WHOA! We’re just drowning you folks in information this week! This weekend is gonna be Magic history: three simultaneous Modern Masters GPs, in three continents. The event in Las Vegas has broken the records for largest Magic event and largest TCG event over its knee like a feeble twig, and as of this writing sits […]
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Anafenza vs. Deathmist Raptor
And we’re back! It’s Friday, so let’s get one last tip out there before we all head out to our local FNMs tonight. Let’s talk about our favorite deadly, can’t stay dead dinosaur, . It’s hard to keep a good Lizard Beast down, and as long as you can keep playing morphs and turning them […]
Crux of Fate vs. Protection from Black
Welcome back everyone. Today, we’re going to talk about the latest black boardwipe, . You have a board full of non-dragon creatures, but your opponent has hit five mana and taps out to cast , choosing to destroy all non-dragon creatures. You’re holding a and a . Can either of these cards save one of […]
Foul-Tongue Invocation Against an Empty Board
Hey everyone, welcome back. As promised, we’re going to talk about today. Let’s say you’re playing against an aggressive mono-red player. You’ve managed to clear their board, but now they’re just pointing their burn spells at your head. You’re at 3, and they point a at you. All you’re holding is a and a . […]
Silumgar’s Scorn with a Dragon on the Stack
Hi everyone, and welcome back to another week of rules tips! There’s still some Standard situations that come up, so that’s what we’re going to focus on this week. Today, we kick things off with . You’re down to two cards in your hand: a and a . You figure it’s time to drop your […]
Scrap Mastery vs. Grafdigger’s Cage
You’ve got a graveyard stacked full of artifact creatures and a in your hand. Your opponent has a on the battlefield. What happens? Will your spell exile all your good cards in your graveyard and leave you with nothing? Nope! Fortunately for you, does not care about stuff coming from exile, which is the zone […]
Reef Worm only Triggers on Dying
is an interesting and potentially frustrating card for your opponents to deal with. It doesn’t seem to matter how they kill it, it just keeps coming back bigger. Not all hope is lost for your opponent though! They could just as easily exile it or enchant it with a . Since the key word in […]
Raving Dead Triggers After Damage
There has always been some confusion among players with how triggered abilities work. Sometimes the ability is so clearly written it just makes sense. Sometimes however, cards like use language that creates a slight amount of ambiguity as to when an effect takes place. Today we will discuss specifically, and hopefully leave you with a […]
Nahiri: You Choose the Zone on Resolution
I hope everyone has been enjoying all the new Commander cards and the new abilities that have come with them. One of the more exciting of these new cards is – She gets you value through tokens and Equipment and she is really fun to play. But here is a situation: You have a in […]