rules Blog! Today we’re covering another common misconception about the chief: what, exactly, his second ability IS. A lot of people seem to mistakenly think that Kalitas’ ability is a trigger, and subject to the Missed Trigger rules. However, it is not! A trigger will have the […]
Kalitas Week! Who Gets The Tokens?
Good morning and welcome to Kalitas Week here at the Rules Tip Blog. We’ve been noticing an awful lot of questions about the new popping up, so we thought we’d take a whole week to address just questions about Kalitas. Kalitas’ has an ability that sets up a replacement effect: it replaces one event (in […]
Prerelease Week! Perhaps You’ve Met My Cohort?
Welcome back to the final day of the Oath of the Gatewatch Prerelease Week! Today we’re covering the final mechanic of the set, so you can go to your prereleases this weekend (or tonight, if there’s some midnight events in your area) armed with knowledge. Cohort is similar to Landfall and Constellation- it’s actually what […]
Prerelease Week! With A Little Support From Your Friends
Welcome back to Prerelease Week! Today we’re tackling one of the last two mechanics in the set: Support. Support is actually really simple; some spells will have Support N, as will some creatures. On a spell, “Support N” means “Put a +1/+1 counter on up to each of N target creatures”, when the spell resolves. […]
Prerelease Work! All About Surge!
Welcome back to Prerelease Week! Today we’re going to be discussing Surge- and no, not the 90s citrus soda that’s recently been brought back as proof that the universe is a kind place. Surge, the new mechanic from Oath of the Gatewatch! As we mentioned yesterday, Oath of the Gatewatch is actually designed partially for […]
Prerelease Week! What to Expect When You’re Expecting (Eldrazi)
Welcome back to Prerelease Week! Today we’re doing a little bit of Tournament Tuesday with our Prerelease Week and giving you a little primer on what to expect at your Oath of the Gatewatch prereleases this weekend. We’ll be going over what you’ll be opening, what’s new, and a few tips to maximize your fun! […]
Prerelease Week: The Colorless Out of Space
Welcome to Oath of the Gatewatch Prerelease Week! In preparation for the Oath prereleases this weekend, we’re going to be going over some information you might find useful! Today, we’re starting with probably the biggest ‘new’ mechanic of the set: Colorless mana. Colorless mana has been a thing since day one of Magic, but it’s […]