is part of a cycle in M13, and it’s a pretty neat cycle! They’re all uncommon mono-colored creatures that have an ability which requires an allied color of mana to activate, and they get +1/+1 if you control a corresponding basic. Flinthoof Boar is a 2/2 for 2 that gets +1/+1 if you control a […]
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Tournament Tuesday: Head Judges and Proxy Cards
So I’m sure plenty of you are familiar with proxy cards, or just ‘proxies’. For those of you who aren’t, they’re basically a stand-in for a card you might not have; they’re very commonly used in playtesting, where someone will just scribble “THRAGTUSK” in sharpie over a janky draft common, or a spare Plains, and […]
Thalia and Omniscience
is a scary thing to have sitting across the table from you no matter what the format. I cringe when I see it in Commander because it usually means there’s a whole freight train of hurt about to come my way, and precious little I can do to stop it. However, there is a way […]
Gisela will prevent all instances of 1 damage
We already did a general overview of the legendary angel a while back when she was first released. But that general overview didn’t cover probably the most common question about her, especially in my Commander group: Whether or not she prevents 1 damage. Good old Gisela has two abilities (both are replacement effects) that make […]
Quirion Dryad Triggers Once Per Spell
was an old favorite card of one of my friends, so I’m used to dealing with it. But now that it’s Standard-legal again, and with all the 3 color decks kicking around, it’s seeing some play. So I’m gonna clear up a couple of little flubs that pop up around it! First one is in […]
Soul Ransom and Gruul Charm
Oooh, this one is fun! Control-changing effects have a habit of confusing players, especially when it comes to aura-based things like or in this case, . The mistake many players make is thinking that it’s always ‘on’, that it always ‘wins’, no matter what. But that’s not the case! Control-changing is a continuous effect, which […]
Tournament Tuesday: Zone-Change Triggers
As we covered last week, there’s been a few changes in the Missed Trigger policy recently. Today we’re gonna cover one that’s had a little confusion even among judges: Zone-change triggers. First, I’ll start off with a link to Toby Elliot’s article about what the trigger changes mean for players, because you guys are players, […]
Extort and Commander
This question cropped up an awful lot once Extort was first spoiled, and even weeks after the release of Gatecrash I still hear it fairly often: Does Extort automatically make a card B/W for the purposes of color identity? The answer to that question is a resounding ‘no’. While a card like will obviously be […]
How to Signal the Clans
Told you we were done with the Simic Streak! Let’s get some Gruul on, so we can crush them, and then feast. Today we’ll be covering , a neat rare from Gatecrash that has more than a few people scratching their heads on how to properly light the Bat-Signal. When you , you search through […]