Welcome back to the Aether Revolt Prerelease Week! Today we’re going over the other new mechanic of the set: Improvise. For those of you that remember the Ravnica block, Improvise is basically “Convoke, except with artifacts”. For those of you who want more details, read on! Improvise is a neat ability present on several spells […]
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Bomat Courier: No Strength in Numbers!
Welcome back to the Rules Tip Blog! Today we’ll be going over a tricky little delivery-robot, . On the surface it’s fairly simple; a 1/1 with Haste for 1 mana. Whenever it attacks, you exile the top card of your library face-down. The tricky bit is the third ability: You can pay a red mana, […]
Aetherflux Reservoir Management Procedures
Welcome back! For today’s Kaladesh-based tip, we’ll be talking about the newest addition to my lifegain EDH deck: . It gains life and shoots giant life-total-powered doom lasers; what’s not to love? The first ability seems straightforward; every time you cast a spell, you gain life equal to the number of spells you’ve cast this […]
Kaladesh Prerelease Week: Energy!
Welcome back to the Prerelease Week! Today we’ll be going over the last of the new mechanics from Kaladesh: Energy. This mechanic has actually been kicking around R&D since the original Mirrodin, waiting for a set to be used in, and now we have it! Many of the cards in Kaladesh give you energy in […]
Eldritch Moon Prerelease Primer
Good morning and welcome to the EMN Prerelease Primer! This time around we decided to cover all the mechanics in one article, so they’d be fresh on your minds as you all head off to your events at midnight tonight and this weekend! To start with, I’m going to toss out a link to our […]
How Splice Works
Welcome back to the Week of Modern here at the Rules Tips Blog! Today we’re going over a core card in another deck archetype- Grishoalbrand. More specifically, we’re looking at and and how the Splice mechanic works. Splice was a mechanic introduced in the Kamigawa block about 11 years ago, and it lets you sort […]
Angelic Purge can help you trigger “Whenever you sacrifice a Clue…” abilities.
Have you got a clue? If you haven’t, then you probably need to start Investigating. Shadows Over Innistrad brought us investigating and clue tokens, a little twist on normal cantrips. Instead of getting your card right away, you get a token that you can sacrifice later on for a card. And there’s even some cards […]
How to resolve the ‘cast’ triggers of Vile Redeemer, Eldrazi Obligator, and Bearer of Silence.
These 'cast' triggers ask for the payment only as they resolve, and they only ask for a single payment. You can't pay extra for more effects!
How to determine Fall of the Titans’ Converted Mana Cost with Surge
If you Surge Fall of the Titans for X=2, it's a legal target for Disdainful Stroke.