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Category: Abilities

Triggered Abilities

Ooze on first? Stacking triggers with Kalonian Hydra and Predator Ooze

August 29, 2013February 5, 2015 | Paul Baranay

When attacking with Predator Ooze and Kalonian Hydra, make sure the Ooze's trigger resolves first.

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Tagged Kalonian Hydra, Predator Ooze
Combat Phase, Triggered Abilities

Kaalia of the Vast and Master of Cruelties — yes, it works.

August 26, 2013February 5, 2015 | Paul Baranay

Kaalia of the Vast + Master of Cruelties + No Blocks = One-Hit KO!

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Tagged Kaalia of the Vast, Master of Cruelties
Abilities, Combat Phase, Triggered Abilities

Archangel of Thune and Multiple Lifelink Creatures

August 13, 2013February 5, 2015 | tnunez

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, […]

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Tagged Archangel of Thune
Casting / playing a spell or ability, Characteristics, Triggered Abilities

Witchstalker only gets one counter for a spell that’s both blue and black.

August 10, 2013February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

A discussion of Witchstalker and spells that are more than one color; it still only triggers once per spell.

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Tagged Witchstalker
Combat Phase, Triggered Abilities

Kalonian Hydra doubles the counters before blockers and before damage.

August 8, 2013February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

An explanation of the timing of Kalonian Hydra's counter-doubling ability, and how it affects combat.

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Tagged Kalonian Hydra
Triggered Abilities

Into the Wilds doesn’t count as “playing” a land.

August 5, 2013February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

Into the Wilds seems to cause confusion for many players about whether they still get to play a land from their hand that turn. We explain why you can!

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Tagged Into the Wilds
Combat Phase, Triggered Abilities

Multiple Thorncaster Slivers – the abilities stack.

August 1, 2013February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

Multiple instances of the triggered ability from Thorncaster Slivers will add up, and each ability will trigger when a sliver attacks.

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Tagged Thorncaster Sliver
Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

Scourge of Valkas’s trigger counts the dragons you control as it resolves.

July 31, 2013February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

We explain how Scourge of Valkas's trigger is like many others that check the game state for information, which happens during resolution rather than at the time it triggers.

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Tagged Scourge of Valkas
Missed Triggers, Tournament Rules, Triggered Abilities

JAR series: “A player forgets a triggered ability”

July 30, 2013February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

Welcome back, everyone. Over the course of the next few weeks, we’re going to be going over the Judging at Regular REL document. This is the document that judges use at regular REL events, like Friday Night Magic and Prerelease events. If you want to read it for yourself, you can find it here. Don’t […]

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Tip Categories

  • Abilities (873)
    • Activated Abilities (216)
    • Mana Abilities (27)
    • Static Abilities (243)
    • Triggered Abilities (512)
  • Casting / playing a spell or ability (378)
  • Characteristics (168)
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    • Continuous Effects (78)
    • Interaction of Continuous Effects (14)
    • One-Shot Effects (23)
    • Prevention and Replacement Effects (143)
  • Keywords (102)
  • Multiplayer (40)
  • Planeswalkers (30)
  • Priority (43)
  • Resolving spells and abilities (440)
  • Source (11)
  • State-Based Actions (47)
  • Tournament Rules (244)
    • Communication Policy (20)
    • Missed Triggers (16)
    • Shortcuts (27)
  • Turn Structure (43)
  • Type & Subtypes (44)
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