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Category: Activated Abilities

Activated Abilities, Triggered Abilities

More bindings with Tidebinder

May 9, 2024May 10, 2024 | Stephan Classen

Even MORE to know about Tidebinder! And some complexity you didn't know you didn't know!

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Tagged activated ability, agatha's soul cauldron, counter ability, counter triggered ability, tishana's tidebinder
Activated Abilities, Effects, Interaction of Continuous Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

Tishana’s Tidebinding Tricks!

March 24, 2024March 24, 2024 | agrachronis
Tishana's Tidebinder

Rules tips and interactions with Tishana's Tidebinder!

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Tagged counter ability, counter activated or triggered ability, tidebinder
Abilities, Activated Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Costs, Resolving spells and abilities

What’s A Tap Cost, Anyway?

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 | tnunez

Today we discuss the difference between the Tap symbol in a cost, and the word "tap" in a cost!

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Tagged Kumena Tyrant of ORazca, Persistent Petitioners, Saruli Caretaker
Abilities, Activated Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Resolving spells and abilities

Omnispell Adept and Timing

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 | tnunez

Learn how Omnispell Adept interacts with various kinds of costs, and how she interacts with Sorceries!

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Tagged Omnispell Adept
Abilities, Activated Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Characteristics, Copies, Resolving spells and abilities

All About Prime Speaker Vannifar

February 13, 2019February 22, 2019 | tnunez

Learn what Converted Mana Cost means, how to determine it, and what 'only any time you could cast a sorcery' means!

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Tagged Prime Speaker Vannifar
Abilities, Activated Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Mana Abilities, Priority, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

What Are Mana Abilities?

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 | tnunez

Learn what is and is not a Mana Ability, and what that means!

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Tagged Domri Chaos Bringer
Abilities, Activated Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Characteristics, Resolving spells and abilities

Prerelease Primer: Adapt and Overcome

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 | tnunez

Learn how to Adapt to any situation with the tried-and-true solution of "just put a bunch of +1/+1 counters on it"!

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Abilities, Activated Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

What Is ‘Fizzle’, Anyway?

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 | tnunez

Today we learn what 'fizzling' is, exactly!

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Tagged Electrolyze
Abilities, Activated Abilities, Continuous Effects, Effects, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities, Zones

Thief of Sanity and Control-Changing

November 14, 2018November 15, 2018 | tnunez

Today we continue Dimir Week with a tip about Thief of Sanity and how it interacts with control-changing effects!

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Tagged Grimoire Thief, Thief of Sanity

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