Floodtide Serpent's attacking cost works like any other cost in the way that you can't respond to it being paid.
Category: Combat Phase
Make your opponents Glimpse the Sun God before you crush them.
We explain how Glimpse the Sun God can be used strategically to target your own creatures for heroic and tap your opponent's blockers, all without preventing your creatures from attacking!
Removing or adding first strike or double strike mid-combat.
Losing first strike or double strike after dealing damage doesn't let a creature deal regular damage in the next step... because that just wouldn't make sense!
Cube week! Mishra’s Factory can block Daxos, then pump itself.
We're running a Cube week for the new year! Up for today: Don't let your Daxos be gobbled up by a Mishra's Factory that can block as a 2/2, then damage as a 3/3!
When Bestow Creatures Can Attack
A misconception I’ve seen a lot of is players thinking that once a noncreature permanent becomes a creature, it gains summoning sickness until it’s been a creature for a turn. That’s simply not true! The rules don’t care how long a permanent has been a creature, just how long you’ve controlled that specific permanent. So […]
How Pack Rat tokens work in combat (it’s tricky!)
Pack Rats can be a bit complicated when it comes to combat and state-based actions, similar to "Lords" that die during combat making your other creatures smaller. Be aware of these subtleties before you throw away a game unknowingly!
Killing a blocker won’t get the attacker’s damage through (unless it has trample).
Combat is one of the main parts of Magic! With most decks winning with creatures dealing damage, it is key to understand how combat works! If a creature is blocked, it is forever blocked, until combat is over. This means that cards like still would work after the combat damage step, but not during the […]
Abilities, Activated Abilities, Combat Phase, Tournament Rules, Turn Structure, Type & Subtypes, Type Changing
How to Attack with Mutavault
is back in town, and doing fun things! It swings for 2, it gets pumped by , it has the subtypes of Ninja Mutant Turtle- and it taps for mana! What a land. However, some people don’t know how to properly attack with it! You see, to swing with your Mutavault, it has to be […]
Bident of Thassa + double strike = double draw.
The cycle of god weapons in Theros brings us a new combination of permanents: artifact enchantments. They have one static or triggered ability that would fit perfectly on an enchantment, but also have an activated ability that’s normally found on an artifact. The abilities are generally synergetic, with one generally helping the other out. We’re […]