If you're going to try to kill Wandering Fumarole with a burn spell that does 1-3 damage, your best bet is to do it in response to them turning it into a 4/1.
Category: Characteristics
Finding and casting split cards with Bring to Light.
Split cards can be confusing when it comes to questions about converted mana cost. We help clear up exactly how Bring to Light interacts with them!
Illegal Expedition + A lesson in Land Types
Today's tip includes a reminder that not all "Expeditions" are legal in Standard, as well as some tips about the new BFZ lands with two basic land types and how that can work to your benefit!
Devoid 101: Mostly Colorless Spells and You!
Welcome back to Battle for Zendikar mechanics week! Today we’re covering one of the Eldrazi’s mechanics: Devoid. While there’s a fair few truly colorless Eldrazi in this set (such as or ), the majority of the “smaller” ones you’ll encounter in a Limited environment have colored mana costs, just like the original ones from Rise […]
Ugin’s -X ability vs. transformed planeswalkers
A card with no mana cost has CMC of 0, which includes the back face of double-faced cards like the new Planeswalkers from Magic Origins. They also have a color from their color indicator, so they will be exiled by Ugin's -X ability with any value chosen!
Starfield of Nyx and enchantment creatures.
Oh, . It, comboed with , was the bane of many judges’ and rules gurus’ existence. Even though things have been figured out for a while now (we even have a Gatherer ruling to cover it). But now they’ve brought back “Opalescence” in the form of . It’s not that bad this time, but there […]
Hangarback Walker vs. Eidolon of the Great Revel and Disdainful Stroke
The X's in a spells cost are counted as having the value chosen for it while that spell is on the stack. As such, Hangarback Walker for X=1 means a CMC of 1+1=2, and it would trigger Eidolon, while X=2 means CMC 2+2=4 to evade Eidolon's trigger.
Tragic Arrogance can choose one card for multiple types.
Tragic Arrogance doesn't ask you to choose separate permanents for each card type, so you can maximize value by choosing a single card twice for your opponents.
Ensoul Artifact and Dromoka’s Command
This odd interaction appears to be unexpectedly relevant in Standard right now, so learn how it works from none other than Level 5 judge Jason Lems!