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Worst Fears Can’t Force a Concession!

June 23, 2014February 5, 2015 | tnunez

Being controlled by another player is often one of their . I mean, you can pretty much do anything they could normally do. You can make them themselves in the face, you can make their 1/1 attack into your untapped 5/5, and you can have them bestow their onto your creatures, you can look at […]

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Eidolon of the Great Revel Hurts You Too!

June 9, 2014February 5, 2015 | tnunez

Red deck wins is often one of the most popular decks in standard. Cheap burn spells, aggressive creatures and hasty threats are known for stealing games from opponents. The mono red special received a powerful tool in Journey into Nyx. This tool, A pillar on a stick, is . It combines two powerful cards, and […]

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Iroas and an attacking Boros Reckoner aren’t necessarily buddies.

May 12, 2014February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

Boros Reckoner can only trigger if damage is actually dealt to it, so Iroas's damage prevention may be unfortunate for you when attacking!

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Tagged Boros Reckoner, Iroas God of Victory
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Journey into Nyx – Prerelease Tips

April 25, 2014February 5, 2015 | tnunez

Well, we’re fresh out of mechanics to go over, and we already covered the basic “here’s what to expect” on Tuesday. So what’s left to discuss today? The prerelease itself! First off, you may find it very helpful to look into the Journey into Nyx Release Notes (formerly called the FAQ). This has some brief […]

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Tournament Tuesday – JOU Prerelease Edition

April 22, 2014February 5, 2015 | tnunez

Good morning, loyal readers! Today’s Tournament Tuesday Tip will be covering this weekend’s Prerelease for Journey into Nyx, the last set of the Theros block! Whether it’s your very first prerelease, or the newest conquest in your storied Magical history, we hope these tips are useful to you! First, we’ll go over the basic format […]

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Journey into Nyx Mechanics Week – Returning Mechanics

April 21, 2014February 5, 2015 | tnunez

This weekend, thousands upon thousands of Magic players the world over will be playing with Journey into Nyx cards for the first time- that’s right, it’s Prerelease Time! As we often do with prereleases, the Rules Tip Blog is going to cover the new mechanics (and go over some old ones from the previous sets […]

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Their Bile Blight vs. your Pack Rat – Killing your own creature can be good for you.

March 27, 2014February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

Bile Blight needs its single target to be legal in order to resolve and do anything, so you have the chance to remove that target in response in order to save the rest of your creatures that share a name with it!

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Tagged Bile Blight, Pack Rat
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Congratulations, Paul Baranay!

March 9, 2014February 5, 2015 | tnunez

One of our valued contributors to the Rules Tip Blog, Paul Baranay, was recently promoted to Level 3! All of us at the Rules Blog wanted to congratulate Paul on this awesome milestone, and we couldn’t think of a better way than by saying it here on the blog where he’s helped so much! Congrats […]

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Tagged Bear Cub
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Blood Moon in a Modern Environment

March 7, 2014February 5, 2015 | bimmerbot

Hello everyone! Today’s tip is a bit different. I’m going to link to an article by our very own Nathan Long because it clearly answers a lot of questions people have about Blood Moon, specifically as it pertains to the Modern format. Enjoy! http://blogs.magicjudges.org/articles/2013/06/18/blood-moon-in-a-modern-environment/

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