Most of you should know that you can’t cast a spell (or activate an ability, or place a triggered ability onto the stack) without legal targets. You can’t throw a Doom Blade at nothing just to up your storm count, for example. However, that only applies to when you’re first selecting targets. It’s true that […]
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Mana Leak and Delve
Even more Delve! Yesterday we learned that you can use Delve as a payment for an alternate cost such as Flashback, because Delve is a payment, not an alternate cost itself. So how does Delve interact with additional costs? Well, that depends! If there were a Delve spell with Kicker, you could use Delve to […]
Snapcaster Mage and Delve
Delve has been kicking around the older formats pretty much since day one- was an old favorite in some decks, and was infamously too good for Legacy! Even now, there’s still Delving going around in Legacy and in Modern- and more importantly for today, several of those cards are Instants and Sorceries. What that means […]
Magic Origins Spoiler! Hallowed Moonlight
Let’s jump right into today’s spoiler! Stick around after the preview to see how it interacts with some common things, though! So how does our new card work against things? Well, let’s go over it! Tokens: Even though you’re probably casting a spell that makes tokens (, , etc), the tokens themselves are not cast. […]
Transformers! How to transform Nissa.
Hi everyone, and we’re back! Let’s get right to it and talk about our final creature/planeswalker, Nissa! Nissa, Vastwood Seer will transform into Nissa, Sage Animist, if you play a land and you control seven or more lands after that land has entered the battlefield. This trigger checks the number of lands you control at […]
Transformers! How to transform Chandra.
Hi everyone, and welcome back. Let’s dive right in today, and talk about today’s creature/planeswalker, Chandra. Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh is able to transform into Chandra, Roaring Flame if you activate Chandra’s activated ability and have dealt 3 or more damage with Chandra this turn. Note that this doesn’t just count damage from Chandra’s activated […]
Transformers! How to transform Kytheon/Gideon
Welcome back. I know, it’s weird. It’s the weekend, and we’re updating! It’s not what you’re used up. But creatures transforming into planeswalkers is also weird, and we’re just so excited about these new planeswalkers that we want to talk about them But enough about that, let’s talk about Kytheon, Hero of Akros. Or, as […]
Combat Tricks with Lodestone Myr
As Magic players, we learn early on that creatures can’t tap or attack (unless they have Haste) the first turn they come under our control. There are cards, however, that can use “sick” creatures to tap, even though they just entered the battlefield. A relevant example is . Myr’s ability only cares that the card […]
Guile vs. Remand
Since we’re on the topic of odd Modern interactions, let’s propose that a player controls Guile and casts in an attempt to take an opponent’s spell. Both and Guile have replacement effects that affect the spell in question, so which effect wins? In short, Guile’s effect will override , because Remand never actually counters the […]