Who doesn’t love drawing a bunch of cards? It’s exciting and rewarding- Even if you have to sacrifice a creature to get those draws. But let’s say you have a enchanted by and pumped with a when you cast . You probably guessed that you’re about to draw ten cards- and you would be correct. […]
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Ensoul Artifact – Learn All About It!
Making a 5/5 flyer or 5/5 indestructible creature on turn two brightens my soul. Both options are possible with . works by setting the base power and toughness of any artifact to 5/5 and, if it isn’t already, makes it a creature. The best part about this transformation is that it does not affect the […]
Spirit Bonds: One Per Customer!
Hello again my Magic aficionados! Let’s get spiritual with our next tip, shall we? I’m glad you were able to come to today’s sermon which covers handling triggered abilities. With on the board you might wonder how many tokens you’ll be able to get after a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control. The […]
Wall of Essence and Multiple Attackers
Today’s Rules Tip begins with a scenario: You’re at 5 life. Your opponent is attacking you with an and a . You have a lone on your side ready to die for your protection. You block the Hivelord. Damage from the Tormentor goes through and the Wall’s ability triggers- Are you dead? If you guessed […]
How Chain Veil Really Works
The Chain Veil got a lot of speculative discussion after it was spoiled, before the release notes were available. We explain the now-official answer about how it works!
Shield of the Avatar and Multiple Blockers
Wrapping up this week’s tips, we have a fun equipment for creature-heavy decks: . This little toy helps keep your best guy alive by putting a damage-prevention effect around that creature. How much does it prevent? Well, how many buddies does your best creature have? There’s usually strength in numbers, but the Shield makes that […]
Garruk’s Packleader Doesn’t Trigger from Nissa, Worldwaker
New sets usually mean new planeswalkers, and Magic 2015 is no exception! Alongside a fifth Ajani, we also got a new Garruk, and a new Nissa! We last saw a few years ago in Zendikar, where she was hanging out with her elf-buddies and accidentally freeing world-devouring abominations from the beginning of creation. But apparently […]
Rotfeaster Maggot and Seraph of the Masses
This one may have come up for some of you in the past couple of weeks since M15, and it may very well happen to you in the future if it hasn’t! is a common Black creature that eats dead guys. More specifically, when it enters the battlefield it’ll exile a creature card from any […]
Tournament Tuesday: How To Handle a Missed Roaring Primadox Trigger
Welcome back to Tournament Tuesday, where we’re going to cover our favorite topic again: Missed Triggers! Today’s missed trigger discussion is going to be about an uncommon creature from Magic 2015, originally printed in Magic 2013: . Primadox has a trigger that makes you bounce a creature you control to its owner’s hand at the […]