Welcome back to Commander Week! How about that card we got to spoil yesterday, huh? I’m already putting my deck together. However, today we’re going to be looking into a neat little tactic: Reading your cards! Crazy, right? We’ll start with an old favorite of mine, . Mangara is pretty neat- he can exile any […]
Category: Activated Abilities
Command Beacon – Commander 2015 Preview Card!
Today we get to share a super secret preview card from Commander 2015!
Ugin’s -X ability vs. transformed planeswalkers
A card with no mana cost has CMC of 0, which includes the back face of double-faced cards like the new Planeswalkers from Magic Origins. They also have a color from their color indicator, so they will be exiled by Ugin's -X ability with any value chosen!
Searing Blaze and Only One Target on Resolution
Most of you should know that you can’t cast a spell (or activate an ability, or place a triggered ability onto the stack) without legal targets. You can’t throw a Doom Blade at nothing just to up your storm count, for example. However, that only applies to when you’re first selecting targets. It’s true that […]
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 […]