That’s right! MORE SYNERGY! Control decks might have a hard time dealing with swarms of creatures, so they tend to play board-wipe spells like or (, we hardly knew ye…). But wiping the board doesn’t do you much more than buy time if you don’t have a threat of your own! Luckily, Planeswalkers live through […]
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Prerelease Primer: Dash
Welcome back to our Fate Reforged Prerelease Primer! Today we’ll be covering the Mardu’s new (or old, because time travel is weird like that) mechanic: Dash. Raid rewarded you for being aggressive before casting your spells- Dash works well with that, because it makes sure you’re attacking! Dash is an alternate cost (usually a cheaper […]
Containment Priest vs. Ichorid and Narcomoeba
Ichorid and Narcomoeba are gonna have a bad time if they try to enter while Containment Priest is around!
Containment Priest vs. Cascade
Cascade tells you to cast the card you exile, so Containment Priest doesn't interfere.
Containment Priest vs. Dryad Arbor
Dryad Arbor can never be cast from your hand (or anywhere), so it can never enter the battlefield with Containment Priest around!
You can’t cast Aether Gale without choosing 6 nonland permanents.
If a spell requires 6 targets, you can't cast it without that many targets to choose!
Casting a god doesn’t trigger prowess (but a bestowed card will).
A god spell will always be a creature, and thus can't trigger prowess. But a bestow card cast as an aura is indeed a noncreature spell, and can trigger prowess.
Clan combos – Jeskai and Temur: You can use Prowess to “turn on” a spell’s Ferocious effect.
Prowess triggers when you cast a noncreature spell, while the spell you just cast only checks whether Ferocious is true as it resolves. Since the trigger goes on top of the spell and resolves first, this generally works out well for you!
How Trinisphere works against Delve.
Trinisphere and delve are interesting companions. Delve is pretty much the only way to "fool" Trinisphere into letting you cast a spell by paying less than 3 actual mana, because delve lets you pay "exile a card from your graveyard" instead of {1} while making payments!