Abilities, Combat Phase, Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities, Turn Structure
Category: Combat Phase
Swiftblade Vindicator: Trample and Double Strike!
Legion Warboss and Baird: Restrictions vs Requirements
Peema Aether-Seer – How to benefit from “blocks if able” (and how you can’t)
Hi everyone, and welcome back. Today, we’re going to talk about , and some good (and some bad) things that you can do when using her activated ability. Peema has an activated ability that forces a target creature to block this turn if able. It’s only able to block if it could block. For instance, […]
Tamiyo, Field Researcher: How Many Draws?
Welcome back to the Rules Blog! This particular question came up a lot during the spoiler season, and we’re still seeing it now that the whole set is out. is a really neat card, with some interesting effects. Her -2 and -7 are both very good and very straightforward, so why is she getting a […]
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 […]
Watcher in the Web – How blocking multiple attackers works
It’s no , but does a pretty mean impression. Just in case you’ve ever wanted to block eight attacking creatures with one 2/5 with reach, Watcher is your spider. Of course, with these rule-bending cards come complications–and that’s what we’re going to clarify in today’s Rules Tip! When a Watcher in the Web blocks multiple […]
Removing Embodiment of Insight after attackers are declared.
If Embodiment of Insight and a land creature attack, and the Embodiment is removed, the land creature is still untapped and attacking.
Whenever You Gain Life: Fun with Triggers
If you love gaining life and getting triggered abilities out of it, you’ll want to run multiple lifelink creatures. Cards like and will trigger for each lifelink creature you control that deals damage (attacking, blocking or otherwise). For example, if you are attacking with 3 s and one – you will deal a total of […]