Today’s tip submitted by reader Nicholas Brown loves to gain you life. Sometimes its good to get a nice big creature popping into play to get you a good life swing. If you find yourself mid-game with some creatures already in the graveyard, you can utilize the stack to your benefit to get the maximum […]
Category: Abilities
Elite Arcanist’s ability can trigger Young Pyromancer or Guttersnipe.
Today, for our Hump Day tip, we’re going to be looking at a Magic 2014 card with some potential: . The ability to repeatedly cast an instant is a powerful effect, and it has some synergy with some standard-legal cards, which brings us to today’s question. When you activate the Arcanist’s ability, you make a […]
Young Pyromancer will make a token even if your spell is countered.
Young Pyromancer has an ability that triggers "Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell." These kinds of abilities only care about the fact that you cast it, and don't pay any attention to whether the spell resolves.
Angelic Accord only triggers once per turn in 2HG.
In true Two-Headed Giant fashion, here comes the second head…err, rules tip…as the week draws to a close. Teammates don’t only share life totals in this format, they also share steps and phases. Ordinarily this doesn’t matter much; during your shared main phase, you and your teammate can play spells and abilities in any order, […]
Ooze on first? Stacking triggers with Kalonian Hydra and Predator Ooze
When attacking with Predator Ooze and Kalonian Hydra, make sure the Ooze's trigger resolves first.
Kaalia of the Vast and Master of Cruelties — yes, it works.
Kaalia of the Vast + Master of Cruelties + No Blocks = One-Hit KO!
Archangel of Thune and Multiple Lifelink Creatures
has the impressive ability of pumping up your entire team whenever you gain life. And since she has lifelink herself, you’ll never be short of a way of putting +1/+1 counters on all your creatures — as long as you’re attacking or blocking, anyway! If your Archangel is the only creature you control that attacks, […]
Witchstalker only gets one counter for a spell that’s both blue and black.
A discussion of Witchstalker and spells that are more than one color; it still only triggers once per spell.
Kalonian Hydra doubles the counters before blockers and before damage.
An explanation of the timing of Kalonian Hydra's counter-doubling ability, and how it affects combat.