Many people rejoiced when they saw in the Amonkhet spoilers, as a way to deal with pesky little things like , and to deal with the new threat of Embalm creatures- as the flavor text says, you can’t embalm ashes, after all. Magma Spray does 2 damage to a target creature, and exiles it if […]
Category: Effects
Hapatra and Wither: Who’s Putting These Counters?
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, Continuous Effects, Effects, Resolving spells and abilities, State-Based Actions, Static Abilities, Tournament Rules
Tournament Tuesday: The Rules vs. Can’t Lose Effects
Welcome back to the Rules Blog! Today we’ll be going over something that’s occasionally misunderstood: effects that prevent you from losing the game. The ur-example of this is good old , but there’s been others- most recently, the emblem from . So long as you have that Emblem, and a Planeswalker with the “Gideon” subtype, […]
All About Exquisite Archangel
Today we’ll be talking about , a creature with a rather unusual ability; it doesn’t do anything until you’re about to lose the game! Of course, the effect is a powerful one indeed, which replaces losing with going back to your starting life total, one which essentially undoes all your opponent’s hard work if they […]
Aether Revolt Prerelease Week: Vehicle Refresher
Welcome back to Aether Revolt Prerelease Week! Today we’re going over Vehicles, a returning card type and mechanic from Kaladesh. Vehicles have a unique card frame, including a Power and Toughness box on the bottom right, even though they aren’t creatures… normally. All Vehicles have an ability called “Crew”, which is always followed by a […]
Aether Revolt Prerelease Week! Revolution! (May or may not be televised)
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 […]
Burning the Midnight Oil
Good morning and welcome back! Today we’re covering the Little Draw Engine That Could: . Midnight Oil gives you access to an extra card every turn, but your industrious card drawing comes at a price: Each time you draw via that trigger, you lose 2 hours! Well, 2 hour counters, anyway. And since your maximum […]
Playing the Panharmonicon
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 […]
Crewing Cultivator’s Caravan
Welcome back to the Rules Tip Blog! We sure missed you. Today we’ll be starting on our tips from Kaladesh! To start with, we’ll cover crewing, and crewing a specific card: . Every Vehicle has the Crew ability, which is followed by a number (in this case, Crew 3). That means that anytime you have […]