Parmi les cartes de Magic 2015 sur lesquelles nous avons des questions, il y a cette jolie petite aura appelée . Comme les autres auras, elle enchante quelque chose (ici, une créature) et fait quelque chose de sympa. Ce que fait le poing, précisément, c’est de donner un bon +2/+0 à votre créature. Il a […]
Category: Activated Abilities
You should kill Polukranos before it becomes monstrous, not in response to the trigger.
Polukranos has an activated ability that makes it monstrous, and a triggered ability that triggers when it becomes monstrous. Kill it before you get to the second part to avoid having it deal damage.
Transformers! How to transform Chandra.
Hi everyone, and welcome back. Let’s dive right in today, and talk about today’s creature/planeswalker, Chandra. Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh is able to transform into Chandra, Roaring Flame if you activate Chandra’s activated ability and have dealt 3 or more damage with Chandra this turn. Note that this doesn’t just count damage from Chandra’s activated […]
Transformers! How to transform Jace.
Here we talk about how to get your creature Jace to turn into planeswalker Jace.
Combat Tricks with Lodestone Myr
As Magic players, we learn early on that creatures can’t tap or attack (unless they have Haste) the first turn they come under our control. There are cards, however, that can use “sick” creatures to tap, even though they just entered the battlefield. A relevant example is . Myr’s ability only cares that the card […]
Sunforger and Burst Lightning
Welcome back for another installment of Rules Tips! Hopefully everyone continues to enjoy drafting Modern Masters 2015. We’ve come across a number of situations that piqued our interest and certainly yours. Let’s jump right in with the use of into . A great way to remember how cards work is to understand the rules. First […]
How Shaman of Forgotten Ways works in 2HG
Shaman of Forgotten Ways tries to set each player's life total to a specific number, but how does that work when you have two players and only only life total? You pick one player and ignore the other when resolving the effect!
Getting value with Humble Defector.
Humble Defector's ability doesn't give away control until it resolves, and the card draw is not dependent on giving away the creature... so if you find a way to untap him and reactivate the ability, or kill it before you draw, you can get extra value out of it!
Soulfire Grand Master and Rebound (you choose).
Rebound and Soulfire Grand Master's ability are both replacement effects trying to replace the same event (spell going to graveyard as it resolves), so you get to choose which one to apply.