Welcome back to Prerelease Week! Today we’re doing a little bit of Tournament Tuesday with our Prerelease Week and giving you a little primer on what to expect at your Oath of the Gatewatch prereleases this weekend. We’ll be going over what you’ll be opening, what’s new, and a few tips to maximize your fun! […]
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A reminder about Standard rotation (and how it has changed)
Standard will have an odd rotation when Shadows Over Innistrad releases in April, but nothing is changing for Oath of the Gatewatch's release.
Illegal Expedition + A lesson in Land Types
Today's tip includes a reminder that not all "Expeditions" are legal in Standard, as well as some tips about the new BFZ lands with two basic land types and how that can work to your benefit!
Make Sure Your Checklist Reflects Your Deck
Here's a rundown of what you can and can't do regarding checklist cards in your deck.
Tournament Tuesday: Checklist Card Rules
With the release of Magic Origins (and the subsequent heavy use of several of the Planeswalker/Legendary cards from it!), we’ve seen a reintroduction of Checklist cards to the Standard format. Some players remember when they were first introduced with the Innistrad block, while some players have never seen them before, but either way it’s always […]
Tournament Tuesday: Pillory of The Sleepless
Welcome to this week’s installment of Tournament Tuesday! Today’s topic: Triggers! Handling triggers and rules involving triggers have changed throughout the years so it’s important we all stay on the same page. Let’s use as an example, since it gives an opponent’s creature a detrimental trigger. effectively imprints its text on to the creature it […]
Modern Masters Week: Tournament Tuesday Triggers!
Welcome to a special SECOND daily post for this special week! Today we’ll be going over Missed Triggers again (especially focusing on the ones in Modern Masters 2015), so hopefully those of you headed to the Grands Prix this weekend will know what to be on the lookout for. As we’ve covered before, Missed Triggers […]
Nahiri: You Choose the Zone on Resolution
I hope everyone has been enjoying all the new Commander cards and the new abilities that have come with them. One of the more exciting of these new cards is – She gets you value through tokens and Equipment and she is really fun to play. But here is a situation: You have a in […]
Exploit Week: Exploiting Yourself for Fun and Profit
So, we’ve covered what happens when your opponent kills your Sidisi in response to the trigger (you get no tutor, but can still sac), and what happens if they destroy the creature you were going to sac (You can sac something else, but don’t have to). But what happens if you play an Exploit creature […]