Proliferate is a keyword action, meaning that it is an instruction with a very specific meaning like draw, destroy or attach. When an resolving spell or ability instructs you to Proliferate the controller of this spell or ability chooses any number of permanents or players that have at least one counter on them. Then you […]
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How Echo works and how it was changed.
Echo is a triggered ability that triggers at the beginning of your upkeep step if the permanent with Echo has come under your control since the beginning of your lats upkeep. In other words, have you gained control of it since your last upkeep step began. This happens if the permanent entered the battlefield or […]
Fear is not the same thing as Intimidate
Creatures with Fear can only be blocked by black creatures and artifact creatures. Creatures with Intimidate can only blocked by artifact creatures and creatures that share a color with the creature with Intimidate. These two abilities work the same as long as they are on a creature that is black only, but not in other […]
How Vigilance works:
Vigilance is a static ability that affects creatures when they are declared as attackers. Creatures with vigilance do not become tapped when they are declared as attacking. This does not mean that tapped creatures can attack. Also, removing vigilance from an attacking creature will not cause it to be come tapped.
How Trample works:
When assigning and dealing combat damage from an attacking creature with Trample, its controller must assign what would be lethal damage to all blocking creatures. Any damage in excess of this can then be assigned to the defending player. For example, if an attacking is blocked by two s, when the combat damage step begins […]