Category: Effects
Creatures Coming Down AFTER Join Shields
Trostani Discordant and Mind Control effects
Abilities, Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities, Tournament Rules
Underrealm Lich – Not Optional!
Abilities, Activated Abilities, Continuous Effects, Effects, Static Abilities, Triggered Abilities, Zones
Thief of Sanity and Control-Changing
Abilities, Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Source, Static Abilities
Soul-Scar Mage Doesn’t Stack
The Lorwyn block was one of my favorites, and Wither was one of the neater abilities to come out of that mega-block; damage from a source with Wither is dealt as -1/-1 counters, rather than marking damage onto a creature. It was like damage that never wore off! We have a sort of throwback to […]
Abilities, Characteristics, Continuous Effects, Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Triggered Abilities
Recruiter of the Guard and CDAs
That’s right, kids, today we’re dipping our toes into Legacy (or Commander, I guess)! is a nifty little sort-of-color-shift of that was released in Conspiracy 2: Electric Boogaloo (Also known as Take The Crown). Both of them work along the same lines- they’re 3 mana 1/1s that fetch small creatures from your library. Imperial Recruiter […]
Abilities, Effects, Prevention and Replacement Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, Static Abilities
Fumigate and Kalitas
Yesterday, we talked a bit about Kalitas (and it was somewhat complicated!), and we’re still talking about that Zombie-making Vampire everyone loves, but it’ll be a bit simpler. blasts the board like many other Wraths, and gains you some life for everything it destroys- but what, specifically, does that mean? It has to actually destroy […]
Tournament Tuesday: Kalitas and Anointed Procession
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 […]