One combo that you may see at Extended PTQs this season revolves around the Zendikar land and getting multiple Mountains into play at one time. A common method to do this is with , a sorcery which allows you to sacrifice any number of lands and then search your library for that many lands and […]
Category: Abilities
How Evoke works.
Evoke is a keyword ability that appeared on creature cards in Lorwyn and Morningtide. The keyword ability actually represents two abilities; a static one and a triggered ability. The static ability is what allows you to play the creature via its alternate Evoke cost. This cost can be paid anytime you could play the card […]
Armored Ascension cares about the controller of the Ascension, not the creature
‘s ability that grants +1/+1 to the enchanted creature looks at the number of Plains controlled by the controller of the Armored Ascension, not necessarily the controller of the creature that that Armored Ascension is on. This can matter if a creature is enchanted by Armored Ascension and then this creature is ‘stolen’ by something […]
What gets removed by Mimic Vat when multiple creatures leave the battlefield.
When is in play and multiple creatures go to the graveyard at the same time, Mimic Vats’a ability will trigger once for each of these creatures. Technically these triggered abilities will on on the stack and resolve one at a time, an as each resolve the controller of the Mimic Vat will choose wether or […]
Inexorable Tide’s ability is a triggered ability.
‘s ability is a triggered ability that triggers whenever you cast a spell. The ability will go on the stack on top of the spell that triggered it and the triggered ability will resolve first. This can matter, especially if the spell that triggered this ability puts a counter on a permanent or player.
When the Scars tap lands enter play tapped, and when they don’t
A cycle of five lands that produce two types of mana were printed in Scars of Mirrodin with a static ability that replaces how they enter play. would be an example of one of these lands. The gist of it is that they enter play untapped as long as you don’t control that many other […]
When to tap Myr for Myr Battlesphere’s ability.
‘s triggered ability that both gives it +x/+0 and deals X damage to the defending player triggers when the Battlesphere attacks. This ability will go on the stack after all attacking creatures have been declared. Because most creatures tap when they attack, you cannot both attack with a Myr and tap it to ‘boost’ the […]
When to pay mana for Leonin Arbiter’s ability
‘s static ability prevents player from searching their libraries unless they pay 2 mana. Paying this mana is a special action that can only be done when a player has priority. Technically speaking, in order to search your library you must pay this two mana before any effect that would allow you to search starts […]
You can only pay one mana when resolving Embersmith’s ability.
Unless specified, you are only allowed to pay a specified cost once when an ability resolves to get an effect. ‘s ability is a an example of this. When you cast an artifact spell Embersmith’s ability will trigger, go on the stack, and you will choose a target creature or player. When this ability resolves […]