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Category: Static Abilities

Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities

Scorchmark vs. Regenerate

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 | tnunez

What happens when you Regenerate a creature with a Scorchmark aimed at it?

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Tagged Scorchmark
Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Characteristics, Continuous Effects, Copies, Effects, Interaction of Continuous Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities, Type & Subtypes, Type Changing

Mono-Blue Tempo Round 2: Merfolk Trickster

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 | tnunez

Learn how Merfolk Trickster can kill a creature without damaging it (and other fun tricks)!

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Tagged Merfolk Trickster
Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities, Zones

Objects Entering Simultaneously

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 | tnunez

How are replacement effects and triggered abilities handled when multiple objects enter the battlefield simultaneously?

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Tagged Gruesome Menagerie, Scapeshift
Abilities, Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities

Sharktocrab and Simic Ascendancy

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 | tnunez

Learn what happens when Sharktocrab enters the battlefield with +1/+1 counters!

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Tagged Hydroid Krasis, Sharktocrab, Simic Ascendancy
Abilities, Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities

Teysa Karlov: What Does She Double?

February 8, 2019February 25, 2019 | tnunez

What does Teysa Karlov's ability work on?

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Tagged Teysa Karlov
Abilities, Characteristics, Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Static Abilities, Type & Subtypes, Type Changing

All About Alpine Moon

February 4, 2019February 4, 2019 | tnunez

Learn about Alpine Moon, the Moon that came before it, and how they can ruin an opponent's day!

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Tagged Alpine Moon, Blood Moon, Blood Sun
Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Characteristics, Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities

Riot: Not A Trigger!

January 30, 2019February 1, 2019 | tnunez

Learn how Riot interacts (and fails to interact!) with several cards and mechanics

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Tagged Zhur-taa Goblin
Abilities, Characteristics, Effects, One-Shot Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities

Amplifire and CDAs

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 | tnunez

Learn how Amplifire works (and doesn't work) with various kinds of creatures and P/T boosts!

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Tagged Amplifire
Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities, Turn Structure

Prerelease Primer: A Small Addendum

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 | tnunez

Attend a public lecture wherein Arrester Alistair discusses the minutiae of the Azorius Senate's newest Addendum

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Hot Tips!

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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)
  • Combat Phase (132)
  • Control / Controller (48)
  • Copies (48)
  • Costs (87)
  • Effects (244)
    • 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)
  • Type Changing (27)
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