Welcome back! Today we’re capping off the week with a Legacy-centric tip, in honor of the Eternal Masters previews starting next week! doesn’t see a TON of play in Legacy, but it can be absolutely backbreaking if you time it right. One such time is against Brainstorm, Legacy’s favorite one mana draw spell. itself is […]
Category: Static Abilities
How Splice Works
Welcome back to the Week of Modern here at the Rules Tips Blog! Today we’re going over a core card in another deck archetype- Grishoalbrand. More specifically, we’re looking at and and how the Splice mechanic works. Splice was a mechanic introduced in the Kamigawa block about 11 years ago, and it lets you sort […]
Scourge Wolf combat tricks
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could somehow give a creature you control double strike in the middle of combat? Look no further, with , you can! The nice part of the new ability word Delirium is that it checks constantly. If you have three types of cards in your graveyard and you are able […]
SOI Prerelease Week! All About Madness
Buckle up everyone, because today’s mechanic is a little deeper than the others! We talked about some crazy stuff happening on Innistrad, and alongside Delirium, we’re also seeing some Madness. Madness is a returning mechanic, and it’s gotten a little face-lift. On the surface it’s really simple; when you discard a card with Madness, you […]
Containment Membrane on Endbringer is less effective than you might like.
Containment Membrane will stop Endbringer from untapping on its controller's turn, but it won't stop it from untapping on any other player's turn!
Kalitas Week: Kalitas vs Tokens
Welcome to the last day of our Kalitas Week! This last tip is actually pretty quick-and-simple, and similar to the Anafenza situation: Kalitas simply doesn’t work on tokens! Kalitas specifically calls out “nontoken” (Anafenza doesn’t say it SPECIFICALLY- her ability only works on cards, and by definition that excludes tokens, which are not cards). Tokens […]
Kalitas Week: Kalitas and Board Wipes
Welcome to Day Four of Kalitas Week! Today we’re covering a pretty simple one rules-wise: How Kalitas interacts with a board-wipe like or . The core question people have in this situation is “do I get zombies? Do they come in and then die too, or do I just not get any?”. The answer is: […]
Kalitas Week: Kalitas vs Anafenza
Welcome back to Kalitas Week! Today we’ll be looking at another interaction you’re likely to run into: Kalitas vs. other replacement effects. The most common two that you’re likely to find in Standard are going to be and ; both of those cards are also going to replace the “dies” event with exile. The question […]
Kalitas Week: Kalitas Is Not Optional!
Welcome back to Kalitas Week here on the Rules Blog! Today we’re covering another common misconception about the chief: what, exactly, his second ability IS. A lot of people seem to mistakenly think that Kalitas’ ability is a trigger, and subject to the Missed Trigger rules. However, it is not! A trigger will have the […]