That’s right, we’re still hot on this Simic trend for the week! I promise, last Simic topic this week is a neat new card from Gatecrash with a lot of uses; you can pump a creature a la , you can bounce a creature, or you can make everything you control Hexproof to mess with […]
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Biomass Mutation Tips and Tricks
After a brief break for Tournament Tuesday, we’re back in Simic-Land for another neat card, . Mutation is the Simic entrant in the rare X spells cycle from Gatecrash, and it can be devastating. For X mana, plus 2 in any combination of green and blue, all your creatures become X/X. So you pour 5 […]
Tournament Tuesday: Triggers at Regular REL
As some of you may know, there was recently a little bit of an update to the Missed Trigger rules. Nothing so far-reaching as the last few; mainly, the new rules exist to clear up exactly WHEN a trigger is considered missed, because there were some that were kind of weird with the MT rules […]
Casting Urban Evolution During Your Opponent’s Turn
I’m a big fan of Simic, and I especially love one of the new cards from Gatecrash, . For just five mana, I get to draw three new cards and play an extra land — not a bad deal! Now, is a sorcery, so normally I can’t play it on my opponent’s turn. But there’s […]
Boros Charm Doesn’t Save Planeswalkers
No matter when they’re printed, the various Charm cycles that have been printed over the years have appealed to pretty much all types of players. They serve many functions, and the Charm cycle in Return to Ravnica block is no different. Let’s focus on today. It has some pretty nifty abilities. That second one is […]
Fathom Mage and Multiple Counters
While I’m a Gruul at heart (and an Azorious on the outside), I’ve always been intrigued by the Simic guild. I wasn’t very satisfied with Simic during their first appearance during Ravnica block, but there’s quiteb a few interesting cards in Simic this time around. One that intrigues me the most is . What does […]
Flickering Aurelia for Fun and Profit
As mentioned last week, the guild of Boros has this really great leader in . I mean, she has all the abilities one looks for when attacking: flying, to soar over the heads of her opponents; haste, so she can attack as soon as possible; and vigilance, to be there to defend the fort as […]
Tournament Tuesday: Beginning the Game
So it’s your first FNM. You’re all ready to go, with your Dimir milling deck. Pairings are posted, and you sit down at your table. But now what do you do, before you start your first game? The first thing you want to do is pull out your deck and start shuffling. This can also […]
Cipher and Extort
Two of the new guild keyword abilities in Gatecrash work really well together . No, I’m not talking about battalion and bloodrush, I’m referring to the keywords of two of Esper’s favorite guilds, cipher and extort. Extort triggers off of any spell you cast, not just spells cast from your hand. And once you’ve encoded […]