Anafenza, the Foremost causes much confusion among players and judges alike, so Nathan Long delves into all the common interactions that involve her in this linked article. Learn and enjoy!
Category: Static Abilities
Menace: a New Name for an Old Ability
Learn how an old idea has been turned into a much more efficient keyword with Menace!
How Spell mastery works.
Today we explain the details of Spell Mastery!
Renown and You
Today we explain how Renown works!
Guile vs. Remand
Since we’re on the topic of odd Modern interactions, let’s propose that a player controls Guile and casts in an attempt to take an opponent’s spell. Both and Guile have replacement effects that affect the spell in question, so which effect wins? In short, Guile’s effect will override , because Remand never actually counters the […]
Anafenza vs. Deathmist Raptor
And we’re back! It’s Friday, so let’s get one last tip out there before we all head out to our local FNMs tonight. Let’s talk about our favorite deadly, can’t stay dead dinosaur, . It’s hard to keep a good Lizard Beast down, and as long as you can keep playing morphs and turning them […]
Crux of Fate vs. Protection from Black
Welcome back everyone. Today, we’re going to talk about the latest black boardwipe, . You have a board full of non-dragon creatures, but your opponent has hit five mana and taps out to cast , choosing to destroy all non-dragon creatures. You’re holding a and a . Can either of these cards save one of […]
Silumgar’s Scorn with a Dragon on the Stack
Hi everyone, and welcome back to another week of rules tips! There’s still some Standard situations that come up, so that’s what we’re going to focus on this week. Today, we kick things off with . You’re down to two cards in your hand: a and a . You figure it’s time to drop your […]
Manifest and Delve (no, you can’t!)
Delve only functions while you're casting a spell, and turning a creature face-up via manifest isn't casting anything. So you can't benefit from delve when turning a manifested Gurmag Angler face up, for example.