One-Shot Effects Archives - Magic Rules Tips

Casting / playing a spell or ability, Control / Controller, Effects, One-Shot Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Zones

Cardnapping for Fun and Profit

February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 | tnunez

Learn how Act of Treason (and other temporary-steal effects) work with "flicker" effects!

Abilities, Characteristics, Effects, One-Shot Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities

Amplifire and CDAs

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 | tnunez

Learn how Amplifire works (and doesn't work) with various kinds of creatures and P/T boosts!

Abilities, Effects, Multiplayer, One-Shot Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities, Zones

Commanders and Banishing Light

January 7, 2019 | tnunez

Commander Week! Today we go over how the Commander replacement effect interacts with Oblivion Ring and Banishing Light.

Copies, Effects, One-Shot Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, State-Based Actions, Type & Subtypes, Zones

Copying Double-Faced Cards

December 21, 2018December 24, 2018 | tnunez

How do copy effects work with double-faced cards and transforming?

Abilities, Activated Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Effects, One-Shot Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, State-Based Actions, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities, Zones

Tournament Tuesday: Kalitas and Anointed Procession

May 23, 2017October 16, 2017 | tnunez

EDIT: With the release of Ixalan, the rules regarding this interaction have changed. As of that set’s release, effects like Anointed Procession will also apply if a replacement effect (such as Kalitas’ effect) is creating tokens, no matter why. Even if Kalitas’ ability is replacing a state-based action rather than the effect of a spell or […]

Abilities, Activated Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Control / Controller, Effects, One-Shot Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Source, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities

Hapatra and Wither: Who’s Putting These Counters?

May 3, 2017 | tnunez

Welcome back! Today’s topic will be the new card, and how she works. On the surface, pretty simply: Whenever you put some -1/-1 counters on a creature, you get a 1/1 deathtouching Snake as a bonus. That’s fairly simple with effects like or , which are effects that you control telling you “Hey, put a […]

Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Effects, One-Shot Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities

Aether Revolt Prerelease Week! Revolution! (May or may not be televised)

January 9, 2017January 9, 2017 | tnunez

Good morning and welcome back to the Rules Tips Blog! We all hope you had a wonderful holiday season, and we’re back in action, starting with our Prerelease Week for Aether Revolt! Every day this week we’ll be going over things you’d like to know for the event, from covering the new mechanics, to refreshers […]

Abilities, Effects, One-Shot Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

Playing the Panharmonicon

November 15, 2016November 16, 2016 | tnunez

Welcome back to the Rules Tip Blog! Keeping the Kaladesh train rolling, today we’ll be discussing ‘s big brother: ! Panharmonicon likes to double up some of your triggered abilities; specifically, any that fire off of an artifact or creature entering the battlefield. So what does that work on? Would it make your come down […]

Abilities, Activated Abilities, Casting / playing a spell or ability, Effects, One-Shot Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities

Setting A Life Total

August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 | tnunez

Welcome back to the Rules Tip Blog! Today we’ll be covering effects that set a life total to a specific number. Right now in Standard we’ve got a few cards that do this, such as and . When a life total is set to a specific number, most people are just going to change their […]