All right, the dust from Theros has more or less settled, and everyone’s got a pretty good feel for the mechanics. But there are some nitpicky things that might not come up often, that you’re unsure how to handle. For example, when does a spell cast for its Bestow cost ‘count’ as the appropriate kind […]
Category: Abilities
Firedrinker Satyr and Whip of Erebos (lifelink) play well together.
Get the most value out of you Firedrinker Satyr by giving it lifelink! Any damage it deals to anything (including you!) causes you to gain that much life, negating any possible drawback.
Possibility Storm + Bestow
Possibility Storm cares about the "spell" that was exiled, not the card as it exists in exile. A bestowed card will be exiled as an Enchantment-Aura, so you have to dig for an enchantment card to cast.
Use Bow of Nylea to draw a card when a lonely Chronicler of Heroes enters.
will always trigger when it enters the battlefield, even if you don’t have any creatures with +1/+1 counters on them at that time. From a rules perspective, this is because Chronicler of Heroes’ ability doesn’t contain an “intervening if” clause. The ability will trigger even if your Chronicler is all alone when she enters the […]
Cloning/Mimicing your heroic creatures won’t trigger their heroic abilities.
s (cards that copy something as they enter the battlefield), such as , don’t target. No matter how hard you try, when you choose a heroic creature with clones such as these, the heroic trigger’s requirements (1. That it’s a spell you cast, 2. That it targets this creature), won’t be satisfied because why? It’s […]
Whip of Erebos + Aetherling & Obzedat
Whip of Erebos's exile effect only matters if the card would be going anywhere other than exile. If a Whipped card is moving to exile already from its own ability, it can return normally.
Bident of Thassa + double strike = double draw.
The cycle of god weapons in Theros brings us a new combination of permanents: artifact enchantments. They have one static or triggered ability that would fit perfectly on an enchantment, but also have an activated ability that’s normally found on an artifact. The abilities are generally synergetic, with one generally helping the other out. We’re […]
If Ashiok leaves the battlefield, any cards it exiled are stuck there forever.
is one of the newest planeswalkers in Theros. Ashiok lets you exile your opponent’s cards, and then lets you put any creatures exiled by it on the battlefield with the second ability. But all good things must come to an end some time, so what happens to the cards in exile if Ashiok leaves the […]
Anthousa’s land warriors don’t gain color.
Many of you probably played with at the prerelease, since it was one of the prerelease promos that were given out. Being able to make a small army of your lands can be a strong play. But let’s take a closer look at those lands. What color are they when they become animated? Usually, a […]